IP Library Granted Patent US 7,501,925
Granted Patent B2
US 7,501,925 · App. 11/864,404 · Granted Mar 10, 2009

Magnetic core using amorphous soft magnetic alloy

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Patent No.
US 7,501,925
App. No.
11/864,404
Granted
Mar 10, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A magnetic core made of a mixed material including powder of an amorphous soft magnetic iron alloy and about 10% by volume or more of nonmagnetic inorganic powder, the amorphous soft magnetic iron alloy being expressed by the following composition: Fe 100-a-b-x-y-z-w-t CO a Ni b M x P y C z B w Si t wherein M is one or two or more elements selected from among Cr, Mo, W, V, Nb, Ta, Ti, Zr, Hf, Pt, Pd and Au, and a, b, x, y, z, w and t represent composition ratios satisfying 0 atom %≦x≦3 atom %, 2 atom %≦y≦15 atom %, 0 atom %<z≦8 atom %, 1 atom %≦w≦12 atom %, 0.5 atom %≦t≦8 atom %, 0 atom %≦a≦20 atom %, 0 atom %≦b≦5 atom %, and 70 atom %≦(100-a-b-x-y-z-w-t)≦80 atom %.

Claims (12)

1. A magnetic core made of a mixed material including powder of an amorphous soft magnetic iron alloy and about 10% by volume or more of a ceramic material powder, the mixed material including a binder for compacting the mixed material into a predetermined shape, the amorphous soft magnetic iron alloy being expressed by the following composition:

Fe 100-a-b-x-y-z-w-t CO a Ni b M x P y C z B w Si t

wherein M is one or two or more elements selected from among Cr, Mo, W, V, Nb, Ta, Ti, Zr, Hf, Pt, Pd and Au, and a, b, x, y, z, w and t represent composition ratios satisfying 0 atom %≦x≦3 atom %, 2 atom %≦y≦15 atom %, 0 atom %<z≦8 atom %, 1 atom %≦w≦12 atom %, 0.5 atom %≦t≦8 atom %, 0 atom %≦a≦20 atom %, 0 atom %≦b≦5 atom %, and 70 atom %≦(100-a-b-x-y-z-w-t)≦80 atom %.

2. The magnetic core according to claim 1 , wherein a proportion of the ceramic material powder in the mixed material is about 20% by volume to about 50% by volume.

3. The magnetic core according to claim 2 , wherein an average particle size of the ceramic material powder is about 1.0 μm to about 30 μm.

4. The magnetic core according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic core has micro-gaps that are smaller in size than a size of magnetic particles in the magnetic core such that a magnetic path in the magnetic core is magnetically continuous.

5. A magnetic core made of a mixed material including powder of an amorphous soft magnetic iron alloy and about 10% by volume or more of a ceramic material powder, the mixed material including a binder for compacting the mixed material into a predetermined shape, the amorphous soft magnetic iron alloy being expressed by the following composition:

Fe 100-a-b-x-y-z-w-t CO a Ni b M x P y C z B w Si t

wherein M is one or two or more elements selected from among Cr, Mo, W, V, Nb, Ta, Ti, Zr, Hf, Pt, Pd and Au, and a, b, x, y, z, w and t represent composition ratios satisfying 0 atom %≦x≦3 atom %, 2 atom %≦y≦15 atom %, 0 atom %<z≦8 atom %, 1 atom %≦w≦12 atom %, 0.5 atom %≦t≦8 atom %, 0 atom %≦a≦20 atom %, 0 atom %≦b≦5 atom %, and 70 atom %≦(100-a-b-x-y-z-w-t)≦80 atom %,

wherein a proportion of the ceramic material powder in the mixed material is about 20% by volume to about 50% by volume,

wherein an average particle size of the ceramic material powder is about 1.0 μm to about 30 μm, and

wherein the magnetic core has micro-gaps that are smaller in size than a size of magnetic particles in the magnetic core such that a magnetic path in the magnetic core is magnetically continuous.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2025
From: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD
To: DELTA ELECTRONICS (JAPAN), INC.
Reel/Frame 070975/0588 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 1, 2019
From: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048209/0028 →
MERGER Recorded Nov 7, 2016
From: ALPS GREEN DEVICES CO., LTD.
To: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 040570/0217 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2010
From: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: ALPS GREEN DEVICE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 025499/0734 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2007
From: NAITO, YUTAKA; AOKI, KAZUO; ABE, MASATOMI; KANEKO, KAZUYA
To: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 019897/0817 →