IP Library Granted Patent US 12,199,469
Granted Patent B2
US 12,199,469 · App. 16/847,853 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Material with directional microstructure

Inventors: Martin Hosek (Lowell, MA); Jayaraman Krishnasamy (Boxborough, MA)
Assignee: Persimmon Technologies Corporation
H02K1/02H01F1/33H01F41/0206H02K1/146H02K15/022B22F1/068B22F1/16B22F3/115B22F5/106B22F2998/10B22F2999/00C22C2202/02
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Patent No.
US 12,199,469
App. No.
16/847,853
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A material comprises at least one layer of a plurality of domains, each domain being flattened in a first direction and elongated in a second direction normal to the first direction. The flattened and elongated domains define an anisotropic microstructure that facilitates a magnetic flux flow in the second direction.

Claims (13)

1. A material, comprising:

at least one first layer and at least one second layer, each of the at least one first layer and the at least one second layer comprising a plurality of domains, the domains of the at least one first layer being in contact with each other and the domains of the at least one second layer being in contact with each other, each domain being flattened in a second direction and elongated in a first direction normal to the second direction;

at least one third layer between the at least one first layer and the at least one second layer, the at least one third layer comprising a plurality of domains, wherein the domains of an upper surface of the at least one third layer are deformed on upper surfaces thereof to engage and correspond to lower surfaces of the domains in the at least one first layer, and wherein the domains of a lower surface of the at least one third layer are deformed on lower surfaces thereof to engage and correspond to upper surfaces of the domains in the at least one second layer;

wherein the flattened and elongated domains of the at least one first layer and the at least one second layer each define an anisotropic microstructure that facilitates a magnetic flux flow in the first direction; and

wherein the domains of the at least one third layer define an electrically insulating boundary separating the at least one first layer from the at least one second layer.

2. The material of claim 1 , wherein the domains of the at least one first layer and the at least one second layer each comprise a core of electrically conductive material, and wherein the domains of the at least one third layer each comprise a core of electrically conductive material surrounded by a coating of electrically insulating material to form an insulating boundary on the core of the electrically conductive material of the at least one third layer.

3. The material of claim 2 , wherein the cores of the at least one first layer and the at least one second layer comprise an iron alloy.

4. The material of claim 3 , wherein the cores of the at least one third layer comprise an iron alloy and the coatings of electrically insulating material comprise aluminum oxide.

5. The material of claim 1 , wherein the flattened and elongated domains of the at least one first layer and the at least one second layer exhibit an increased permeability in the first direction relative to the second direction.

6. The material of claim 5 , wherein the flattened and elongated domains of the at least one first layer and the at least one second layer exhibit an increased electrical resistivity in the second direction relative to an electrical resistivity in the first direction.

7. The material of claim 1 , wherein domains of the at least one first layer are deposited on domains of the at least one third layer so as to overlap with the domains of the at least one third layer.

8. The material of claim 1 , wherein the at least one first layer and the at least one second layer are curved to conduct flux in a non-linear direction.

9. The material of claim 1 , wherein the domains of the at least one third layer overlap underlying domains and are overlapped by overlying domains.

Continuity (3)
Continuation 15484486 · Apr 11, 2017
Provisional Application 62320723 · Apr 11, 2016
Related Publication 20200244112A1 · Jul 30, 2020
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