IP Library Granted Patent US 9,074,108
Granted Patent B2
US 9,074,108 · App. 13/701,509 · Granted Jul 7, 2015

Potting compound suitable for potting an electronic component

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Patent No.
US 9,074,108
App. No.
13/701,509
Granted
Jul 7, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a potting compound suitable for potting an electronic component, in particular a large-volume coil such as a gradient coil, consisting of a supporting matrix in which at least one filler made of polymer nanoparticles is distributed. At least one filler ( 11 ) that is used as a flame retardant is introduced into the supporting matrix ( 8 ).

Claims (32)

1. A magnetic resonance imaging compatible flame retardant potting compound suitable in potting an electronic gradient coil component, the potting compound comprising:

a supporting matrix;

a first filler comprising polymer nanoparticles;

a second filler comprising an inorganic material; and

a third filler that is used as a flame retardant and comprises Al(OH) 3 , Mg(OH) 2 , Sb 2 O 3 , brominated compounds, chlorinated compounds, halogenated compounds, halogen-free organophosphorous compounds, or a combination thereof

wherein the first filler, the second filler, and the third filler are introduced into the supporting matrix, such that the potting compound is magnetic resonance imaging compatible, crack-resistant, flame retardant, and suitable in potting the electronic gradient coil component.

2. The magnetic resonance imaging compatible flame retardant potting compound as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the inorganic material comprises SiO2, A1203, A1N, CaMg(CO3)2, TiO2, BN, Fe203, Fe304, ZnO, SiC, synthetic ceramics, zeolites, chalk, Mg3Si4010(OH)2, CaSiO3, purely carbon-based particles, or a combination thereof.

3. The magnetic resonance imaging compatible flame retardant potting compound as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the polymer nanoparticles are formed from or comprise polybutadiene, polystyrene, polysilane, polysiloxane, elastomers, thermoplastics, hybrid materials, or a combination thereof.

4. The magnetic resonance imaging compatible flame retardant potting compound as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least a proportion of the inorganic material comprises nanoparticles.

5. The magnetic resonance imaging compatible flame retardant potting compound as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at potting compound as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the polymer nanoparticles are unmixed from one material or are core-shell particles.

6. The magnetic resonance imaging compatible flame retardant potting compound as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the polymer nanoparticles, the inorganic material, or the polymer nanoparticles and the inorganic material have a surface functionalization.

7. The magnetic resonance imaging compatible flame retardant potting compound as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an average diameter of the polymer nanoparticles is ≦1000 nm.

8. The magnetic resonance imaging compatible flame retardant coil potting compound as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the content of the polymer nanoparticles is ≦20% by weight, and the content of materials used as the flame retardant is ≦80% by weight.

9. The magnetic resonance imaging compatible flame retardant potting compound as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electronic gradient coil component comprises a large-volume gradient coil.

10. The magnetic resonance imaging compatible flame retardant potting compound as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the large-volume coil comprises a gradient coil of a magnetic resonance device.

11. The magnetic resonance imaging compatible flame retardant potting compound as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the inorganic material is unmixed from the one material or the core-shell particles.

12. The magnetic resonance imaging compatible flame retardant potting compound as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the polymer nanoparticles, the inorganic material, or the polymer nanoparticles and the inorganic material have a surface functionalization using salinization.

13. The magnetic resonance imaging compatible flame retardant potting compound as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the average diameter of the polymer nanoparticles is ≦100 nm.

14. The magnetic resonance imaging compatible flame retardant potting compound as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the average diameter within the inorganic material is ≦100 nm.

15. The magnetic resonance imaging compatible flame retardant potting compound as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the content of polymer nanoparticles is ≦10% by weight, and the content of the materials used as the flame retardant is ≦30% by weight.

16. The magnetic resonance imaging compatible flame retardant potting compound as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the supporting matrix comprises a reaction resin.

17. The magnetic resonance imaging compatible flame retardant potting compound as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the reaction resin is a modified epoxy resin based on bisphenol.

18. An electronic gradient coil component, wherein the electronic gradient coil component is potted using a magnetic resonance imaging compatible flame retardant potting compound, the magnetic resonance imaging compatible flame retardant potting compound comprising:

a supporting matrix;

a first filler comprising polymer nanoparticles;

a second filler comprising an inorganic material; and

a third filler that is used as a flame retardant and comprises Al(OH) 3 , Mg(OH) 2 , Sb 2 O 3 , brominated compounds, chlorinated compounds, halogenated compounds, halogen-free organophosphorous compounds, or a combination thereof

wherein the first filler, the second filler, and the third filler are introduced into the supporting matrix, such that the potting compound is magnetic resonance imaging compatible, crack-resistant flame retardant, and suitable for potting the electronic gradient coil component.

19. The electronic gradient coil component as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the inorganic material comprises SiO2, A1203, A1N, CaMg(CO3)2, TiO2, BN, Fe203, Fe304, ZnO, SiC, synthetic ceramics, zeolites, chalk, Mg3Si4010(OH)2, CaSiO3, purely carbon-based particles, or a combination thereof.

20. The electronic gradient coil component as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the polymer nanoparticles are formed from or comprise polybutadiene, polystyrene, polysilane, polysiloxane, elastomers, thermoplastics, hybrid materials, or a combination thereof.

21. The electronic gradient coil component as claimed in claim 18 , wherein at least a proportion of the inorganic material comprises nanoparticles.

22. The electronic gradient coil component as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the polymer nanoparticles are unmixed from one material or are core-shell particles.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2016
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
Reel/Frame 039271/0561 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2013
From: HUBER, JUERGEN; SCHOEN, LOTHAR; UEBLER, MATTHIAS
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 030166/0112 →