301results about "Magnetostrictive devices" patented technology

A hybrid linear actuator features a central load shaft on which a plurality of solid-state magnetostrictive thrusters are positioned in operative relation to electric motors of a permanent magnet synchronous type to impart linear thrust force to the load shaft through clutch units also positioned thereon and under control of force and stroke amplification of output force from motor shafts projecting from the motors.

An ultrasound reactor (30) having a reactor body (1), a reactor tube (9) disposed within the reactor body and a magnetostrictor transducer (11) comprising at least one annular element (28a-d) concentric with, and mounted to an external wall of said tube and a process for ultrasonic treatment of a reaction material are disclosed. The transducer is mounted on the reactor tube in such a way so as to transmit ultrasound radiation to the interior of the tube and to induce an upwardly flowing cavitation stream whose longitudinal axis substantially coincides with a longitudinal axis of said tube, causing physical changes to the reaction material.

The invention ris an actuating drive for deflecting an actuating element by a solid body actuator (2) which, when an electrical voltage or an alternating magnetic field is applied, experiences a length change. A housing (1) encloses the solid body actuator to define an interspace (13) in a fluid-tight manner. Furthermore, the solid body actuator includes a hollow duct (6) having one end connected to a first hollow conduit (20) passing through the housing and the other end opening into the interspace. The interspace is additionally connected in a fluid-tight manner to a second hollow conduit (21) passing through the housing.

Bender devices are demonstrated by developing non-uniform fields within a homogeneous, non-planar single slab active member material of non-uniform thickness through geometrical constraints and electrode placement. Single slab actuators are demonstrated for semiconductor designs including MEMS applications. Single slab bender periodic designs are demonstrated to be well suited for MEMS fabrication. Shaped actuators having a topological pattern formed across at least one portion are demonstrated to induced strain at the patterned portion of the actuator, causing the patterned portion to flare into open and close positions upon application of an external field. Voltage transformers, spark generators, power sources, and sensors are developed using the non-planar, homogeneous, single slab active member material of non-uniform thickness. Last, semiconductor process design techniques are demonstrated for periodic and other non-planar single slab actuators.

An increased frequency power generator that includes a pair of transducers located on opposite sides of a suspended inertial mass. Magnetic attraction is used to couple the mass to each of the two transducers in alternating fashion in response to vibration and other movement externally imparted on the generator. Each transducer includes a suspended magnetic element that couples and decouples to the inertial mass as it reciprocates in the housing due to the applied external moving force. As the inertial mass decouples from one transducer on its way to magnetically connecting to the other transducer, the decoupled suspended magnetic element oscillates at a frequency greater than the imparting force, thereby generating electrical power.

Devices including a magnetostrictive transducer, an oscillating system and a tool for ultrasonic impact treatment of constructions, construction units and components of machines and mechanisms are disclosed. The invention provides high reliability of magnetostrictive transducers, oscillating systems and their components, tools and their parts affected by simultaneous action of static, dynamic and impact load on a work surface, high stability of characteristics and interchangeability thereof under conditions of small-scale, full-scale and mass production. The invention also includes design solutions with the use of new methods of the realization and manufacturing technique of the above.

The present invention is aimed at enabling a spin-transfer magnetization switching in the random access magnetic memory by reducing a switching current density in the spin-transfer magnetization switching to an order smaller than 10 MA/cm² and without causing breakdowns neither in the memory element which uses a TMR film nor in the element selection FET. The memory layer in the magnetoresistance effect element comprises a magnetic film having a value of saturation magnetization in a range from 400 kA/m to 800 kA/m. The memory layer comprises a magnetic film which contains one or more magnetic elements selected from the group of, for example, cobalt, iron and nickel, and which further contains a non-magnetic element. The non-magnetic element is contained at a ratio of, for example, 5 at % or more and less than 50 at %. A memory layer 12 in the memory cell has a dimension less than 200 nmφ.

A linear actuator includes a substantially cylindrical magnetostrictive element disposed in a housing. A retainer is cooperatively engaged with the housing and an exterior of the magnetostrictive element such that relaxed portions of the magnetostrictive element are frictionally retained in the retainer. An actuator rod is functionally coupled to one longitudinal end of the magnetostrictive element. A biasing device is disposed between the housing and the retainer to maintain the retainer in lateral compression. The actuator includes magnets arranged to induce peristaltic motion in the magnetostrictive element.

The invention discloses a vibrational energy collecting device adopting a piezomagnetic/piezoelectric compound transduction structure. The device comprises a supporting mechanism, a piezomagnetic/piezoelectric compound magneto-electricity transducer, a permanent magnet magnetic circuit and an elastic mechanism; wherein, the piezomagnetic/piezoelectric compound magneto-electricity transducer is arranged in the space of the air gap field of the permanent magnet magnetic circuit; one of the piezomagnetic/piezoelectric compound magneto-electricity transducer and the permanent magnet magnetic circuit is elastically connected with the supporting mechanism by the elastic mechanism and can do reciprocating movement along with the mechanism while the other is fixed on the base of the supporting mechanism; namely, the piezomagnetic/piezoelectric compound magneto-electricity transducer is fixed on the base while the permanent magnet magnetic circuit is connected with the supporting mechanism by the elastic mechanism, or the piezomagnetic/piezoelectric compound magneto-electricity transducer is connected with the supporting mechanism by the elastic mechanism while the permanent magnet magnetic circuit is fixed on the base by non-permeability magnetic material. The invention has the beneficial effect that the invention provides a self-energized device which is applicable to weak vibration and has higher magnetoelectricity conversion efficiency.

An actuator has a resilient shape memory member 1 with superelasticity, a magnetic body 2, and a magnetic field generator 3. At least one of the magnetic body 2 and the magnetic field generator 3 is fixed to the resilient shape memory member 1 such that one of the magnetic body 2 and the magnetic field generator 3 is stationary while the other is movable, whereby the movable member is moved by a magnetic field provided from the magnetic field generator 3.

A method of making a magnetorestrictive sensor involves the deposition of a magnetorestrictive strip over a substrate, the deposition of an insulating layer over the magnetorestrictive strip, the etching of barber pole windows through the insulating layer, the deposition of a conductive material over the insulating layer and into the barber windows, and the etching away of the conductive material between the barber pole windows so as to form barber poles. In this manner, the formation of the barber poles is controlled by the windows formed in the insulating layer.

A membrane actuator includes a magnetically actuatable membrane and a magnetic trigger. The membrane includes a shape memory alloy (SMA), and the magnetic trigger is configured to induce a martensitic transformation in the SMA, to produce a larger force than would be achievable with non-SMA-based materials. Such a membrane actuator can be beneficially incorporated into a wide variety of devices, including fluid pumps, shock absorbing systems, and synthetic jet producing devices for use in an aircraft. The membrane/diaphragm can be formed from a ferromagnetic SMA, or a ferromagnetic material can be coupled with an SMA such that the SMA and the ferromagnetic material move together. A hybrid magnetic trigger, including a permanent magnet and an electromagnet, is preferably used for the magnetic trigger, as hybrid magnetic triggers are easy to control, and produce larger magnetic gradients than permanent magnets or electromagnets alone.

An ultrasonic transducer driver has a giant magnetostrictive element, a fastener for holding the giant magnetostrictive element under mechanical pressure, a first field generator for providing a magnetic bias field, a second field generator for providing a magnetic drive field and a magnetic circuit for channelling the magnetic fields in the magnetostrictive element. An ultrasonic transducer for a bonding apparatus has a horn having a bonding tool at its smaller end and a mounting barrel adjoined onto it. The driver coupled to the larger end of the horn.