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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2016
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Curtis L. Shoemaker, Round Rock, TX (US);
Ding Wang, Austin, TX (US);
Ziyad H. Doany, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 9/24 (2006.01); G01V 3/08 (2006.01); H01F 1/153 (2006.01); G08B 13/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 9/24 (2013.01); G01V 3/081 (2013.01); G08B 13/2408 (2013.01); H01F 1/153 (2013.01);
Abstract
A magnetoelastic resonator device comprises a housing, at least one elliptically-shaped or substantially elliptically-shaped magnetoelastic element disposed within the housing, and at least one bias magnet disposed in the housing, wherein the at least one elliptically-shaped or substantially elliptically-shaped magnetoelastic element is configured to couple to an external magnetic field at a particular frequency and convert the magnetic energy into mechanical energy, in the form of oscillations.