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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; C22C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
148302 ; 420416 ;
Abstract
A SmFe-based magnetostrictive material having an excellent magnetostrictive performance and an excellent mechanical strength provided by achieving a division of crystal grains. The SmFe-based magnetostrictive material includes boron (B) as an additive component, which contributes to the fine division of crystal grains. The content of boron (B) is set in a range of B.ltoreq.0.01% by weight.