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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
May. 17, 2002
Munekatsu Shimada, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Ono, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A Nd—Fe—B type rare earth magnet alloy is provided with hard magnetic phases each of which has a size equal to or less than 80 nm, soft magnetic phases each of which has a size equal to or less than 80 nm, with the hard and soft magnetic phases being present in a mixed structure, and partly anisotropic regions wherein axes of easy magnetization of the hard magnetic phases are aligned in one direction and each having a size equal to or greater than 0.1 &mgr;m. Such a magnet alloy is obtained using a strip casting method or ultra cooling method and serves as material for an anisotropic exchange spring magnet to be applied to a motor.