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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:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2012
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Jean-Baptiste Mathieu, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Yanzhe Yang, Schenectady, NY (US);
Bruce Courtney Campbell Amm, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Silke Maria Lechner-Greite, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01F 27/08 (2006.01); H01F 27/10 (2006.01); H01F 1/00 (2006.01); H01F 41/00 (2006.01); H01F 27/28 (2006.01); G01R 33/385 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01F 41/00 (2013.01); G01R 33/3856 (2013.01); G01R 33/3858 (2013.01); H01F 27/2876 (2013.01); Y10T 29/4902 (2015.01); Y10T 29/51 (2015.01);
Abstract
The embodiments disclosed herein relate generally to magnetic resonance imaging systems and, more specifically, to the manufacturing of a gradient coil assembly for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems. For example, in one embodiment, a method includes ultrasonically consolidating a plurality of sheets of a conductive material to form a consolidated structure and machining one or more conductive channels into the consolidated structure to form an inductor.