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US 2021/0343457 A1Published application
Permanent magnet, rotary electrical machine, and vehicle
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsMasaya Hagiwara, Yosuke Horiuchi, Shinya Sakurada
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Abstract
A permanent magnet is expressed by a composition formula: RpFeqMrCu5Co100-p-q-r-s. The magnet includes a crystal grain having a main phase including a TbCu7 crystal phase, and a volume ratio of the TbCu7 crystal phase to the main phase is 95% or more.
Claims9
A method of manufacturing a permanent magnet, comprising:
- preparing an alloy powder, the alloy powder being expressed by a composition formula:
- RpFeqMrCusCo100-p-q-r-s
- where R is at least one element selected from the group consisting of rare-earth elements, M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Zr, Ti, and Hf, p is a number satisfying 10.5≤p≤12.5 atomic percent, q is a number satisfying 25≤q≤40 atomic percent, r is a number satisfying 0.88≤r≤4.5 atomic percent, and s is a number satisfying 3.5 ≤s≤10.7 atomic percent;
- press-forming the alloy powder in a magnetic field to form a green compact;
- sintering the green compact to form a sintered compact;
- performing a solution heat treatment on the sintered compact at a temperature of not less than 1100° C. nor more than 1180° C.;
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- performing an aging treatment on the compact after the solution heat treatment, the aging treatment including
- heating the compact at a temperature of not lower than 550° C. nor higher than 680° C. for not less than 1 hour nor more than 100 hours, and then
- cooling the compact at a cooling rate of not less than 0.1° C./minute nor more than 5° C./minute to a temperature of not lower than 20° C. nor higher than 500° C.
7 more elements
5 degree or less to a maximum peak ascribed to the TbCu7 crystal phase, the relative intensity being 0.4 or less.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.