US Patent Issued to Metglas on Sept. 22 for "Process for in-line mechanically scribing of amorphous foil for magnetic domain alignment and core loss reduction" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,311, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Metglas Inc. (Conway, S.C.).

"Process for in-line mechanically scribing of amorphous foil for magnetic domain alignment and core loss reduction" was invented by Eric Alan Theisen (Myrtle Beach, S.C.), Donald E Granger Jr. (Conway, S.C.), Thomas Joseph Hastie (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) and Donald Robert Reed Jr. (Galivants Ferry, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the reduction of core losses in soft magnetic applications utilizing amorphous foil as the core material. Amorphous foil is known to have lower losses when compared to crystalline silicon steel laminations. It is ...