US Patent Issued to Nippon Steel Chemical & Material on March 24 for "Power-generating magnetostrictive element and magnetostrictive power generation device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,420, issued on March 24, was assigned to Nippon Steel Chemical & Material Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Power-generating magnetostrictive element and magnetostrictive power generation device" was invented by Hiroaki Sakamoto (Tokyo) and Masao Tanabe (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Task of the present invention is to provide a power-generating magnetostrictive element and a magnetostrictive power generation device equipped with the same, which are capable of achieving the same or a greater magnetostrictive power generation amount compared to conventional technology while employing materials lower in cost compared to conventional magnetost...