US Patent Issued to ZMAG on Sept. 22 for "Magnetic field device and method of driving molten metal" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,444, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to ZMAG LTD. (Shiroi, Japan).

"Magnetic field device and method of driving molten metal" was invented by Kenzo Takahashi (Shiroi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a magnetic field device that can efficiently drive molten metal with a large driving force, and a method of driving molten metal using the magnetic field device. A magnetic field device 1 according to an embodiment includes a rotating body 2 to be driven to rotate around a central axis, a magnet 3 fixed on the rotating body 2 and having an upper surface magnetized to N pole, and a magnet 4 fixed on the rotating body 2 ...