Patents Examined by Elvin G. Enad
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Patent number: 10892081Abstract: A reactor including: a coil that includes a winding portion; a magnetic core that includes an inner core portion that is located inside the winding portion and an outer core portion that is located outside the winding portion; an inner interposed member that is interposed between an inner surface of the winding portion and the inner core portion; and an end surface interposed member that is interposed between an end surface of the winding portion and the outer core portion. The inner interposed member is provided with first positioning portions that engage with the end surface interposed member and are located so as to respectively face a first pair of surfaces of the outer core portion to position the outer core portion, the first pair of surfaces being composed of a pair of surfaces that face each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2016Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Kouhei Yoshikawa, Kouji Nishi, Takashi Takada, Shintaro Nanbara
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Patent number: 10892221Abstract: This transformer includes primary and secondary tracks (10, 20) that are coupled to one another by mutual inductance, the primary and secondary tracks being superimposed on top of each other in two parallel planes while being arranged to follow the same contour (C), the plane of the primary track corresponding to the main conductive layer of the circuit, said layer being deposited on a substrate (30), and the secondary track being supported, plumb with the primary track, by supporting means including walls (41-46; 51-56), each wall bearing directly on the substrate and against a lower surface (24) of the secondary track (20), and having a length (L) larger than a width (I), and having a height allowing a predetermined interval to be created between an upper surface (14) of the primary track (10) and the lower surface (24) of the secondary track (20).Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignees: THALES, UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX, INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE BORDEAUX, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUEInventors: Victor Dupuy, Benoît Mallet-Guy, Yves Mancuso, Eric Kerherve
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Patent number: 10886056Abstract: An inductor element includes a wire-winding portion and a core portion. In the wire-winding portion, a conductor is wound in a coil shape. The core portion surrounds the wire-winding portion and contains a magnetic powder and a resin. The wire-winding portion includes an inner circumferential surface. A winding-wire inner circumferential neighboring region is a region of the core portion within a distance from the inner circumferential surface toward a winding axis of the wire-winding portion. An inner-core central region is a region of the core portion within a distance from the winding axis center toward an existing region of the wire-winding portion in an outward direction perpendicular to the winding axis center. S??S?1?5.0% is satisfied, where S?(%) and S?1(%) are respectively an area ratio of a magnetic powder in the inner-core central region and the winding-wire inner circumferential neighboring region.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhide Yamashita, Katsushi Yasuhara, Chiomi Sato
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Patent number: 10886057Abstract: An electronic component includes an element body, a conductor, and a plated electrode layer. The element body includes a first outer surface provided with a first recess. The conductor includes a first conductor portion. The first conductor portion is disposed in the first recess and includes a first face opposed to a bottom face of the first recess and a second face opposed to the first face. The plated electrode layer includes a first plating portion covering the second face. The second face includes a first slope inclined with respect to the first outer surface in such a way as to be recessed toward the bottom face side of the first recess from the first outer surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Shunji Aoki, Yuya Ishima, Makoto Takahashi, Shougo Okamoto, Takafumi Takahashi, Hajime Kato, Yuto Shiga
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Patent number: 10886054Abstract: The present disclosure provides a high-voltage transformer and an electronic power apparatus. The high-voltage transformer includes a magnetic core, a secondary coil unit, and a primary coil unit. The secondary coil unit includes a secondary winding; and the primary coil unit includes a primary winding and an insulating portion. The insulating portion forms at least one through hole. At least one primary winding encircle at least one through hole and is wrapped by the insulating portion and fixed in the insulating portion. The magnetic core passes through at least one through hole. A shielding layer is formed on a surface of the insulating portion, and the shielding layer is used for connecting a safety ground.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) CO., LTDInventors: Quanliang Zhang, Na Dong, Min Zhou
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Patent number: 10875095Abstract: An electronic component includes a body made of an insulator, a coating film covering the body, a conductor located in the body, and outer electrodes each of which is connected to the conductor. The insulator contains a magnetic metal powder. The coating film is composed of resin and cations of a metal which is a cationic element contained in the insulator and which has a standard electrode potential E0 of less than about 0 V.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2016Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsunori Inoue, Hironobu Kubota
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Patent number: 10878992Abstract: The electronic component includes an element body having a mounting surface, an upper surface opposing the mounting surface, a first side surface, and a second side surface adjacent to the first side surface, and an outer conductor including a first portion extending along the first side surface and embedded in the element body so as to be exposed from the first side surface. The element body has a first chamfered portion at a corner portion connecting the upper surface and the first side surface, and a length of the first chamfered portion is longer than a thickness of the first portion of the outer conductor in a direction substantially orthogonal to the first side surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2017Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yasunari Nakashima
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Patent number: 10878990Abstract: An embedded magnetic component device includes a magnetic core located in a cavity in an insulating substrate. An electrical winding includes inner and outer conductive connectors. An inner solid bonded joint boundary is located between first and second portions of the insulating substrate and extends between the cavity and the inner conductive connectors. An outer solid bonded joint boundary is located between the first and the second portions of the insulating substrate extends between the cavity and the outer conductive connectors. The minimum distance of the inner solid bonded joint boundary between any of the inner conductive connectors and the inner interior wall of the cavity is defined as D1, and the minimum distance of the outer solid bonded joint boundary between any of the outer conductive connectors and the outer interior wall of the cavity is defined as D2. D1 and D2 are about 0.4 mm or more.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Quinn Robert Kneller, Scott Andrew Parish, Justin Morgan
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Patent number: 10867742Abstract: A helical stacked integrated inductor formed by a first inducing unit and a second inducing unit includes a first helical coil and a second helical coil. The first helical coil is substantially located at a first plane and includes a first outer turn and a first inner turn. The first inner turn is surrounded by the first outer turn. The first helical coil forms a part of the first inducing unit and a part of the second inducing unit. The second helical coil is substantially located at a second plane different from the first plane and overlaps the first helical coil. The second helical coil forms a part of the first inducing unit and a part of the second inducing unit. The first helical coil and the second helical coil are stacked in a staggered arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2016Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATIONInventor: Hsiao-Tsung Yen
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Patent number: 10867745Abstract: A device comprises a magnetic core comprising a first leg and a second leg formed by a first magnetic component and a second magnetic component, wherein a first gap and a second gap are placed between the first magnetic component and the second magnetic component and are in the first leg and the second leg, respectively, a first winding wound around the first leg in a counter-clockwise direction and a second winding wound around the second leg in a clockwise direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignees: Futurewei Technologies, Inc., University of Florida Research Foundation, IncorporatedInventors: Huan Zhang, Heping Dai, Shuo Wang
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Patent number: 10867746Abstract: An inductor structure includes a first curve metal component, a second curve metal component, and a connection component. The first curve metal component is disposed on a layer. The layer is located at a first plane, the first curve metal component is located at a second plane, and the first plane is perpendicular to the second plane. The second curve metal component is disposed on the layer. The second curve metal component is located at the second plane. The connection component is coupled to the first curve metal component and the second curve metal component.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Hsiao-Tsung Yen, Chih-Yu Tsai, Kai-Yi Huang
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Patent number: 10861631Abstract: A coil device includes a core body having a coil core part and a core bottom face, The coil device further includes a coil part forming spiral conductive pathway around the coil core part. A metal electrode is formed at the core bottom face, and the wire ends which are the conductive pathway of the coil part are formed at the metal electrode, and a part of the surface of the metal electrode is covered by a conductive resin electrode.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Katsumi Kobayashi, Kouyu Ohi
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Patent number: 10862539Abstract: A reception pad for a wireless power transfer (WPT) system includes: a plate-shaped ferrite; an insulating layer disposed on one side of the ferrite; a first coil layer disposed on the insulating layer; an interlayer insulating layer disposed on the first coil layer; and a second coil layer disposed on the interlayer insulating layer. The insulating layer at least partially surrounds the first coil layer and the second coil layer, the first coil layer and the second coil layer at least partially overlap each other and are arranged in a rectangular ring form on the one side of the ferrite, and a ratio of a width which is larger between a first width of the first coil layer and a second width of the second coil layer to a first length of the ferrite in a width direction corresponding to the first width or the second width is 0.14 to 0.15.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan UniversityInventors: Woo Young Lee, Gyu Yeong Choe, Min Jung Kim, Min Kook Kim, Jong Eun Byeon, Min Hyuck Kang, Dong Gyun Woo, Byoung Kuk Lee, Dong Myoung Joo
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Patent number: 10861632Abstract: An air cooling system, method, apparatus and kit applied to lower transformer operating temperatures, such as governed by a tank or container of oil, allowing transformer components to run more efficiently at a lower temperature level, e.g., down from the hot level operating temperatures typical in stressed conventional devices. By lowering the operational levels to within or below the nominal operational temperature ranges for the equipment, and recovering heat generated during operation, several advantages are obtained.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Inventor: Marvin W. Ward
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Patent number: 10854364Abstract: A coil component includes a magnetic portion that includes metal particles and a resin material, a coil conductor embedded in the magnetic portion and having a core portion, and outer electrodes electrically connected to the coil conductor. The magnetic portion includes a magnetic outer coating and a magnetic base having a protrusion portion. The coil conductor is disposed on the magnetic base such that the protrusion portion is located in the core portion. The magnetic outer coating is disposed so as to cover the coil conductor, and the bottom surface of the magnetic base includes a recessed portion in an area opposite to the protrusion portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gota Shinohara, Takuya Ishida
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Patent number: 10847297Abstract: A low-core-loss transformer for high transfer ratio and high power density applications can have five pillars including four corner pillars and at least one center pillar between magnetic metal plates. The center pillar provides an additional flux path to reduce thermal and core losses and improve efficiency. Magnetic flux density may be further reduced by having multiple central pillars in an N-track configuration in several kinds of symmetrical arrangements. The low-core-loss transformer achieves a flexible voltage transfer ratio. The ratio can be either even or odd numbers. An odd ratio design is able to fulfill the requirement of future data centers to supply a 400-volt high-distribution power bus. The transformer windings can be traces on a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) that integrate electronic components for a compact and modular design.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company, LimitedInventors: Liang Jye Hsu, Yan Liu, Shek Mong Wong
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Patent number: 10847308Abstract: A coil component includes: an internal coil including a coil body and first and second lead portions; and first and second external electrodes electrically connected to the internal coil. At least one of the first and second lead portions may include first and second lead wires and at least one extension wire connected to at least one of the first and second lead wires and directly connected to the external electrode.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ji Hyung Jung, Byeong Cheol Moon
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Patent number: 10847455Abstract: A power module and a power device having the power module are disclosed. The power device includes a main board. The power module is inserted in the main board and includes a PCB, a magnetic element, a primary winding circuit and at least one secondary winding circuit. The magnetic element is provided on the PCB and includes a core structure, a primary winding and at least one secondary winding. The core structure has a first side and a second side opposite to each other, and a third side and a fourth side opposite to each other. The primary winding circuit is provided on the PCB and positioned in the vicinity of the first or second side of the core structure. The secondary winding circuit is provided on the PCB and positioned in the vicinity of the third or fourth side of the core structure.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) CO., LTDInventors: Guodong Yin, Jinfa Zhang, Haijun Yang, Ben Wu, Lei Cai, Zhongwei Ke
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Patent number: 10840005Abstract: A low profile high current composite transformer is disclosed. Some embodiments of the transformer include a first conductive winding having a first start lead, a first finish lead, a first plurality of winding turns, and a first hollow core; a second conductive winding having a second start lead, a second finish lead, a second plurality of turns, and a second hollow core; and a soft magnetic composite compressed surrounding the first and second windings. The soft magnetic composite with distributed gap provides for a near linear saturation curve.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2013Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Vishay Dale Electronics, LLCInventor: Darek Blow
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Patent number: 10832852Abstract: A ferrite core comprising a yoke body having a length dimension, a width dimension and a height dimension, which are oriented perpendicular to one another, the length dimension being larger than the height dimension and/or the width dimension. A lateral surface of the yoke body has provided therein a positioning structure and an alignment structure, which differs from the positioning structure, the positioning and alignment structures being spaced apart along the length dimension by 5% to 75% of the length dimension.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2017Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: SUMIDA COMPONENTS & MODULES GMBHInventors: Stefan Hundhammer, Martin Grubl, Helmut Rott