Patents Examined by Joselito Baisa
  • Patent number: 10068695
    Abstract: There is provided a transformer including an E shaped and two I shaped magnetic cores and a first, second and third windings, wherein: one I shaped magnetic core is located between one side and a middle legs of the E shaped magnetic core, another is located between another side and the middle legs; there is an air gap on each of the two I shaped magnetic cores or two side or bottom legs of the E shaped magnetic core, the first winding is wound on a part of the magnetic cores where the air gap exists; the second and third windings are wound on the middle leg; and the first winding is connected in parallel with the second winding to constitute a primary winding; the third winding is a secondary winding. With the transformer provided by the disclosure, transformer winding loss can be reduced, and transformer efficiency can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: VERTIV ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Yaming Shi, Yuangang Liu, Liwei Huang, Xiangsheng Li, Feng Xu
  • Patent number: 10062493
    Abstract: An electronic component and a circuit board having the same mounted thereon. The electronic component includes: a base part; a coil part provided on the base part and including a coil formed by disposing conductive patterns in a spiral shape and an external terminal connected to an end portion of the coil; and a cover part including an external electrode having a first surface contacting an upper surface of the external terminal and a second surface opposing the first surface and a magnetic material part provided on the coil part, made of a magnetic material, and exposing the second surface, wherein a surface area of the first surface is larger than a surface area of the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Geon Se Chang, Young Do Kweon, Jin Hyuck Yang
  • Patent number: 10062497
    Abstract: A winding system may include a plurality of metal plates including the same shape and size, such that the plates are stacked, and each of the plurality of metal plates is reversely positioned with respect to a gap pattern in an adjacent one of the plurality of metal plates. The plates are simultaneously brazed together while flow of molten brazing material is constrained by grooves formed on brazing tabs of the plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Keming Chen, Evgeni Ganev, William Warr
  • Patent number: 9984813
    Abstract: A reactor (2) includes a bobbin (10). The bobbin is a resin-made bobbin, and has a pair of flanges (12a, 12b) that face each other. Coils (3) are wound around the bobbin between the pair of flanges. Each of a pair of plates (20) is bridged from the flange on one side, which is one of the pair of flanges, to the flange on the other side, which is one of the pair of flanges. The pair of plates abuts on circumferences of the coils between the pair of flanges. A resin cover (40) covers one of two outer peripheries of the coils. The two outer peripheries are defined by the pair of plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOKAI KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Hirata, Takeshi Okada, Yoshikazu Kamikawa
  • Patent number: 9984809
    Abstract: A coil component according to the present invention includes: a magnetic core made of a mixture of a powdery magnetic material and a binding agent and obtained by press forming the mixture; a coil element embedded in the magnetic core and having an end portion protruding from the magnetic core; and a holding member configured to hold the end portion of the coil element. The holding member has a first slit and a second slit which faces the first slit. The end portion of the coil element and the holding member are welded together in an area between the first slit and the second slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ikuya Wakamori, Mutsuyasu Ohtsubo, Manabu Satou
  • Patent number: 9986640
    Abstract: A coil component includes coil conductors having a multilayer structure including via pads, and vias connected between the via pads on the respective layers. Portions or overall regions of the via pads on two layers which are adjacent to each other overlap each other, and the vias in two layers which are connected to each other by the via pad formed therebetween are disposed in alternating positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ju Hwan Yang, Jin Hyuck Yang, Jong Yun Lee, Won Chul Sim
  • Patent number: 9978508
    Abstract: A surface mount swing-type inductor component is configured to establish a non-uniform gap when assembled. The non-uniform gap produces swing-type inductor functionality in a compact package for higher current applications while being manufacturable at relatively low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Yipeng Yan, Robert James Bogert
  • Patent number: 9966178
    Abstract: Chip electronic component and manufacturing method thereof disclosed. An example aspect provides a chip electronic component. The chip electronic component includes a magnetic body including a magnetic material, a coil part embedded in the magnetic body and formed to be connected to a first coil conductor and a second coil conductor, an insulating layer covering the first coil conductor and the second coil conductor, and a magnetic layer formed on the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youn-Soo Seo, Myung-Sam Kang, Jin-Soo Kim, Young-Gwan Ko, Woon-Chul Choi, In-Seok Kim, Hye-Yeon Cha
  • Patent number: 9966183
    Abstract: A coil is provided at a multilayer body including insulating layers stacked on one another. The coil includes linear conductors connected by via conductors to make a looped track when viewed from a layer stacking direction. The linear conductors include a first linear conductor contacting with an external electrode provided on the surface of the multilayer body, and a second linear conductor forming a half of the looped track. The first linear conductor includes a coil portion forming a part of the looped track. The second linear conductor is adjacent to the first linear conductor with one of the insulating layers in-between, and a first end of the second linear conductor is connected to a first end of the first linear conductor by a first via conductor. A second end of the second linear conductor does not overlap the first linear conductor when viewed from the layer stacking direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouji Yamauchi, Mitsuru Odahara
  • Patent number: 9953759
    Abstract: A coil component includes a component main body, a coil conductor, first and second external terminal electrodes and first and second extended conductor layers The first and second extended conductor layers are extended in directions toward the first main surface from one end portions of the first and second external terminal electrodes in a state of forming uniform and edges, and connect the one end and the other end of the coil conductor and the first and second external terminal electrodes, respectively, with distances larger than distances extending in normal line directions of outer peripheral edges of the circulating conductor layers and equal to or smaller than distances extending in tangent line directions of the outer peripheral edges of the circulating conductor layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeru Ozawa
  • Patent number: 9947453
    Abstract: A stationary induction electric apparatus includes an iron core having legs of core and yokes of core; windings wound around the legs of core; coolant for cooling the windings; a cylindrical insulation structure that forms a flow of the coolant around the windings; baffle members alternately provided on the inner wall side and the outer wall side of the cylindrical insulation structure; and adjustment members for constricting the flow of the coolant. The adjustment members are provided on the same side of the respective baffle members and on the respective baffle members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunori Ono, Akira Nishimizu, Naoya Miyamoto, Kohei Yamaguchi, Akira Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 9941047
    Abstract: A shield for a toroidal transformer that includes a toroidal assembly that comprises a toroidal magnetic core and a first winding includes a sheet of flexible non-magnetic conductive material. The sheet of flexible non-magnetic conductive material comprises a trunk portion extending along a longest dimension of the sheet of flexible non-magnetic conductive material and configured to wrap along an outer dimension of the toroidal assembly, and a plurality of fingers extending outwardly from the trunk portion and configured to wrap around portions of the first winding along portions of sides of the toroidal assembly in a direction towards the center of the toroidal magnetic core and folding into an inner dimension of the toroidal assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Joe A. Ortiz
  • Patent number: 9899131
    Abstract: An electronic component is disclosed, wherein electronic component comprises: a body; a conductive element disposed in the body; a first lead disposed on the body, wherein a first part of the first lead is disposed on a first surface of the body, a second part of the first lead is disposed on a second surface of the body and a third part of the first lead is disposed on a third surface of the body, wherein the first surface, the second surface and the third surface of the body are not coplanar with each other, wherein the first lead is electrically connected to the conductive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: CYNTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yung-Cheng Chang, Chih-Siang Chuang, Yi-Min Huang
  • Patent number: 9899141
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method of manufacturing a common mode filter forming a coil electrode by directly patterning metal layers laminated on both surfaces of a core insulating layer while not using a build-up process, and the common mode filter manufactured according to the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Yun Lee, Sung Kwon Wi
  • Patent number: 9887035
    Abstract: High-voltage, high-frequency and high-power transformer having a core (1) on which a primary winding (2) is disposed on which a secondary winding (4) is disposed in an insulated manner, whereupon the entire assembly is housed and mounted in an insulator (3), wherein the insulator (3) is made up of two parts or halves (6) and (7) symmetrical with respect to a transverse vertical plane, each part having a hollow tubular element (3.1) housed inside an outer housing (3.2) of each half of the insulator, defining in each part an annular space (3.3) comprised between the outer wall of the tubular element (3.1) and the inner wall of the outer housing (3.2), where the secondary or high-voltage winding is disposed, the insulator (3) presenting in its outer housing (3.2) a slot (5), which is situated at zero volts level, and though which the oil penetrates towards the secondary winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Sociedad Espanola De Electromedicina Y Calidad, S.A.
    Inventors: Ildefonso Moreno Vallejo, Francisco Diaz Carmena, Angel Diaz Carmena
  • Patent number: 9842683
    Abstract: A magnetic assembly includes a bobbin and first and second cores. Each core has a main body. At least one of the cores has first and second outer legs and a center leg extending from the main body. The bobbin includes a first channel on a first end flange and a second channel on a second end flange. Each channel includes a plurality of crushable ribs that extend into the channel. The first and second cores are inserted into the respective first and second channels to engage and crush the crushable ribs. The crushed ribs frictionally engage the main bodies of the two cores to retain the two cores in a fixed relationship with the bobbin without requiring tape or glue. In one embodiment, both cores are E-cores. In another embodiment, one core is an extended E-core and the other core is an I-core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL LIGHTING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Mike LeBlanc, Donald Folker
  • Patent number: 9831026
    Abstract: A transformer structure includes at least three sections, each corresponding to metal layers of an integrated circuit. A first section of the at least three sections is electrically coupled to a third section with a second section disposed between the first and third sections. The at least three sections includes inductor coils, all of which are wound in a same direction and voltage phase starting at an outer terminal and continuing to an inner terminal of each inductor coil. At least one radial wiring channel passes through a portion of a coil in one of the three sections to provide an external connection to an internal terminal of the coil in at least one of the three sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: Robert L. Barry, Venkata Nr. Vanukuru
  • Patent number: 9761366
    Abstract: A dry-type transformer for mobile applications includes a transformer core, at least one radially inner first winding segment, and at least one radially outer, second hollow cylindrical winding segment. The segments are wound around a common winding axis and the transformer core passes therethrough. The segments are nested inside one another and radially spaced apart from one another, such that a hollow cylindrical cooling duct is formed therebetween. Spacing is achieved by spacer elements arranged such that the cooling duct allows a passage of coolant in an axial direction. The spacer elements are formed and arranged along the radial circumference of the cooling duct over the axial length thereof such that the proportionate weight of the horizontal transformer can be borne on at least one contact surface of the at least second winding segment without causing deformation to the cooling duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Benjamin Weber, Michael Luckey, Wolfgang Mönig, Marcos Bockholt
  • Patent number: 9741714
    Abstract: An inductor structure includes a first inductor and a second inductor. The second inductor includes a loop that surrounds the first inductor. The first inductor includes a first loop and a second loop, and a crossover section coupling the first loop to the second loop so as to cause current flowing through the first inductor to circulate around the first loop in a first rotational direction and around the second loop in a second rotational direction opposite to the first rotational direction; wherein the first and second inductors are arranged in an equilibrated configuration about a first axis that bisects the inductor structure such that the first loop is on one side of the first axis and the second loop is on a second side of the first axis, such that the magnetic interaction between the inductors due to current flow in the inductors is cancelled out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Johan Lucas Gertenbach, Anthony Lawrence McFarthing
  • Patent number: 9741483
    Abstract: A noise filter and an electronic device including the same are disclosed. The noise filter is configured to suppress noise generated in a power line or a ground line of a power circuit unit provided in an electronic device. The electronic device including: at least one coil connected to the power line and the ground line; and a core around which the coil is wound, a common core portion configured to suppress common mode noise generated at the ground line and a normal core portion configured to suppress normal mode noise generated at the power line are formed as a single body. Thus, the common mode noise filter and the normal mode noise filter are integrated with each other to thereby improve productivity and reduce production costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-yong Joo, Jin-hyung Lee