Patents Examined by Mohamad Musleh
  • Patent number: 11717369
    Abstract: An external actuation device includes a housing, a motor, a driving magnet, a sensor, and a controller. The motor includes a driveshaft that is rotatable about a rotation axis. The driving magnet is rotatably coupled with the driveshaft and is rotatable together with the driveshaft about the rotation axis. The sensor is associated with the driving magnet and is configured to detect a magnetic force between the driving magnet and a driven magnet disposed adjacent to the driving magnet. The controller is in communication with the motor and the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Inventors: Yves Moser, David Wayne Daniels
  • Patent number: 11694830
    Abstract: A magnetic conductive coverplate of leakage type that may used in magnetic holding devices covers a holding surface of the magnetic holding device. The leakage type magnetic conductive coverplate is made integrally of a single magnetic conductive material. The leakage type magnetic conductive coverplate can conduct magnetic force of the holding device into a workpiece so as to hold it. Because the leakage type magnetic conductive coverplate is made integrally of a single magnetic conductive material, when there is any change in ambient temperature, no crevice will be produced due to different coefficients of expansion and contraction. Therefore, any coolant used in workpiece machining and any magnetic conductive impurities will not infiltrate into or enter the magnetic holding device to lose the internal insulation, thus effectively protecting the internal structure of the magnetic holding device and remarkably improving durability and service life of the magnetic holding device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SOPH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventor: Hong Ding
  • Patent number: 11676759
    Abstract: A coil component includes a body, a support substrate disposed within the body, a coil portion disposed on the support substrate and having first and second lead-out portions exposed to respective surfaces of the body, a noise removal portion disposed within the body and spaced apart from the coil portion, and including a pattern portion forming an open loop and having a slit between one end portion thereof and another end portion thereof spaced apart from each other. The noise removal portion also includes a third lead-out portion connected to the pattern portion and having one surface exposed to a side surface of the body. An insulating layer is disposed between the coil portion and the noise removal portion, and first to third external electrodes are disposed on respective surfaces of the body and connected to the first to third lead-out portions, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chan Yoon, Dong Hwan Lee, Sang Soo Park, Hwi Dae Kim, Dong Jin Lee, Hye Mi Yoo
  • Patent number: 11676753
    Abstract: A coil component includes a support substrate, a coil portion disposed on at least one surface of the support substrate, a magnetic body, in which the support substrate and the coil portion are disposed, having a through-portion penetrating through a center of the coil portion, a nonmagnetic layer disposed below the through-portion, and an insulating layer disposed between the nonmagnetic layer and the through-portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Hoon Hwang, Myoung Ki Shin, Jeong Gu Yeo, Young Il Lee, Byeong Cheol Moon
  • Patent number: 11670442
    Abstract: A coil component includes: a first substrate body and a second substrate body, both formed in a manner containing a magnetic material; an adhesive containing an organic material and a filler, for bonding the first substrate body and the second substrate body; a coil formed by a conductor having an insulating film; and electrodes connected electrically to the coil; wherein the surface roughness of the face of the first substrate body bonded to the second substrate body via the adhesive is higher than the average grain size of the filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Katsuyuki Horie
  • Patent number: 11670446
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hsiao-Tsung Yen
  • Patent number: 11664154
    Abstract: A coil component includes a support substrate and a coil portion disposed on the support substrate, a body, in which the support substrate and the coil portion are embedded, having one surface and the other surface, one side surface and the other side surface, and one end surface and the other end surface, a first lead-out portion and a second lead-out portion, respectively extending from the coil portion to be exposed from the one side surface and the other side surface, an insulating layer disposed on each of the one surface and the other surface, and an oxide insulating layer disposed on each of the one side surface and the other side surface and each of the one end surface and the other end surface. The insulating layer is provided with a plurality of slits spaced apart from each other to expose a surface of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ju Hwan Yang, Seo Eun Kim, Byung Soo Kang, Byeong Cheol Moon, Joung Gul Ryu
  • Patent number: 11664181
    Abstract: A base plate for an electronic component, in particular an electronic relay, has a plate-shaped base body, in particular made of plastic, and at least one electrical contact. The electrical contact fully extends through the base body. At one end the electrical contact forms an electrical terminal of the electronic component, in particular of the relay. At another end the electrical contact has an electrically conductive connection section which can be connected to a circuit board without soldering, in particular by being pressed into the circuit board, to form a permanent electrical connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventor: Thomas Kliem
  • Patent number: 11657956
    Abstract: A coil device 1 including a winding core 11 and flanges 12, 12, wires 31 to 34 wound around the winding core 11 and having one end located at the flanges 12, 12, and terminal electrodes 51 to 56 provided on the flanges 12, 12. The terminal electrodes 51 to 56 includes a wire connecting part 63a, 63b to which the one end of the wires 31 to 34 are connected and a mounting part 65 formed continuously to the wire connecting part 63a, 63b and to be positioned away from an axis of the winding core with respect to the wire connecting parts 63a, 63b along an outer peripheral direction of the flanges 12, 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tasuku Mikogami, Kouyu Ohi, Yusuke Kimoto
  • Patent number: 11657939
    Abstract: A magnetic field generator including: a yoke; and a plurality of main magnetic pole magnets and a plurality of secondary magnetic pole magnets, the main magnetic pole magnets and the secondary magnetic pole magnets comprising a rare earth sintered magnet, having magnetic pole orientations different from each other by substantially 90°, and being alternately arranged in a linear Halbach magnet array without gaps and fixed to the yoke, wherein near contact surfaces of the main magnetic pole magnets and the secondary magnetic pole magnets, a grain boundary diffusion layer is formed in which at least one of Dy or Tb being heavy rare earth elements or a compound of at least one of the Dy or the Tb is diffused into internal grain boundaries from the contact surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Imamori, Terukazu Akiyama
  • Patent number: 11649157
    Abstract: A magnetic device may include a magnetic structure, a device structure, and an associated circuit. The magnetic structure may include a patterned layer of material having a predetermined magnetic property. The patterned layer may be configured to, e.g., provide a magnetic field, sense a magnetic field, channel or concentrate magnetic flux, shield a component from a magnetic field, or provide magnetically actuated motion, etc. The device structure may be another structure of the device that is physically connected to or arranged relative to the magnetic structure to, e.g., structurally support, enable operation of, or otherwise incorporate the magnetic structure into the magnetic device, etc. The associated circuit may be electrically connected to the magnetic structure to receive, provide, condition or process of signals of the magnetic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Alan J. O'Donnell, Robert Guyol, Maria Jose Martinez, Jan Kubik, Padraig L. Fitzgerald, Javier Calpe Maravilla, Michael P. Lynch, Eoin E. English
  • Patent number: 11651883
    Abstract: A switchable permanent magnetic unit is disclosed. The unit comprises: a housing, first and second permanent magnets, and a conductive coil. The first magnet is mounted within the housing and the second magnet is rotatable between first and second positions and mounted within the housing in a stacked relationship with the first magnet. The unit generates a first level of magnetic flux at a workpiece contact interface when the second magnet is in the first position and a second level of magnetic flux at the interface when the second magnet is in the second position, the second level being greater than the first level. The conductive coil is arranged about the second magnet and generates a magnetic field. A component of the conductive coil's magnetic field is directed from S to N along the second magnet's N-S pole pair when the second magnet is in the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: MAGSWITCH TECHNOLOGY WORLDWIDE PTY LTD.
    Inventors: David H. Morton, Thomas R. Whitt, Michael H. Reed, Michael C. Blanchard
  • Patent number: 11646140
    Abstract: A magnet module includes at least one magnet unit. The magnet unit includes a first magnet member and a second magnet member surrounding the first magnet member in a plan view. The first magnet member extends along a first direction and includes a middle portion and an end portion. The first magnet member includes a first portion, which is disposed in the middle portion and extends along the first direction, and a second portion, which is disposed in the end portion and has a width greater than a width of the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nayoung Lee, Kwanyong Lee, Sangmok Nam
  • Patent number: 11646139
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a stellarator magnet based on cubic permanent magnet blocks and an arrangement optimization method thereof. For the characteristic that a three-dimensional magnet coil of a stellarator is complex in structure, the present disclosure provides the stellarator magnet based on the cubic permanent magnet blocks with uniform magnetization, same magnetization and same size; the magnetization directions of the cubic permanent magnet blocks are defined in a limited number of fixed alternative directions; the magnetic field configuration of the stellarator is generated by dipole magnetic fields provided by the permanent magnet blocks and planar coils, so that the device complexity of the stellarator is reduced, and the difficulty and cost of the machining and installation of the magnet are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Hefei Institutes of Physical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Guosheng Xu, Dehong Chen, Zhiyuan Lu, Xiangyu Zhang, Liang Chen, Minyou Ye, Ning Yan, Xingquan Wu
  • Patent number: 11646680
    Abstract: A system includes a first levitation magnet. The system also includes a suspension magnet configured underneath the first levitation magnet. The suspension magnet oscillates continuously. Magnetic flux cuts across electrical coil windings. Energy is generated as a result of the magnetic flux that cuts across the electrical coil windings. A second levitation magnet is positioned underneath the suspension magnet and first levitation magnet. The suspension magnet is configured to levitate between the first levitation magnet and the second levitation magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Raghavendra Muniraju, Joseph J. Pane, Balasubramanya Raju B K, Bin Sai, Manu Shastry C R
  • Patent number: 11641138
    Abstract: A motor for a laundry appliance includes a drive shaft coupled to a drum at a first end. The rotor frame is coupled proximate the second end of the drive shaft, where the rotor frame includes at least one polymeric material. A central hub includes a core and a perimetrical ring that extends circumferentially around the core. A plurality of recesses are defined within a planar surface of the perimetrical ring, wherein a portion of the polymeric material is received within the plurality of recesses to secure the rotor frame to the central hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Krati Bhargava, James Hull
  • Patent number: 11640889
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes a moving member, a yoke, a guide member, and a movable iron core. The yoke includes a plate portion and a yoke hole. The guide member is disposed in the yoke hole. The movable iron core is connected to the moving member. The movable iron core includes a tubular portion. The tubular portion includes a first end surface and a second end surface. The tubular portion is disposed in the guide member. The plate portion includes a first surface and a second surface. In a case where the moving member is located at the closed position, the first end surface is located within a range from a first position to a second position. The first position is a position corresponding to the first surface. The second position is located at a center of the first surface and the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayaka Miyake, Shinya Yamamoto, Daisuke Otsubo
  • Patent number: 11636967
    Abstract: A coil device has a core including a winding core portion and a flange portion formed on an X-axis-direction end portion of the winding core portion, a coil portion formed by wires being wound around the winding core portion, and terminal electrodes provided on the flange portion. Leadout portions of the wires are respectively connected to the terminal electrodes. A main protuberance having a protuberating shape is formed on an upper surface of the flange portion. The first and second leadout portions of the wires are connected to the first and second terminal electrodes outside the main protuberance in the X-axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kawasaki, Masato Otsuka, Taishi Kitamura
  • Patent number: 11636966
    Abstract: A magnetic ornament system includes: a mounting structure with a mounting surface; a magnetic plate, including a plate body, an adhesive material, and a protective member; and a magnetic ornament, including a magnet, a connector member, and an ornament assembly; such that the magnetic plate is positionable on the mounting surface of the mounting structure, such that the magnetic ornament is detachably connectable to the magnetic plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Inventor: Anne Ken-Chu Fitzhugh
  • Patent number: 11623314
    Abstract: A magnetic chuck includes a cylinder tube including a workpiece attraction surface to which a workpiece is attracted, a piston assembly including a permanent magnet and being movable in an internal space of the cylinder tube, the piston assembly separating the internal space of the cylinder tube into a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber, a first supply/discharge port formed in the cylinder tube and communicating with the first pressure chamber, a second supply/discharge port formed in the cylinder tube and communicating with the second pressure chamber, and a communication passage configured to allow the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber to communicate with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: SMC Corporation
    Inventor: Motohiro Sato