With Permanent Magnet Patents (Class 336/110)
  • Patent number: 11879326
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and systems are provided to count one or more magnetically permeable objects that have passed by a magnetic sensor and determine a direction thereof. The apparatus comprises a first permanent magnet; a second permanent magnet; a magnetic field sensor disposed between opposing poles of the first permanent magnet and the second permanent magnet; and a circuit connected to the magnetic field sensor, the circuit configured to count one or more magnetically permeable objects that have passed by the magnetic field sensor, and determine direction of the one or more magnetically permeable objects based on an output of the magnetic field sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Thomas Werkheiser, Michael Linley Fripp, Zachary William Walton
  • Patent number: 11817243
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inductive component having a planar conductive track structure. The planar conductive track structure is surrounded along a predetermined section by a ferromagnetic core. For targeted control of the current flow inside the planar conductive track structure and, in particular, of the current density in the cross-section of the planar conductive track structure, gaps are provided in a targeted manner in the ferromagnetic core. The gaps in the ferromagnetic core are arranged in regions above and/or below the planar conductive track structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jannik Robin Schaefer, Dominik Bortis, Johann W. Kolar
  • Patent number: 11482367
    Abstract: An ignition coil, including: a center core; a primary coil wound around the center core; a secondary coil wound around the primary coil; a side core, which is arranged around the secondary coil, and is coupled to the center core to from a closed magnetic path; a case configured to accommodate the center core, the primary coil, the secondary coil, and the side core; and an insulating resin filled in the case, wherein the side core includes a wide portion having a larger width in a direction from the center core to the side core, and a narrow portion having a smaller width than the wide portion, and wherein the narrow portion is formed on a high-voltage side of the side core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Idogawa
  • Patent number: 11289267
    Abstract: Obtain an ignition coil in which a magnet is provided at a magnet holding portion which is formed between a first side iron core and a second side iron core, and intervening components which are configured by using a non-magnetic material, are included at facing portions which are provided at end portions of separated surfaces of the first side iron core and separated surfaces of the second side iron core, in a state where the magnet holding portion is formed by using the first side iron core and the second side iron core, and are faced at a surface which is vertical with respect to an axis direction of the side iron cores, and the intervening components have a thickness which is less than a distance between the separated surfaces of the first side iron core and the separated surfaces of the second side iron core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Idogawa
  • Patent number: 11217387
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for a wireless power transfer system for a vehicle. The device comprises a coil formed by at least a first conductor wire forming a first sub coil with a plurality of windings and a second conductor wire forming a second sub coil with a plurality of windings. The coil has a first loop and a second loop positioned next to each other. The first and second loop have a central portion of the coil in common where said at least first and second conductor wires extend from the first loop to the second loop and vice versa. The first and second conductor wires are arranged next to each other in the central portion. The first and second conductor wires are arranged above each other in an outer portion of the first loop and in an outer portion of the second loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: NINGBO GEELY AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CO.
    Inventors: Johan Ekbäck, Gabriel Samuelsson
  • Patent number: 11021198
    Abstract: A robotic vehicle for traversing surfaces is provided. The vehicle is comprised of a chassis supporting a magnetic drive wheel for driving and steering the vehicle and a stabilization mechanism. The magnetic wheel comprises two flux concentrator yokes and an axially magnetized hub extending therebetween. The hub includes a central housing configured to house a sensor probe and enhance the magnetic pull force of the wheel by providing a continuous pathway of high magnetic permeability material for magnetic flux to flow axially through the drive wheel. The stabilization mechanism comprises a front and rear facing support element moveably coupled to the chassis and configured to contact the surface and move symmetrically relative to the chassis thereby maintaining the vehicle and probe normal to the surface and providing stability to the vehicle while traversing surfaces regardless of surface curvature and vehicle orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Pablo Carrasco Zanini, Fadl Abdellatif, Abdullah Arab, Brian Parrott
  • Patent number: 11021197
    Abstract: A robotic vehicle for traversing surfaces is provided. The vehicle is comprised of a chassis supporting a magnetic drive wheel for driving and steering the vehicle and a stabilization mechanism. The magnetic wheel comprises two flux concentrator yokes and an axially magnetized hub extending therebetween. The hub includes a central housing configured to house a sensor probe and enhance the magnetic pull force of the wheel by providing a continuous pathway of high magnetic permeability material for magnetic flux to flow axially through the drive wheel. The stabilization mechanism comprises a front and rear facing support element moveably coupled to the chassis and configured to contact the surface and move symmetrically relative to the chassis thereby maintaining the vehicle and probe normal to the surface and providing stability to the vehicle while traversing surfaces regardless of surface curvature and vehicle orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Pablo Carrasco Zanini, Fadl Abdellatif, Abdullah Arab, Brian Parrott
  • Patent number: 10998128
    Abstract: An ignition coil for an internal combustion engine is provided which includes a case, a connector, a resinous member, and a retainer. The case is equipped with an opening portion and has component parts mounted therein. The connector is electrically connected to an external device. The resinous member is disposed in the case. The retainer firmly hold an external connecting member joined to the connector. The retainer is mechanically discrete from the case and secured to an attachment wall of the case. The attachment wall is defined by at least one of a wall of the case which constitutes the opening portion and a wall secured to the opening portion. The retainer has a portion embedded in the resinous member. This structure minimizes fretting wear between terminals of the connector and the external connecting member such as a wire harness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsunori Akimoto
  • Patent number: 10770923
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission device wearable by a subject is provided. The wireless power transmission device includes a power conditioner including a first end and an opposite second end, and a band. The band includes a first end fixedly coupled to the power conditioner first end, a second end fixedly coupled to the power conditioner second end, a body extending between the band first end and the band second end, the body including at least one elastic segment, and a plurality of conductive wires extending along the body to form a plurality of conductive loops, at least one of the plurality of conductive wires electrically coupled to the power conditioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: TC1 LLC
    Inventor: John Freddy Hansen
  • Patent number: 10749491
    Abstract: The invention specifies an inductive component for a busbar. The inductive component has two air gaps which are arranged on opposite sides of the component, wherein the air gaps are at a distance from one another in a vertical direction of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Jorn Schliewe, Stefan Schefler
  • Patent number: 10660363
    Abstract: A cartomizer of an electronic vaping device includes a heater circuit which is located adjacent an air passage thereof. The heater circuit includes an electrically resistive heater in electrical communication with a secondary coil. A wick extends across the air passage. The wick is configured to draw pre-vapor formulation from a reservoir toward the heater. The heater is configured to heat the pre-vapor formulation to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the pre-vapor formulation and form a vapor. The cartomizer is connectable to a power supply component which includes a power source in electrical communication with a primary coil. The power supply component is configured to induce sufficient voltage in the secondary coil of the heater circuit such that the secondary coil is configured to heat the heater and vaporize the pre-vapor formulation when the primary coil is powered by the power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Edmond J. Cadieux, Douglas A. Burton, Patrick J. Cobler, Barry S. Smith, Peter Lipowicz, Kai Cao
  • Patent number: 10650959
    Abstract: A magnetic component has a variable inductance over a range of DC bias currents. The component includes a bobbin with a coil positioned around a passageway between first and second end flanges. First and second E-cores (either conventional or EFD E-cores) have respective middle legs positioned in the passageway with end surfaces of the middle legs juxtaposed within the passageway and spaced apart by a first magnetic gap. An I-bar is positioned in the passageway parallel to and spaced apart from respective first longitudinal surfaces of the middle legs to form a second magnetic gap between the I-bar and the longitudinal surface of the middle leg of the first E-core and to form a third magnetic gap between the I-bar and the longitudinal surface of the middle leg of the second E-core. The magnetic component provides higher inductances for lower bias currents and provides lower inductances for higher bias currents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Universal Lighting Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Folker, Mike LeBlanc, Thomas M. Poehlman
  • Patent number: 10269476
    Abstract: An amorphous alloy magnetic core including a layered body in which amorphous alloy thin strips are layered one on another, the layered body having one end face and another end face in a width direction of the amorphous alloy thin strips, an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface orthogonal to a layering direction of the amorphous alloy thin strips, and a hole passing through from a part of the one end face as a starting point, the width direction corresponding to a depth direction of the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kodama, Kengo Takahashi, Daichi Azuma
  • Patent number: 10187058
    Abstract: A Hall-effect universal control button for a man-machine interface includes a base adapted for mounting on the interface, and a plurality of manually actuable and interchangeable control modules. Each control module is mountable on the base and includes a bipolar magnet. The base includes at least one sensor to detect a magnetic field of the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Zodiac Aero Electric
    Inventor: Antonio Simao
  • Patent number: 10153666
    Abstract: A wireless power receiver according to an embodiment wirelessly receives power from a wireless power transmitter. The wireless power receiver includes a printed circuit board having a reception space in a predetermined area, a receiving coil disposed in the reception space of the printed circuit board for receiving power from the wireless power transmitter, and a short-range communication antenna disposed on the printed circuit board while surrounding the receiving coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Min Lee, Jung Oh Lee
  • Patent number: 10020668
    Abstract: A wearable power apparatus for a wearable electronic device includes one or more conductors, one or more batteries connected to the conductor, and/or an inductive coil that attaches to the wearable electronic device to inductively transmit power from the battery to the wearable electronic device, such as while the wearable electronic device is worn. The power apparatus may have attachment mechanisms that attach to a band coupled to the wearable electronic device. Alternatively or additionally, the power apparatus may be at least partially embedded within the band. The inductive coil may also receive power for the battery from another inductive coil. The battery may include one or more connectors that power to (and/or receiving power from) one or more other electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Gregory S. Adamisin
  • Patent number: 9978485
    Abstract: This invention discloses a type of noncontact linear potentiometer; the potentiometer comprises a slider, a rotating shaft, a guide rod, a tunneling magnetoresistive sensor, a permanent magnet, a printed circuit board, and two support structures. In this configuration the slider moves along the guide rod and the rotating shaft, causing the rotation of the rotating shaft; the permanent magnet is attached to an end of the rotating shaft, and it therefore rotates as the shaft rotates. A tunneling magnetoresistive sensor is located adjacent to the permanent magnet, soldered onto a printed circuit board, and it is used to measure the angle of rotation of the permanent magnet. The guide rod constrains the sliding direction of the slider, and the two support structures are located at the opposite ends of the guide rod and rotating shaft, and they are used to support the rotating shaft and guide rod. Located between the slider and rotating shaft is a ball bearing, a pin and a leaf spring assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: MultiDimension Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng Wang, Junyun Wang, Xiaochun Ji
  • Patent number: 9818531
    Abstract: A magnetic core including a winding core portion; and a flange portion provided on the axial end side of at least one of the winding core portion, wherein the flange portion is formed such that contour line OL1 of cross-section P, of the flange portion, which becomes perpendicular with respect to the axis line of the winding core portion forms a shape of a first irregular convex polygon which is substantially a non-regular polygon and also a convex polygon, and the contour line OL1 contacts with respect to all of sides Sb1, Sb2, Sb3 and Sb4 which are the four sides of a first circumscribed rectangle which becomes minimum within imaginary rectangles circumscribed with the contour line OL1 and also, the contour line OL1 includes side Sa1 and side Sa2 which respectively overlap with portions of respective ones of the side Sb1 and the side Sb2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: SUMIDA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Juichi Oki
  • Patent number: 9697945
    Abstract: Since the magnetic film of the present invention has a much thinner thickness compared to a corresponding conventional magnetic layer and radiator coil material assembly and has no adhesive layer or air layer between the magnetic layer and the radiator, permeability required at the time of charging can be improved, a loss rate can be reduced and high charging efficiency can be obtained, Furthermore, since a band width and a gain rate can be improved, the magnetic film can be very usefully applied to wireless charging products which pursue slimming in design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soon Young Hyun, Seok Bae, So Yeon Kim, Won Ha Moon, Nam Yang Lee, Hyung Eui Lee
  • Patent number: 9674615
    Abstract: A linear moving coil magnetic drive system includes a continuous loop coil of flat, thin, rigid construction which levitates inside a quadrupole permanent magnet assembly with minimum gap. The linear coil may be a flat, racetrack-shaped, continuous loop, which may be constructed with single or multilayers PCB, flex-circuit, or other membrane process. The linear coil may include a coating of permeable magnetic material along the insulated conductor traces. The linear coil may be sandwiched between carbon fiber fabrics and cured to create a long, flat, thin and perfectly straight, extremely stiff, light-weight, load-bearing tee-shaped structure. This structure is levitated inside a quadrupole permanent magnetic assembly with minimum air gap between the high gauss magnets. In additional to the bare conductor traces inside this coil, also integrated into this PCB structure, is simple second-order equalizer electronic circuitry, comprised of surface-mounted resistors, capacitors, and IC chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: WALL AUDIO INC.
    Inventor: Chiko Fan
  • Patent number: 9633299
    Abstract: Provided is a chip-embedded RFID tag, comprising: a first metal casing; a spacer insulator disposed on the first metal casing; a second metal casing disposed on the spacer insulator; a first electrical connecting component, the first metal casing and the second metal casing forming electrical connection via the first electrical connecting component; second electrical connecting components, an RFID chip forming electrical connection with the first metal casing and the second metal casing via the second electrical connecting components; and the first metal casing is separated from the second metal casing by the spacer insulator. Also provided is a method for manufacturing the chip-embedded RFID tag. The chip-embedded RFID tag directly utilizes a metal casing as the antenna of a tag, improving the tag read performance, and also greatly impact resistance and environment resistance performance thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: SHANGHAI YAOCHUAN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhijia Liu
  • Patent number: 9513148
    Abstract: A nuclear magnetic flow meter for measuring the flow rate of a multiphase medium which is flowing through a measuring tube with a nuclear magnetic measurement device, the nuclear magnetic measurement device being located around the measuring tube. The accuracy of the measurement of the flow rate for the gaseous phase is achieved in that, in addition to the nuclear magnetic measurement device, there is a further measurement device which implements another measurement principle, e.g. a differential pressure flow rate measurement device for measuring the differential pressure of the medium in the measuring tube. At least one pressure gauge at each of two measurement sites which are different in the longitudinal direction of the measuring tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Krohne AG
    Inventor: Cornelius Johannes Hogendoorn
  • Patent number: 9384887
    Abstract: A first device may be paired to a second device, with the first and second devices including inductive elements, the devices may be paired by aligning a first magnetic element of a first device and a second magnetic element of a second device. At least one additional magnetic element is used to redirect magnetic fields generated by the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element away from the inductive elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Activision Publishing, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Leyland, John Reine
  • Patent number: 9293247
    Abstract: An AC inductor includes a core, at least one permanent magnet for magnetically biasing the core, an inductor winding on the core, and a circuitry which guides an alternating current which flows through the AC inductor in such a way through the inductor winding that, during each half-wave of the alternating current, the alternating current generates a magnetization of the core which is opposite to the magnetization by the permanent magnet. This circuitry includes a commutator which guides the alternating current flowing between two contacts of the AC inductor through the same part of the inductor winding with a same flow direction during each of the half-wave of the alternating current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Jens Friebe, Oliver Prior, Peter Zacharias
  • Patent number: 9251940
    Abstract: An inductor includes a first core, a conducting wire, a second core and a first lead frame. There is an accommodating space formed on a first side of the first core and there is a recess portion formed on a second side of the first core, wherein the first side is opposite to the second side. The first core has a first height. The conducting wire is disposed in the accommodating space. The second core is disposed on the first side of the first core and covers the accommodating space. The first lead frame has an embedded portion embedded in the recess portion. The embedded portion has a second height. After embedding the embedded portion in the recess portion of the first core, a total height of the embedded portion and the first core is smaller than the sum of the first height and the second height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: CYNTEC Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsung-Chan Wu
  • Patent number: 9196416
    Abstract: A bobbin for spacing windings around an inductor core includes an interior spacer defining an exterior surface for coupling interior spacer with an annular inductor core and an interior facing surface opposing the exterior surface for receiving inductor windings. The interior spacer has a thickness profile between the exterior and interior facing surfaces for spacing the windings inward from the inductor core to reduce magnetic fringe flux effects on the windings. An inductor body includes an inductor core coupled to bobbin. A wound inductor includes windings wrapped around the inductor body formed by the inductor core and bobbin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: Adam M. White
  • Patent number: 9030282
    Abstract: A permanent magnet DC inductor is disclosed which includes at least two separate and individual magnetic inductors, each having its own core structure and forming closed individual magnetic paths having at least one magnetic gap. Windings are provided on the magnetic cores, and at least one permanent magnet piece is provided with each inductor. The separate magnetic cores having the at least one magnetic gap are arranged against each other to form external magnetic gaps with the permanent magnet pieces arranged inside the external magnetic gaps on both sides of the at least one magnetic gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: ABB Oy
    Inventor: Paulius Pieteris
  • Patent number: 9018891
    Abstract: A motor includes a frame, a shaft rotatably mounted onto the frame, and at least one disc mounted onto the shaft. At least one permanent magnet is mounted on the disc, and at least one electromagnet and at least one coil are mounted to the frame in rotational magnetic proximity to the permanent magnet. A battery is connectable to the electromagnet and the coil for energizing the electromagnet and for receiving electrical current from the coil for charging the battery. A relay switch controls the transmission of electrical power from the battery to the electromagnet. A sensor generates a signal to the relay switch to activate electrical power to the electromagnet upon sensing that the permanent magnet is positioned with respect to the electromagnet such that a magnetic force generated by the electromagnet would be effective for inducing movement of the permanent magnet and consequent rotation of the disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Inventor: Clifford R. Rabal
  • Publication number: 20150077206
    Abstract: A first device may be paired to a second device, with the first and second devices including inductive elements, the devices may be paired by aligning a first magnetic element of a first device and a second magnetic element of a second device. At least one additional magnetic element is used to redirect magnetic fields generated by the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element away from the inductive elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Activision Publishing, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Leyland, John Reine
  • Publication number: 20150042433
    Abstract: Problem to be Solved To provide a choke coil that can apply an optimal magnetic bias even when the current increases and can be reduced in size, weight and cost. Solution The present invention provides a choke coil including a coil (6) and a core (1) including a first core part (5) inserted into a central hole of the coil (6) and a plurality of second core parts (4) disposed along the outer periphery of the coil, the first core part (5) and the second core part (4) forming a closed magnetic path, wherein the second core parts (4) are shaped so that the total sum of the areas of cross sections thereof perpendicular to the axis of the coil is greater than the area of a cross section of the first core part (5), a gap part (G) is formed in the second core parts (4), and a ferrite magnet (7) that applies a magnetic bias is disposed in the gap part (G).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Masaru Ota, Mikio Kitaoka, Yuko Kanazawa
  • Publication number: 20150028685
    Abstract: There is provided a coil sheet including: a sheet having a spiral coil thereon; a core located at the central portion of the coil and having a thickness of t mm, wherein the core has a curvature in at least one of an upper surface of the core, a corner at which the upper surface and a side surface meet each other, and a position in which the core and the sheet meet each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MACHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kang Ryong CHOI, Yong Il Kwon, Sung Yong An, Chang Ryul Jung
  • Patent number: 8928444
    Abstract: A cooling structure for a magnet-equipped reactor includes: a magnet-equipped reactor (60) having a core (61) around which a coil (70) is wound, and a magnet (75) arranged to contact the core (61); and a cooling member (51) arranged to contact the magnet (75) of the magnet-equipped reactor (60) to cool the magnet (75).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naohiro Kido, Toshiyuki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20150002129
    Abstract: Single phase inductors have non-linear inductance values, and M-phase coupled inductors having non-linear leakage inductance values. Each inductor includes, for example, at least one of the following: a saturable magnetic element, a gap of non-uniform thickness, a core formed of a distributed gap material, or a non-homogeneous core. A DC-to-DC converter includes an inductor having a non-linear inductance value, a switching subsystem, and an output filer. Another DC-to-DC converter includes an output filter, a coupled inductor having non-linear leakage inductance values, and switching subsystems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Alexandr Ikriannikov, Ognjen Djekic
  • Patent number: 8922314
    Abstract: An auxiliary core portion and a main core portion, including a magnet if the magnet is attached, are covered by a resin film or an elastomer film and fixed as a single assembly. In this state, a coil is attached to the assembly and a side core portion is assembled to the assembly. The auxiliary core portion and the main core portion, including the magnet if it is attached, can be supplied, as the single assembly, to an automated assembly line for ignition coils. It is not necessary to position such components on the assembly line. Thus, the workability of the automated assembly can be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanobu Kobayashi, Yoichi Anzo, Makio Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8922324
    Abstract: An ignition coil for internal combustion engine includes: a center core disposed on an inner side of a primary coil and a secondary coil and a side core disposed on an outer side of the primary and secondary coils whose one end face abuts on one end face of the center core and the other end face abuts on the other end face of the center core via a magnet. The side core is formed of a plurality of side core portions obtained by dividing laminated magnetic steel plates at different positions in a longitudinal direction thereof and has a superimposed portion in which the magnetic steel plates of the adjacent side core portions mutually superimpose between the different positions in the longitudinal direction. It thus becomes possible to provide an ignition coil for internal combustion engine capable of suppressing an increase of magnetic circuit resistance markedly without deteriorating assembly workability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Idogawa, Takeshi Shimizu, Shuichi Tamura, Koji Takaba
  • Publication number: 20140354388
    Abstract: Provided is a transducer. The transducer includes a permanent magnet that generates a magnetostatic field, a patch disposed below the permanent magnet and formed of a material that deforms according to a magnetic field, an insulator disposed on a top surface of the patch, and a coil wound around the patch and the insulator in a certain form and allowing a magnetomotive field to be induced on the patch according to an applied current. The wound coil has a form in which directions of the magnetostatic field generated by the permanent magnet and the magnetomotive field generated by winding the coil are orthogonal to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: SNU R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Yoon Young Kim, Hong Min Seung, Hoe Woong Kim
  • Patent number: 8789262
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an inductor includes a mold device having a mold cavity, disposing a coil member above the mold cavity of the mold device, filling metallic particles into the mold cavity of the mold device, forcing the coil member into the metallic particles to form a base member, applying two conductive coating members onto the base member and electrically connecting to the terminals of the coil member respectively, and attaching two conductive coverings onto the conductive coating members respectively and electrically connecting to the conductive coating members respectively for allowing the inductors to be quickly manufactured in a mass production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Mag. Layers Scientific Technics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chien Chih Liu
  • Patent number: 8736414
    Abstract: A magnetic power converter has a core that has at least a first leg and a second leg. In addition, the magnetic power converter has an output coil positioned around the second leg and a toroid integrated into the first leg, the toroid comprising a permanent magnet and an first input coil, the input coil positioned relative to the permanent magnet, such that when an alternating current (A/C) is applied to the first input coil, permanent magnet magnetic flux produced by the permanent magnet is displaced and travels through the second leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: OnyxIP, Inc.
    Inventors: Harvey S. Henning, III, David L. Priputen
  • Patent number: 8707547
    Abstract: A lead-frameless power inductor and its fabrication method are disclosed. The power inductor comprises a lower substrate, a coil provided on the lower substrate, and an intermediate layer which encloses the coil, wherein the lower substrate can be a soft magnetic entrainer or a non-magnetic entrainer. The coil is made of an insulated wire, and the intermediate layer is a colloid consisting of magnetic powder. A method for fabricating the lead-frameless power inductor includes steps of preparing a lower substrate; forming a plurality of conducting metal layers on the lower substrate; forming a wire package on an upper surface of said lower substrate; coating a surface of said wire package with a magnetic powder; dividing the substrate into a plurality of granulated elements by cutting process; and forming the conducting metal layer on both sides of the element to form a surface mounting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Inpaq Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wei Chih Lee
  • Patent number: 8692639
    Abstract: A flux concentrator and method for manufacturing a flux concentrator is provided. The method can include combining powdered soft magnetic material, a binder, a solvent, a internal lubricant; mixing the materials to create a mixture, evaporating the solvent from the mixture, molding the mixture to form a flux concentrator, and curing the flux concentrator. The flux concentrator may be laminated and broken into multiple pieces, which makes the flux concentrator more flexible. Breaking the flux concentrator does not significantly affect the magnetic properties. Since the permeability of the binder is very similar to that of air, adding tiny air gaps between the fractions is not significantly different than adding more binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Access Business Group International LLC
    Inventors: David W. Baarman, Joshua K. Schwannecke, Roy M. Taylor, Jr., Matthew J. Norconk, William T. Stoner, Jr., Kaitlyn J. Turner, Thomas J. Berwald, Michael E. Miles
  • Publication number: 20140091890
    Abstract: In an electrical energy generator, at least one permanent magnet generates flux and a magnetizable member forms the single flux path. An electrically conductive coil is wound around the magnetizable member, and a plurality of flux switches are operative to sequentially reverse the flux from the magnet through the member, thereby inducing electrical current in the coil. An alternative configuration uses stacked loops and a separate piece of material acting as the magnetizable member. One end of the magnet is coupled to one of the loops, with the other end being coupled to the other loop. Each loop further includes two flux switches operated in a 2×2 sequence to sequentially reverse the flux through the magnetizable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: TRANSDUCING ENERGY DEVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Ted Annis, J. Patrick Eberly
  • Publication number: 20140049262
    Abstract: A transformer core apparatus includes a body of highly magnetically permeable material, a permanent magnet arranged in a safe state position for saturating the body with a permanent magnetic field, and means for removing the permanent magnetic field from the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventor: Steven Murphy
  • Patent number: 8604900
    Abstract: Magnetic circuit that has (a) a source of magnetic flux which includes an electromagnet or one or more permanent magnets, (b) at least two oppositely polarizable pole extension bodies associated with the magnetic flux source, the bodies being disc, wheel, roller or similarly shaped with an outer circumferential surface and held rotatable about respective axes of rotation, and (c) a ferromagnetic counter body which is arranged to cooperate with the pole extension bodies such as to provide an external flux path for the magnetic flux when in magnetic proximity or contact with the circumferential surface of the pole extension bodies, which is characterized in that the magnetic flux source is held stationary relative to the rotatable pole extension bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Magswitch Technology Worldwide Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Franz Kocijan
  • Patent number: 8539666
    Abstract: A method is for making an electrical inductor. The method includes forming a first subunit having a sacrificial substrate, and an electrically conductive layer defining the electrical inductor and including a first metal on the sacrificial substrate. The method includes forming a second subunit having a dielectric layer and an electrically conductive layer thereon defining electrical inductor terminals and having the first metal, and coating a second metal onto the first metal of one of the first and second subunits. The method includes aligning the first and second subunits together, heating and pressing the aligned first and second subunits to form an intermetallic compound of the first and second metals bonding adjacent metal portions together, and removing the sacrificial substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Raymond Weatherspoon, Louis Joseph Rendek, Jr., Lawrence Wayne Shacklette, Robert Patrick Maloney, David M. Smith
  • Publication number: 20130181800
    Abstract: A magnetic power converter has a core that has at least a first leg and a second leg. In addition, the magnetic power converter has an output coil positioned around the second leg and a toroid integrated into the first leg, the toroid comprising a permanent magnet and an first input coil, the input coil positioned relative to the permanent magnet, such that when an alternating current (A/C) is applied to the first input coil, permanent magnet magnetic flux produced by the permanent magnet is displaced and travels through the second leg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventors: Harvey S. Henning, III, David L. Priputen
  • Patent number: 8416045
    Abstract: A rare earth magnet is observed to function as a constant flux generator until coerced. To exploit this law, a Magnetic Power Converter is configured as a figure eight shaped balanced reluctance bridge where a rare earth magnet provides a source of constant flux employed as a working fluid. One side of the bridge drives an output coil and the other side is moderated by a toroid shaped control core acting as a variable reluctance shunt with respect to the magnet. Current in the control coil determines the rate and degree of flux variation across the bridge and therefore the resultant output voltage. Due to a mitigation of Lenz effect, full output loading is not reflected in the input; this property supports real power conversion efficiencies that may have wide applications in alternative energy and green energy generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: OnyxIP, Inc.
    Inventors: Harvey S. Henning, III, David L. Priputen
  • Patent number: 8407883
    Abstract: A damascene process is utilized to fabricate the segmented magnetic core elements of an integrated circuit inductor structure. The magnetic core is electroplated from a seed layer that is conformal with a permanent dielectric mold that results in sidewall plating defining an easy magnetic axis. The hard axis runs parallel to the longitudinal axis of the core and the inductor coils are orthogonal to the core's longitudinal axis. The magnetic field generated by the inductor coils is, therefore, parallel and self-aligned to the hard magnetic axis. The easy axis is enhanced by electroplating in an applied magnetic field parallel to the easy axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Smeys, Peter Johnson, Andrei Papou
  • Publication number: 20130057376
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a ceramic composition, a ceramic electronic component, and process for producing a ceramic electronic component in which a ferrite ceramic composition includes CuO at a molar content of 5 mol % or less and Fe2O3 and Mn2O3 are contained at such molar contents (represented by x and y, respectively) that, when x and y are expressed by a coordinate point (x,y), the coordinate point (x,y) is located within an area bounded by coordinate points A (25,1), B (47,1), C (47,7.5), D (45,7.5), E (45,10), F (35,10), G (35,7.5) and H (25,7.5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi YAMAMOTO, Akihiro NAKAMURA, Wataru KANAMI
  • Publication number: 20130009739
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a device for energy storage and transformation that allows an increased level of energy storable in an ignition coil, using a coil that has a permanent magnet inside of a primary magnetic core, with a second magnetic core that closes the magnetic path of the primary magnetic core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Massimo Augusto Dal Re, Giuseppe Fulchini, Paolo Pignatti
  • Patent number: 8350654
    Abstract: A Tran-Energy Machine is an energy conversion device to regain electric energy supplied to activated coils, from the total magnetic flux in the activated coils, and the rising and falling of magnetic flux lines of movable permanent magnets. The device may include one or more timing switches, electronic components in electric circuits, magnetic cores, permanent magnets, rotary parts, inductive coils, activation windings, rectifiers, and output switches. The one or more permanent magnets may be movably arranged with respect to the magnetic core for inducing alternating magnetic field upon movement, wherein activating and deactivating the windings attracts and repels the movable magnets generating regained energy from kinetic movement and changes in magnetic flux.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Inventor: Cong Toan Tran