Two Windings With Mutually Crossed Winding Turns Patents (Class 336/188)
  • Patent number: 11238973
    Abstract: A hand-held antenna system allows medical personnel to ascertain the presence or absence of objects (e.g., medical supplies) tagged with transponders in an environment in which medical procedures are performed. In use, the hand-held antenna system may be positioned proximate a patient at a time after a medical procedure, such as after child birth, so the system can scan the patient's body to determine the presence of objects tagged with transponders. The antenna system includes three antenna elements arranged mutually orthogonal to each other to transmit and receive signals in three coordinate directions. A controller is coupled to the antenna elements to transmit signals to the transponders and to receive response signals. The antenna system may operate in a static scan mode wherein the antenna system is held in a fixed position by a user and a dynamic scan mode wherein the antenna system is moved by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: William A. Blair, David A Poirier, Curtis Crump
  • Patent number: 10958233
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a common mode filter that includes a winding core part and first and second wires wound in a same direction around the winding core part. A predetermined one turn of the first wire crosses a predetermined one turn of the second wire a plurality of times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yugo Asai, Tsutomu Kobayashi, Daisuke Urabe, Hiroshi Suzuki, Emi Ito, Toshio Tomonari
  • Patent number: 10339269
    Abstract: A hand-held antenna system allows medical personnel to ascertain the presence or absence of objects (e.g., medical supplies) tagged with transponders in an environment in which medical procedures are performed. In use, the hand-held antenna system may be positioned proximate a patient at a time after a medical procedure, such as after child birth, so the system can scan the patient's body to determine the presence of objects tagged with transponders. The antenna system includes three antenna elements arranged mutually orthogonal to each other to transmit and receive signals in three coordinate directions. A controller is coupled to the antenna elements to transmit signals to the transponders and to receive response signals. The antenna system may operate in a static scan mode wherein the antenna system is held in a fixed position by a user and a dynamic scan mode wherein the antenna system is moved by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: William A. Blair, David A. Poirier, Curtis Crump
  • Patent number: 10096902
    Abstract: In various embodiments, an antenna arrangement is provided. The antenna arrangement may include at least one integrated circuit; at least one loop antenna that is coupled to the integrated circuit and that forms a loop antenna region; at least one antenna that is coupled to the integrated circuit and that has a magnet core; wherein at least one portion of the magnet core is arranged above a portion of the loop antenna region; wherein the portion of the magnet core overlaps the portion of the loop antenna region; or wherein the portion of the magnet core does not overlap the portion of the loop antenna region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Peter Raggam, Oliver Kronschlaeger, Stephan Rampetzreiter, Josef Gruber
  • Patent number: 9831685
    Abstract: A wireless power transmitter according to an exemplary embodiment in the present disclosure may include a transmitting core; a transmitting coil provided on the transmitting core and transmitting power wirelessly; and a magnetic body provided on the transmitting core and allowing a virtual line which is normal to a surface of the magnetic body to form an acute angle with the transmitting core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Mok Han, Ki Won Chang, Isaac Nam, Sung Heum Park, Chul Gyun Park, Jae Suk Sung, Hyun Keun Lim
  • Patent number: 9690963
    Abstract: A hand-held antenna system allows medical personnel to ascertain the presence or absence of objects (e.g., medical supplies) tagged with transponders in an environment in which medical procedures are performed. In use, the hand-held antenna system may be positioned proximate a patient at a time after a medical procedure, such as after childbirth, so the system can scan the patient's body to determine the presence of objects tagged with transponders. The antenna system includes two sets of three antenna elements arranged mutually orthogonal to each other to transmit and receive signals in at least three coordinate directions. A controller is coupled to the antenna elements to transmit signals to the transponders and to receive response signals. The antenna system may operate in a static scan mode wherein the antenna system is held in a fixed position by a user and a dynamic scan mode wherein the antenna system is moved by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: John T. Buhler, William A. Blair, David A. Poirier, Curtis Crump
  • Patent number: 9349513
    Abstract: A method for manufacture of a conductor assembly. The assembly is of the type which, when conducting current, generates a magnetic field or in which, in the presence of a changing magnetic field, a voltage is induced. In an example embodiment one or more first coil rows are formed. The assembly has multiple coil rows about an axis with outer coil rows formed about inner coil rows. A determination is made of deviations from specifications associated with the formed one or more first coil rows. One or more deviations correspond to a magnitude of a multipole field component which departs from a field specification. Based on the deviations, one or more wiring patterns are generated for one or more second coil rows to be formed about the one or more first coil rows. The one or more second coil rows are formed in the assembly. The magnitude of each multipole field component that departs from the field specification is offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc.
    Inventor: Rainer Meinke
  • Patent number: 9208940
    Abstract: There is provided a winding structure, a coil winding, a coil part, and a coil winding manufacturing method, which are capable of preventing occurrence of an extra space due to existence of a connecting wire part when two winding parts and a connecting wire part connecting the winding parts are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: SUMIDA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kawashima
  • Patent number: 9030283
    Abstract: An electrical system having an underlying structure resembling the double helix most commonly associated with DNA may be used to produce useful electromagnetic fields for various application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Medical Energetics Ltd
    Inventor: David G. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8994487
    Abstract: A transformer includes a bobbin, at least one primary winding coil, at least one secondary winding coil, and a magnetic core assembly. The bobbin includes a main body, plural extension structures, and plural pin groups. The main body includes a channel, plural winding sections, a first connecting seat, and a second connecting seat. The plural extension structures are connected with the first connecting seat and the second connecting seat, respectively. In addition, each of the plural extension structures has a notch and a stepped structure, and the stepped structure comprises plural stepped parts. Each of the primary winding coil and the secondary winding coil includes plural outlet terminals. The plural outlet terminals of the secondary winding coil are respectively disposed on the plural stepped parts of the stepped structure and fixed on the pin group which is disposed on one of the extension structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Han-Hsing Lin, Hsiang-Yi Tseng, Ching-Hsiang Tien, Hsin-Wei Tsai, Yi-Lin Chen, Chun-Ping Chen
  • Publication number: 20150028981
    Abstract: An RF transformer is provided. The RF transformer includes a ferrite core and a winding coil structure formed around the ferrite core. The winding coil structure is in electrical contact with a center portion of the ferrite core. The winding coil structure is essentially electrically and physically spaced from external portions of the ferrite core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: PPC Broadband, Inc.
    Inventors: Leon MARKETOS, Erdogan ALKAN
  • Patent number: 8890519
    Abstract: A printed circuit in which, in going from one end to another, a same conductive line is wound successively: around the first winding axis to form at least one half-turn of a first coil, then around the second winding axis to form at least one half-turn of a second coil, then around the first winding axis to form at least one half-turn of a first coil, then around the second winding axis to form at least one half-turn of a second coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives
    Inventor: Philippe Klein
  • Patent number: 8864060
    Abstract: A coil component includes an air-core winding wire portion wound by a wire with a plurality of wound layers by alignment winding, a spiral shaped wound portion in which the wire wound in a spiral shape from an inner edge of an end surface toward an outer edge thereof along the end surface while in contact with the end surface on one side in the axis direction of the winding wire portion, a first lead portion extended and extracted outward from a winding first end point of the spiral shaped wound portion, and a second lead portion extended and extracted outward from a winding second end point at the outer circumference of the winding wire portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sumida Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Yamada, Yoshiyuki Hatayama
  • Publication number: 20140306789
    Abstract: A common-mode choke coil having: a core that extends in a predetermined direction; and first and second wires that are intertwined and wound together around the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya HIRAI, Yuki KANBE
  • Patent number: 8847928
    Abstract: A position indicator for use in a pen tablet device includes a coil for emitting a position indicating signal. The coil includes: a first conductive wire wound from a distal end portion thereof to a proximal end portion thereof in a predetermined rotational direction; and a second conductive wire wound from a proximal end portion thereof to a distal end portion thereof in the predetermined rotational direction, wherein the first conductive wire and the second conductive wire are connected to each other at the proximal end portions thereof, and the wound first conductive wire and the wound second conductive wire are disposed alternately adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuji Katsurahira
  • Patent number: 8841983
    Abstract: An inductor structure comprising: a first loop and a second loop; a first feed line connected to a first end of the first loop and a second feed line connected to a first end of the second loop, each of the first and second feed lines extending through an area circumscribed by one of the first and second loops; and a crossover section adjacent to the first end of the first loop and the first end of the second loop, the crossover section coupling the first loop to the second loop so as to cause current flowing from the first feed line to the second feed line 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited
    Inventors: Timothy John Newton, Nicolas Sornin, Johan Lucas Gertenbach
  • Publication number: 20140097925
    Abstract: An electrical system having an underlying structure resembling the double helix most commonly associated with DNA may be used to produce useful electromagnetic fields for various application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: LIFEWAVE, INC.
    Inventor: David G. SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20140063863
    Abstract: An energy transfer assembly includes first and second windings wound around a bobbin. The first winding has a first number of layers proximate to a first end and a second number of layers proximate to a second end of the bobbin. The second winding has a third number of layers proximate to the first end and a fourth number of layers proximate to the second end. At least a portion of one of the first and second windings overlaps at least a portion of the other one of the first and second windings. A degree of overlap between the first and second windings is non-uniform. An isolation barrier is between the first and second windings and around the bobbin. A distance between the isolation barrier and an axis of the bobbin varies along the length of the bobbin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Power Integrations, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason E. Cuadra, John R. Estabrooks, Raymond K. Orr
  • Publication number: 20140062641
    Abstract: A semiconductor transformer includes a first coil inductor and a second coil inductor. The first coil inductor has a first port, a second port and a first coil inductor wall, the first coil inductor wall having a height substantially equal to a thickness of the substrate. The second coil inductor has a third port, a first extension wall connected to the third port, a fourth port, a second extension wall connected to the fourth port and a second coil inductor wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Chi-Han Chen, Pao-Nan Lee, Chi Tsung Chiu, Chien Hua Chen
  • Patent number: 8653925
    Abstract: An electrical system having an underlying structure resembling the double helix most commonly associated with DNA may be used to produce useful electromagnetic fields for various applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: LifeWave, Inc.
    Inventor: David G. Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20130127575
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a transformer and a method of manufacturing the same. The transformer includes: a primary side winding having a loop shape; a secondary side winding formed on the same plane as that of the primary side winding in a remaining section except for at least a section at which it intersects with the primary side winding and having the same loop shape as that of the primary side winding so as to be electromagnetically coupled to the primary side winding; and an intersecting section formed so that the primary side and secondary side windings having the sum of the turn numbers of 3 or more intersect with each other in a two-layer structure, wherein the intersecting section includes at least one point of intermediate node having one side connected in a first layer and the other side connected in a second layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
  • Patent number: 8405481
    Abstract: Low-cost, high performance woven conductors and associated inductive apparatus, and methods for manufacturing and utilizing the same. In one embodiment, an eight (8) conductor wiring strand is used that results in a pattern in which a given conductor resides, on average, at an equal position throughout the braid grouping as any other conductor within the wire strand over a given length. Such a configuration enhances coupling among the conductors, which minimizes deleterious parasitic effects such as leakage inductance and distributed capacitance. Segmented woven wiring strands are also disclosed which are composed of both woven and non-woven portions. Examples of devices which can utilize the woven conductors include, without limitation, bobbins or other formers, headers, encapsulated electronic packages, modular jacks, form-less inductive devices and transmission lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Pulse Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Victor H. Renteria
  • Patent number: 8373532
    Abstract: In the winding wire at the winding completion end side, two wires are piled up vertically and wound together from the inner circumferential side towards the outer circumferential side. The winding wire at the winding start end side that has remained on the inner circumferential side is drawn forth from the inner circumferential side to the outer circumferential side so as to form a curve along the flat surface of the coil. In the crossing portions of the winding wire at the winding completion end side and the winding wire at the winding start end side, the two wires of each winding wire are superimposed and caused to cross each other in a state in which the wires are laid down transversely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Sumida Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi Kikuchi, Fumihito Meguro, Yoshiyuki Hatayama
  • Patent number: 8368499
    Abstract: A disc winding of a power transformer or a choke is provided. The disc winding includes a plurality of parallel single strand conductors. The working time for bending the strand conductors of cross-overs is reduced by sharing the winding axially in plurality of sections, and the cross-overs within a section are identical twin cross-overs. The strand conductors are bent in two groups, and a standardized twin transposition cross-over is provided between the sections such that the strand conductors are being bent in two groups. The outermost strand conductor is in the first group, and the remaining strand conductors are in the other group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: ABB Technology AG
    Inventor: Timo Tuomisto
  • Publication number: 20130021130
    Abstract: An exemplary arrangement includes blocks arranged between the inner winding, the individual barriers and the outer winding in order to maintain defined spacing's along the circumference. At least two coils are arranged axially one above the other on a common core limb. Each coil has at least two windings arranged radially one above the other and barriers are provided between the windings. The barriers of adjacent coils are radially offset with respect to one another, and the edge regions of the barriers engage one another in a comb-like manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Benjamin WEBER, Bhavesh Patel, Burak Esenlik, Frank Cornelius, Marcos Bockholt, Jens Tepper
  • Patent number: 8207807
    Abstract: A coil is formed by coaxially winding a second winding so as to be in intimate contact with an outer circumferential portion of a first winding wound about a winding shaft axis. In the first winding, one side of a winding wire is wound from an inner circumferential side to an outer circumferential side, the other side of the winding wire is drawn forth from the inner circumferential side to the outer circumferential side, while crossing the one side of the winding wire, and a thickness in a direction of the winding shaft axis in crossing portions of the one side of the winding wire and the other side of the winding wire is equal to a thickness in other portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Sumida Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi Kikuchi, Morihiro Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20120140525
    Abstract: An energy transfer assembly with tuned leakage inductance and common mode noise compensation is disclosed. An example energy transfer assembly for use in a resonant power converter includes a first winding wound around a bobbin mounted on a magnetic core. The first winding has a first number of layers proximate to a first end along a length of the bobbin and a second number of layers proximate to a second end along the length of the bobbin. The energy transfer assembly also includes a second winding wound around the bobbin. The second winding has a third number of layers proximate to the first end along the length of the bobbin and a fourth number of layers proximate to the second end along the length of the bobbin. The first and second windings are wound around the bobbin such that at least a portion of one of the first and second windings overlaps at least a portion of an other one of the first and second windings around the bobbin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Jason E. Cuadra, John R. Estabrooks, Raymond K. Orr
  • Publication number: 20120056703
    Abstract: An inductor includes a core formed of a magnetic material and a foil winding wound at least partially around or through at least a portion of the core. A first end of the winding extends away from the core to form an extended output tongue configured and arranged to supplement or serve as a substitute for a printed circuit board foil trace. A second end of the winding forms a solder tab. At least a portion of the extended output tongue and the solder tab are formed at a same height relative to a bottom surface of the core. Another inductor includes a core formed of a magnetic material, a winding wound at least partially around or through at least a portion of the core, and a ground return conductor attached to the core. The core does not form a magnetic path loop around the ground return conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventor: Alexandr Ikriannikov
  • Publication number: 20120025940
    Abstract: A coil is formed by coaxially winding a second winding so as to be in intimate contact with an outer circumferential portion of a first winding wound about a winding shaft axis. In the first winding, one side of a winding wire is wound from an inner circumferential side to an outer circumferential side, the other side of the winding wire is drawn forth from the inner circumferential side to the outer circumferential side, while crossing the one side of the winding wire, and a thickness in a direction of the winding shaft axis in crossing portions of the one side of the winding wire and the other side of the winding wire is equal to a thickness in other portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: SUMIDA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi KIKUCHI, Morihiro KURODA
  • Patent number: 8077004
    Abstract: An electrical device is produced by winding wires around a core. The device may be used as a transformer. Wires are inserted into, through and around a first hole and a first side of a core a desired number of times. Thereafter, the wires are extended along either a top or a bottom of the core and then passed through and around a second hole of the core. After the wires are wound around the second hole of the core and a second side of the core, the production of the device is complete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Bel Fuse (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited
    Inventors: Brian J. Buckmeier, John Hess, Edwin Edralin, Joseph Berry
  • Publication number: 20110267164
    Abstract: An inductor structure comprising: a first loop and a second loop; a first feed line connected to a first end of the first loop and a second feed line connected to a first end of the second loop, each of the first and second feed lines extending through an area circumscribed by one of the first and second loops; and a crossover section adjacent to the first end of the first loop and the first end of the second loop, the crossover section coupling the first loop to the second loop so as to cause current flowing from the first feed line to the second feed line 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: CAMBRIDGE SILICON RADIO LIMITED
    Inventors: Timothy John Newton, Nicolas Sornin, Johan Lucas Gertenbach
  • Patent number: 7987581
    Abstract: Transformers having bobbins that are constructed in such a way that pre-formed secondary windings (e.g., resembling springs) may be slipped onto the bobbins after a primary winding has been wound onto the bobbin. Additionally, the secondary windings may also serve as a self-leading device. That is, they may not require terminations on pins of the bobbin, which may reduce cost and complexity. The secondary windings may have circular or non-circular (e.g., flat) cross-sections. The transformer winding techniques provided herein may reduce the number of components, and may promote smaller input filters and/or less filtering stages at a fraction of the cost of conventional transformers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Flextronics AP, LLC
    Inventor: Arturo Silva
  • Patent number: 7940054
    Abstract: A ground return path is determined to be impaired when no zero-sequence current is measured in the neutral return path, but zero-sequence current is detected in other suitable measuring points that include the windings of an autotransformer, or in a magnetically coupled delta-configured tertiary winding, or potential transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Casper A. Labuschagne, Normann Fischer
  • Patent number: 7915990
    Abstract: A conductor assembly and method for constructing an assembly of the type which, when conducting current, generates a magnetic field or which, in the presence of a changing magnetic field, induces a voltage. In one embodiment the method includes providing a first insulative layer having a curved surface along which a conductor segment may be positioned, and forming a channel in the insulative layer, which defines a first conductor path. The channel includes first and second opposing channel surfaces each extending from the surface of the insulative layer into the insulative layer and a third channel surface extending between the first and second channel surfaces. Each of the first and second channel surfaces includes a substantially flat surface portion with the surface portion of the first channel surface parallel with the surface portion of the second channel surface. A first segment of conductor is placed in the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald Stelzer, Rainer Meinke, Mark Senti
  • Patent number: 7880578
    Abstract: A conductor assembly of the type which, when conducting current, generates a magnetic field or in which, in the presence of a changing magnetic field, a voltage is induced. A helical wiring pattern is positioned along an axis a radial distance R from the axis. The wiring pattern is formed about an aperture region extending from the axis toward the wiring pattern, the distance R varying along a portion of the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc.
    Inventor: Rainer Meinke
  • Patent number: 7872559
    Abstract: A rectangular coil unit 1 is manufactured in such a manner that four wires 2 are simultaneously regularly wound on four outer surfaces of a bobbin 3 having a rectangular section so that the wires 2 advance obliquely together for a lane change corresponding to 0.5 wire on one (a lower surface side) of a pair of parallel surfaces of the four outer surfaces of the bobbin 3 and for a lane change corresponding to 3.5 wires on the other one (an upper surface side) of the parallel surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsutoshi Asano
  • Patent number: 7868726
    Abstract: A rectangular coil unit is manufactured in such a manner that two wires are simultaneously regularly wound on four outer surfaces of a bobbin having a rectangular section so that the wires advance obliquely together for a lane change corresponding to 0.5 wire on one (a lower surface side) of a pair of parallel surfaces of the four outer surfaces of the bobbin and for a lane change corresponding to 1.5 wires on the other one (an upper surface side) of the parallel surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsutoshi Asano
  • Patent number: 7798441
    Abstract: A conductor assembly and method for constructing an assembly of the type which, when conducting current, generates a magnetic field or which, in the presence of a changing magnetic field, induces a voltage. In one embodiment the method includes forming a structure comprising layers of material extending along a first aperture path. The structure includes multiple concentric layer surfaces. A channel is formed in each of the layers of the material and along each of the multiple surfaces. Conductive material is positioned in each channel to provide a spiral configuration. The surfaces of multiple ones of the layers are of tubular shape. The layers of material are sequentially positioned one over another and about an axis along which first and second opposing coil end regions are formed. The layers are formed with a region of a first thickness and a shoulder region. The shoulder region is alternately formed in the sequence at one coil end region or at the other coil end region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald Stelzer, Rainer Meinke, Paul Bruton
  • Publication number: 20090261452
    Abstract: An inductor element is formed in a spiral shape so as to have a plurality of windings which cross each other three-dimensionally at least in one intersection on a substrate. Each of the plurality of windings is formed by a first wiring formed on the substrate with a first insulating film interposed therebetween and a second wiring formed on the first wiring with a second insulating film interposed therebetween. The first wiring and the second wiring are electrically connected to each other in a region other than the intersection of the plurality of windings through an opening formed in the second insulating film. A lower wire segment in the intersection is formed only by the first wiring by separating the second wiring in the intersection. An upper wire segment in the intersection is formed only by the second wiring by separating the first wiring in the intersection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Kouichi TSUJIMOTO, Yukio Hiraoka
  • Publication number: 20090167475
    Abstract: A rectangular coil unit is manufactured in such a manner that two wires are simultaneously regularly wound on four outer surfaces of a bobbin having a rectangular section so that the wires advance obliquely together for a lane change corresponding to 0.5 wire on one (a lower surface side) of a pair of parallel surfaces of the four outer surfaces of the bobbin and for a lane change corresponding to 1.5 wires on the other one (an upper surface side) of the parallel surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventor: Mitsutoshi Asano
  • Patent number: 7548137
    Abstract: An inductor device or filter such as an electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter which includes an inductor provides cancellation of parasitic capacitance of the inductor and extends high frequency performance of the inductor or filter by using an inductor network (a special case being split windings) and including capacitors to couple signals corresponding to those which are passed by the equivalent parallel capacitance of an inductor of a network of inductors such as in a multi-phase power supply of voltage converter to another inductor terminal, ground or an inductor in the ground return path. Cancellation of parasitic capacitance is provided for differential mode and common mode windings where the windings may be either inductively coupled or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Shuo Wang, Fred C. Lee
  • Publication number: 20090066457
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first inductor which is symmetrical with respect to a first line in plan view and a second inductor having the same shape as that of the first inductor. The first inductor and the second inductor are disposed so as to be symmetrical with each other with respect to a second line which is orthogonal to the first line. The first inductor and the second inductor are disposed so as to intersect on the second line in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichi UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20080238602
    Abstract: An apparatus may include a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and a conductive pattern. The conductive pattern is at a third layer between the first and second magnetic layers. Moreover, one or more magnetic vias connect the first and second magnetic layers. The magnetic layers and vias may operate as ferromagnetic cores or shields. Further they may be integrated on a chip (on-die magnetics). The apparatus may be included in inductors, transformers, transmission lines, and so forth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: GERHARD SCHROM, DONALD GARDNER, PETER HAZUCHA, FABRICE PAILLET, TANAY KARNIK
  • Patent number: 7154233
    Abstract: The invention relates to a converter circuit with coupled inductances L1 and L2 which have a core K having an air gap S which is asymmetrical with respect to the inductances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fur Elektrisch Gluhlampen mbH
    Inventors: Olaf Busse, Markus Heckmann, Siegfried Mayer
  • Patent number: 7132918
    Abstract: An inductive coil assembly having multiple coils arranged at distinct orientations to provide efficient inductive coupling of power or communications or both to a device when the device is arranged at different orientations with respect to the inductive primary coil. In one embodiment, the inductive coil assembly includes three coils, each oriented along one of the x, y and z axes of a standard Cartesian three-dimensional coordinate system. The three separate coils provide effective transfer of power and communication when the device is at essentially any orientation with respect to the primary coil. In an alternative embodiment, the multi-axis inductive coil assembly of the present invention can function as a primary to inductively transmit power or communication or both over a plurality of magnetic fields at distinct orientations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Access Business Group International LLC
    Inventors: David W. Baarman, Terry L. Lautzenheiser
  • Patent number: 6967554
    Abstract: A coil for an electric rotary machine includes a substantially flat bundle of insulated wires wound around a winding axis so as to form a plurality of superposed turns, the cross-section of the bundle in the superposed turns having a long dimension that extends substantially perpendicularly to the winding axis of the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Moteurs Leroy-Somer
    Inventors: Andre Eydelie, Christophe Gilles, Laurent Jadeau, Philippe Augier, Jean-Marie Guillot
  • Patent number: 6937130
    Abstract: A magnetic field production system is proposed and has a two-dimensional winding configuration with two windings. The windings are disposed essentially orthogonally with respect to one another and enclose a machine or system. The windings have winding axes that are essentially at right angles to one another, and which are supplied with alternating variables via two feed circuits. In order to produce a two-dimensional, rotating magnetic field, the two alternating variables are at the same frequency, have similar current amplitudes and similar voltage amplitudes, and are synchronized to one another. A phase shift of preferably 90° is set between the alternating variable of the first feed circuit and the alternating variable of the second feed circuit. Furthermore, a three-dimensional magnetic field, as well as an configuration for wire-free supply of a large number of sensors and/or actuators using a magnetic field production system are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Guntram Scheible, Jean Schutz, Carsten Oberschmidt
  • Patent number: 6933822
    Abstract: A magnetically influenced current or voltage regulator includes a body of an anisotropic magnetisable material that provides a closed magnetic circuit. A first electrical conductor is wound around the body along at least a part of the close circuit for at least one turn which forms a first main winding. At least one second electrical conductor is wound around the body along at least a part of the closed circuit for at least one turn which forms a control winding. The winding axis for the main winding is at right angles to the winding axis for the control winding. Orthogonal magnetic fields are generated in the body when the first main winding and the control winding are excited. A characteristic of the anisotropic magnetisable material relative to a field in the main winding is controlled by means of a field in the control winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Magtech AS
    Inventors: Espen Haugs, Frank Strand
  • Patent number: 6921042
    Abstract: Concentric tilted double-helix magnets, which embody a simplified design and construction method for production of magnets with very pure field content, are disclosed. The disclosed embodiment of the concentric tilted double-helix dipole magnet has the field quality required for use in accelerator beam steering applications, i.e., higher-order multipoles are reduced to a negligibly small level. Magnets with higher multipole fields can be obtained by using a simple modification of the coil winding procedure. The double-helix coil design is well-suited for winding with superconducting cable or cable-in-conduit conductors and thus is useful for applications that require fields in excess of 2 T. The coil configuration has significant advantages over conventional racetrack coils for accelerators, electrical machinery, and magneto-hydrodynamic thrusting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Inventors: Carl L. Goodzeit, Rainer B. Meinke, Millicent Ball
  • Publication number: 20040036567
    Abstract: A solenoid has a cylindrical excitation coil and a plunger movable in the excitation coil and generates electromagnetic force to move the plunger when an electric current is supplied to the excitation coil. A cover for closing a side of a plunger compartment accommodating the plunger is provided with upper and lower through-holes communicatively extending through the cover from the outside of the solenoid to the plunger compartment. The uppermost part of the upper through-hole is above or level with the uppermost part of the plunger compartment. The lowermost part of the lower through-hole is below or level with the lowermost part of the plunger compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Tamami Takahashi, Chishiro Yamashina