Coil And Core Patents (Class 336/221)
  • Publication number: 20140085037
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a multilayered power inductor including a magnetic layer, an inner electrode layer, and an outer electrode layer, wherein a pore ratio at a section of the inner electrode layer is 7% or less and a method for preparing the same. According to the exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the number of pores in the inner electrode layer of the multilayered power inductor can be minimized and the residual carbon can be removed by the sintering delay of the inner electrode to increase the densification of the inner electrode layer after being sintered, thereby improving the RDC characteristics of the multilayered power inductor. Therefore, the multilayered power inductor including the inner electrode layer according to the exemplary embodiments of the present invention can implement the high capacity and the low RDC, thereby providing the small, thin, and multi-functional chip components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Sik SHIN, Myung Jin HAN, Ji Sook CHOI
  • Publication number: 20140085038
    Abstract: An electronic component has a laminate formed by laminating a first insulator layer having a first relative permeability and a second insulator layer having a second relative permeability lower than the first relative permeability. The laminate has a solid shape with first and second end surfaces positioned at opposite ends in a direction of lamination and at least one side surface connecting the first and second end surfaces. A coil is in the laminate and has a coil axis extending along the direction of lamination. The coil is exposed at the at least one side surface of the laminate. A first external electrode is provided on the first end surface. A first connection connects the first external electrode and the coil. The second insulator layer is provided between the coil and the first end surface in the direction of lamination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keisuke IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20140085848
    Abstract: An assembled circuit is disclosed, wherein the assembled circuit comprises an inductor having a top surface, a bottom surface and side surfaces, wherein each of a plurality of conductors extends from the top surface to the bottom surface via one of the side surfaces of the inductor, wherein a circuit board is disposed over the top surface of the first electronic component and electrically connected to the plurality of conductors and a plurality of pins disposed on the bottom surface of the inductor for connecting to another circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Jian-Hong Zeng, Wei Yang, Shou-Yu Hong, Jian-Ping Ying
  • Patent number: 8680961
    Abstract: The disclosed reactor has a case and a cylindrical molded coil assembly which is disposed inside of the case and which is formed by covering a coil with a resin, wherein the coil assembly is sealed by an iron powder mixed resin to which iron powder has been admixed. The reactor has a pillar provided as a single body with the case, and one or multiple ring-shaped core members. The ring-shaped core members are disposed outside the outer surface of the pillar such that the pillar is inserted inside the inner surface of said ring-shaped core members, and the assembly coil is disposed outside the outer surface of the ring-shaped core members such that the ring-shaped core members are inserted inside the inner surface of said coil assembly. The ring-shaped core members are sealed by means of the aforementioned iron powder-mixed resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuji Yokota, Masaki Sugiyama, Shinjiro Saigusa, Nobuki Shinohara
  • Patent number: 8674802
    Abstract: A multi-winding inductor includes a first foil winding and a second foil winding. One end of the first foil winding extends from a first side of the core and wraps under the core to form a solder tab under the core. One end of the second foil winding extends from a second side of the core and wraps under the core to form another solder tab under the core. Respective portions of each solder tab are laterally adjacent under the magnetic core. A coupled inductor includes a magnetic core including a first and a second end magnetic element and a plurality of connecting magnetic elements disposed between and connecting the first and second end magnetic elements. A respective first and second single turn foil winding is wound at least partially around each connecting magnetic element. Each foil winding has two ends forming respective solder tabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Volterra Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Alexandr Ikriannikov
  • Patent number: 8674801
    Abstract: An element for forming an induction component contains a coil body with a core and two radially projecting flanges, which are formed on the respective axial ends of the core and of which the one flange is designed to be attached to a printed circuit board and is larger than the other flange. On its outer side, the coil body is surrounded by a shielding ring, which sits on the larger of the two flanges. To this end, the shielding ring has an inwardly directed step on the lower end corner, the one limb of which step forms an abutment surface to be placed on the inner side of the flange. The other limb forms an abutment surface to be placed against the outer edge of the flange. The step preferably runs over the entire circumference of the shielding ring. As a result, an air gap formed between the upper flange and the inner side of the shielding ring is fixed in terms of its dimensions and position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Inventor: Alexander Gerfer
  • Patent number: 8665048
    Abstract: The invention provides an inductor assembly suitable for use in high frequency switched mode power converters, where the rate of change of voltage can exceed 109 Volts per second. The inductor is formed from a ribbon (30) of conductor wound around a magnetic core (140), and further includes electrostatic screens positioned between successive windings of the conductor to provide capacitive screening, substantially reducing high frequency voltage signals propagating from one end of the inductor to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: 3DI Power Limited
    Inventors: Timothy Richard Crocker, Jonathan Narramore
  • Publication number: 20140050001
    Abstract: A reactor 1A includes a single coil 2 formed by spirally winding a wire 2w and a magnetic core 3 that is disposed inside and outside the coil 2 and forms a closed magnetic circuit. The magnetic core 3 includes an inner core portion 31 disposed inside the coil 2 and an outer core portion 32 disposed so as to cover the outer periphery of the coil 2. The outer core portion 32 is formed of a composite material containing a magnetic powder and a resin. In a section of this composite material, the maximum bubble diameter is 300 ?m or less. In the reactor 1A, the outer core portion 32 has a maximum bubble diameter of 300 ?m or less and, as a result, the loss is low and magnetic characteristics are less likely to be decreased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Inaba
  • Patent number: 8653929
    Abstract: A stereo-triangular wound-core power transformer with a voltage class more than or equal to 110 kV is disclosed, which includes a stereo-triangle wound-core and windings, wherein the core includes iron yokes and core pillars which are arranged in a stereo-triangle shape, with every two adjacent core pillars connected through an iron yoke. The power transformer further includes angle rings, end rings, insulating end rings, insulating end plates and a frame-type clamp, wherein the angle rings, insulating end rings, end rings and insulating end rings are arranged at both ends of the core pillars in sequence, respectively, and the ends of the core pillars are arranged on the insulating end plates. The frame-type clamp covers the iron yokes, and the supporting boards of the frame-type clamp are connected with the insulating end plates through pressing screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Guangdong Hai Hong Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kaixuan Xu
  • Patent number: 8648687
    Abstract: A symmetric planar transformer having adjustable leakage inductance has a circuit board, two first bobbins mounted respectively on opposite side surfaces of the circuit board, two primary windings mounted respectively on the first bobbins, two secondary windings disposed respectively between the circuit board and the first bobbins, two second bobbins disposed respectively between adjacent first bobbins and primary windings, two pad sets disposed respectively between adjacent first bobbins and second bobbins, and a magnetic core assembly mounted through the circuit board, the first and second bobbins, the secondary and primary windings and the pad sets. Adjusting the numbers of the at least one pad of each pad set also adjusts distances between the primary and secondary windings to allow the secondary windings to have the same leakage. Thus, a balanced electric current is induced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Acbel Polytech Inc.
    Inventors: Dong-Sheng Li, Huai-Shen Tsai, Wei-Liang Lin, Sheng-Chih Chang
  • Patent number: 8643455
    Abstract: As an embodiment, a pair of first conductive films 12, 13 are formed from the side face to the bottom face of the sheet part 11a of a magnetic core 11, and one end 14b of the conductive wire of the coil 14 and the other end 14c of the conductive wire are joined to the side faces 12a, 13a of the first conductive films 12, 13, respectively. Also, as an embodiment, the joined parts 14b1, 14c1 are sandwiched by the side faces 12a, 13a of the first conductive films 12, 13 and the part 15a of the magnetic sheath 15 covering the side face of the sheet part 11a of the magnetic core 11, wherein the parts of the magnetic sheath 15 covering the joined parts 14b1, 14c1 are sandwiched by the side faces 12a, 13a of the first conductive films 12, 13 and the side faces 16a, 17a of second conductive films 16, 17 as well as the side faces 18a, 19a of third conductive films 18, 19.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Ogawa, Toshiyuki Yagasaki, Hiroya Shigemoto, Tsuyoshi Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Higuchi, Kiyoshi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20140016367
    Abstract: A magnetic device and power converter employing the same. In one embodiment, the magnetic device includes a first L-core segment including a first leg and a second leg extending therefrom, and an opposing second L-core segment including a first leg and a second leg extending therefrom. The magnetic device also includes a winding formed around at least one of the first leg and the second leg of the first L-core segment or the second L-core segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: POWER SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Sriram Chandrasekaran
  • Publication number: 20140015338
    Abstract: Provided is a device including a receiving coil, including a core having a magnetic body, a coil portion in which a wire is wound around the core and which is electromagnetically coupled to an external coil to transmit power, and a non-magnetic body arranged at a predetermined distance from a side face of the coil portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Yoshino, Tomomichi Murakami, Yoshihiro Kato
  • Patent number: 8629746
    Abstract: High frequency, high power density coaxial, planar and three-phase transformers for converters and inverters are disclosed. One of the coaxial transformers comprises at least one primary winding and at least one secondary winding associated with at least one magnetic core, at least one coaxial Faraday shield between and substantially coaxial with the at least one primary winding and the at least one secondary winding and a substantially planar Faraday shield at one or more ends of the at least one magnetic core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: HBCC Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Jun Wei Lu
  • Patent number: 8629748
    Abstract: Provided are a small wire-wound inductor having desired inductor characteristics, while allowing for high-density mounting and low-height mounting on circuit boards at the same time, as well as a method for manufacturing such wire-wound inductor which has a drum-shaped core member constituted by an assembly of soft magnetic alloy grains containing iron (Fe), silicon (Si) and 2 to 15 percent by weight of chromium (Cr), a coil conductive wire wound around the core member, a pair of terminal electrodes connected to the terminals of the coil conductive wire, and an outer sheath member covering the wound coil conductive wire and constituted by a magnetic powder-containing resin having a specified magnetic permeation ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinari Nakada, Koichiro Wada, Yuichi Kasuya, Masanori Takahashi, Masashi Kuwahara, Tetsuo Kumahora
  • Patent number: 8621744
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an inductor for a microelectronic device comprises providing a substrate (610), forming a first plurality of inductor windings (111, 211, 411, 620, 2030) over the substrate, forming a magnetic inductor core (112, 212, 412, 810) over the first plurality of inductor windings, and forming a second plurality of inductor windings (113, 213, 413, 1010) over the magnetic inductor core. In another embodiment, the method comprises forming the inductor on a sacrificial substrate (1610) such that the inductor can subsequently be mounted onto a carrier tape (1810). In yet another embodiment, a method of manufacturing a substrate for a microelectronic device comprises forming an inductor within a build-up layer (101, 102, 103, 104) of a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Aleksandar Aleksov, Gloria Alejandra Camacho-Bragado
  • Patent number: 8624697
    Abstract: The main purpose of this invention is to improve high forming pressure of existing Fe—Si—Al insulating magnetic powder which is not suitable for forming, combine heterogeneous insulating magnetic powder, produce hollow cup-like cover and Fe—Si—Al rod core for full magnetic path component assembling, and change the shape structure of rod core and cover design, so there will be advantages including easy to winding, assemble and cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Curie Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sywe-Rung Shang
  • Patent number: 8618901
    Abstract: A power acquisition device fixed to an illuminating device having a fluorescent tube and a reflective plate so as to acquire power from a magnetic field generated by an alternating current flowing through the fluorescent tube by electromagnetic induction. The power acquisition device is fixed so as to surround the fluorescent tube and at least one of the thickness in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the fluorescent tube and the length in the direction parallel to the length direction of the fluorescent tube is non-uniformly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Mitsunori Morisaki
  • Publication number: 20130342302
    Abstract: Coil bodies having a ceramic core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: CERAM TEC GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Dohn, Roland Leneis, Alfred Thimm
  • Patent number: 8614617
    Abstract: Provided is a reactor that enables high inductance to be generated with stability in a wide current range, while minimizing noise, processing cost, and eddy-current loss. The reactor (D1) has the ratio (t/W) of the width (W) to the thickness (t) of a conductive member that composes an air-core coil configured to be 1 or less, and preferably, 1/10 or less. Furthermore, the reactor also has the absolute value of a value ((L1?L2)/L3) that has had: the difference (L1?L2) between; the space interval (L1) between an inner wall face of a first core member (3) and an inner wall face of a second core member (4), at the innermost circumference position of the air-core coil (1); and the space (L2) between the inner wall face of the first core member (3) and the inner wall face of the second core member (4), at the outermost circumference position of the air-core coil (1); divided by an average value (L3); configured to be 1/50 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mitani, Kyoji Zaitsu, Kenichi Inoue, Osamu Ozaki, Hiroshi Hashimoto, Hirofumi Hojo, Koji Inoue, Eiichiro Yoshikawa, Naoya Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 8610526
    Abstract: Disclosed is a resin composition, which comprises a thermosetting resin contained therein in an amount of 40 volume % or more, and a wax contained therein in an amount of 5 to 30 volume %, wherein: the thermosetting resin exists in liquid form at room temperature; and the wax exists in powder form at room temperature and has a melting point of 70 to 150° C., and wherein the resin composition has a viscosity of 50000 to 150000 mPa·s as measured at room temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: TOKO, Inc.
    Inventors: Koichi Saito, Yukio Nagashima, Kunio Sasamori
  • Patent number: 8610533
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes a magnetic core; and a plurality of windings surrounding portions of the magnetic core, including a first winding and a second winding magnetically coupled through the magnetic core. The magnetic core comprises a first part formed of a first material and a second part formed of a second material, the first material having a first stiffness and the second material having a second stiffness substantially less than the first stiffness. The first winding and the second winding are magnetically coupled through the first part of the magnetic core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Nussbaum
  • Publication number: 20130328656
    Abstract: The magnetic element has a first core member, a winding part, and a second core member, and is manufactured by way of at least a winding part placement step of placing the winding part on the face of the first core member on the side on which the core part is provided, such that the core part is positioned within the inner periphery of the winding part, and an injection molding step of injection molding so as to surround the first core member and the winding part with resin material, and in the winding part placement step, the winding part is placed on the face of the first core member on the side on which the core part is provided, with at least a portion of the inner peripheral face of the winding part distanced from the outer peripheral face of the core part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: SUMIDA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichi SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20130328165
    Abstract: A magnetic device includes a semiconductor wafer, a spiral winding, and a magnetic core. The spiral winding forms a plurality of turns and is disposed in a channel of the semiconductor wafer. The magnetic core is disposed at least partially in the channel of the semiconductor wafer and at least partially surrounds the plurality of turns. A width of the spiral winding optionally varies such that a respective width of an edge turn is smaller than a respective width of a middle turn. The channel is formed, for example, by a method including (1) patterning a resist layer on the semiconductor wafer using a mask including angularly extending compensation features, and (2) anistropically etching the semiconductor wafer to form the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Daniel V. Harburg, Charles R. Sullivan, Christopher G. Levey, Jason T. Stauth
  • Publication number: 20130322135
    Abstract: A low-loss compact and a method for producing the compact are provided. A method for producing a compact by using coated soft magnetic powder that includes coated soft magnetic particles constituted by soft magnetic particles and insulating coatings coating outer peripheries of the soft magnetic particles includes a raw material preparation step and an irradiation step. In the raw material preparation step, a raw compact is prepared by press-forming coated soft magnetic powder. In the irradiation step, part of a surface of the raw compact is irradiated with a laser. Irradiating a part of a surface of a raw compact with laser increases the number of disrupted portions of conductive portions where constituent materials of the soft magnetic particles at the surface of the raw compact have become conductive to each other, and the loss of the compact can be decreased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Sintered Alloy, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazushi Kusawake, Masato Uozumi, Atsushi Sato, Koji Yamaguchi, Mamoru Ono, Hiroyuki Murase, Kazuo Nakamae
  • Patent number: 8598817
    Abstract: An adaptive system for a personal care appliance, such as a power toothbrush, having a workpiece which is driven through an amplitude of motion by a drive mechanism which includes a stator member includes a circuit (13) for measuring average electrical current through the stator member and stored information (19) in the personal care appliance which relates the average current values through the stator during operation of the device to corresponding amplitude of motion of the workpiece. A processor (17) utilizing a stored program adjusts the operating frequency to produce a stator current value which correlates to the desired amplitude of motion of the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Kevin A. Miller, Ari Lumbantobing, Meindert Lambertus Norg
  • Patent number: 8598974
    Abstract: A coil filter includes a core member having two end members extended from two end portions, the left end member includes a front protrusion, a rear protrusion, and a middle protrusion extended upwardly beyond the core member, the front protrusion includes a width (W) greater than that of the rear protrusion and the middle protrusion, the second end member includes a rear projection, a front projection, and a middle projection extended upwardly beyond the core member, the rear projection includes a width (T) greater than the width (t) of the front projection and the middle projection, and a coil member wound onto the core member and disposed between the end members without wasting the spaces of the core member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Tai-Tech Advanced Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ming Yen Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20130314187
    Abstract: A three phase fault current limiter (FCL 6) has three spaced apart input terminals (7) for electrically connecting to respective terminals (5) of a transformer (2). Three output terminals (8) electrically connect FCL (6) with a load circuit (9) which draws load current ILOAD. FCL (6) includes a multi-post magnetically saturable core (11) and three AC coils (12, 13 and 14) for electrically connecting terminals (7) to respective terminals (8). Coils (12, 13 and 14) allow ILOAD to flow from a power station (4) to circuit (9). Coils (12, 13 and 14) include respective pairs of series connected high voltage cables (15a and 15b, 16a and 16b and 17a and 17b) wound about core (11). Two generally triangular spaced apart DC coils (19, 20) induce a magnetic field in at least that portion of core (11) about which the cables are wound. The field magnetically biases core (11) such that coils (12, 13 and 14) individually move from a low impedance state to a high impedance state in response to ILOAD approaching IMAX.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventor: Frank Darmann
  • Patent number: 8591262
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing a low-cost and high-precision inductive device. In one embodiment, the inductive device comprises a substrate based inductive device which utilizes inserted conductive pins in combination with plated substrates which replace windings disposed around a magnetically permeable core. In some variations this is accomplished without a header disposed between adjacent substrates while alternative variations utilize a header. In another embodiment, the substrate inductive devices are incorporated into integrated connector modules. Methods of manufacturing and utilizing the aforementioned substrate based inductive devices and integrated connector modules are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Pulse Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher P. Schaffer, Aurelio J. Gutierrez
  • Publication number: 20130300530
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electromagnetically-countered system including at least one wave source irradiating harmful electromagnetic waves and at least one counter unit emitting counter electromagnetic waves which are capable of countering the harmful waves by such counter waves. More particularly, the present invention relates to generic counter units of various electromagnetically-countered transformer systems and to various mechanisms for countering the harmful waves by the counter units by, e.g., matching configurations of such counter units with those of the wave sources, matching shapes of the counter waves with shapes of the harmful waves, and the like. The present invention also relates to various methods of countering the harmful waves with the counter waves by such source matching or wave matching and various methods of providing such counter units as well as emitting the counter waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventor: Youngtack Shim
  • Publication number: 20130300531
    Abstract: An Fe-based amorphous alloy powder of the present invention has a composition represented by (Fe100-a-b-c-x-y-z-tNiaSnbCrcPxCyBzSit)100-?M?. In this composition, 0 at %?a?10 at %, 0 at %?b?3 at %, 0 at %?c?6 at %, 6.8 at %?x?10.8 at %, 2.2 at %?y?9.8 at %, 0 at %?z?4.2 at %, and 0 at %?t?3.9 at % hold, a metal element M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti, Al, Mn, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Mo, and W, and the addition amount ? of the metal element M satisfies 0.04 wt %???0.6 wt %. Accordingly, besides a decrease of a glass transition temperature (Tg), an excellent corrosion resistance and high magnetic characteristics can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Keiko TSUCHIYA, Jun OKAMOTO, Hisato KOSHIBA
  • Patent number: 8581685
    Abstract: A reactor includes: a first core having end surfaces; a second core having end surfaces facing the end surfaces of the first core; coils wound around at least part of the circumference of the first core and the second core; and gap members arranged between the end surfaces of the first core and the end surfaces of the second core. The coils and the gap members are integrally molded with a first resin in a state where the first and second cores are not provided. The coils and the first and second cores are integrally molded with a second resin in a state where the gap members are sandwiched between the end surfaces of the first core and the end surfaces of the second core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ono
  • Publication number: 20130294129
    Abstract: A reactor 1 of the present invention includes a coil 2 and a magnetic core 3 disposed inside and outside the coil 2 to form a closed magnetic path. At least part of the magnetic core 3 is made of a composite material containing a magnetic substance powder made of an identical material and a resin containing the powder being dispersed therein. In the particle size distribution of the magnetic substance powder, a plurality of peaks are present. That is, the magnetic substance powder contains both a fine powder and a coarse powder at high frequencies. Since the composite material contains the fine powder, it can reduce the eddy current loss, and hence achieves to be a low-loss material. Thanks to the mixed powder including the fine powder and the coarse powder, the packing density of the magnetic substance powder is increased. Thus, the composite material exhibits a high saturation magnetic flux density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Inaba
  • Publication number: 20130286703
    Abstract: A reactor 1 of the present invention includes a coil 2 and a magnetic core 3 disposed inside and outside the coil 2 to form a closed magnetic path. At least part of the magnetic core 3 is made of a composite material containing a magnetic substance powder and a resin containing the powder being dispersed therein. The magnetic substance powder contains powders respectively made of a plurality of materials differing in the relative permeability, representatively, a pure iron powder and an iron alloy powder. Thanks to provision of the magnetic core 3 made of the composite material containing magnetic substance powders made of different types of materials, the reactor 1 achieves both a high saturation magnetic flux density and a low-loss characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Inaba, Toru Maeda
  • Publication number: 20130278370
    Abstract: An inductor comprises a ferromagnetic core, a plurality of conductor turns encircling the ferromagnetic core, a bobbin, and a wave spring. The bobbin encloses the ferromagnetic core and supports the plurality of conductor turns and the wave spring is situated between the bobbin and the ferromagnetic core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Adam M. Finney, Charles Shepard, Kris H. Campbell, Robert Scott Downing
  • Patent number: 8564395
    Abstract: A super high power transformer includes a base, a plurality of plate bodies, and a plurality of isolating bodies. The base further includes a main core part, a plurality of opening slots, and a plurality of side wing parts. The main core part has a penetrating hole at the center thereof. Each of the plate bodies has an open hole for slipping on the main core part and a guided slot that has a pole lead on both sides thereof. Each of the isolating bodies has a through hole for slipping on the main core part and a guided slot. There is also a pole lead positioned on both sides of the guided slot. To be slipped on the main core part, the plurality of plate bodies and the insulating bodies are alternately stacked up with the plate bodies staggering in turning a 90-degree angle apart sequentially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Yujing Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Cheng-Yu Pan
  • Patent number: 8564396
    Abstract: A laminar transformer having double-face secondary winding includes a primary winding part and a secondary winding part. The primary winding part further includes an isolating body seat and a plurality of coil sets. The secondary winding part further includes two plate-body set, each being positioned in the containing channel has a plurality of plate bodies and a plurality of insulating bodies. Each of the plate bodies has an opening for containing the central column and a guided channel that being positioned on a side of the opening has on both side thereof a pole lead respectively. The insulating bodies being a ring-shaped structure and being positioned in-between the plate bodies has a through hole for containing the central column. The plurality of plate bodies are laminated alternately and positioned in the central column making each of the plate-body sets form the one with four pole leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Yujing Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Cheng-Yu Pan
  • Publication number: 20130271256
    Abstract: A method includes a step of compacting an insulation-coated pure iron powder or an iron-based alloy powder mainly containing iron using a die to obtain a dust core, a step of heat-treating the obtained dust core, and a step of post-machining at least one portion of the heat-treated dust core using a grinding wheel. In the post-machining step, grinding is performed in such a manner that the dust core and the grinding wheel are rotated, whereby isotropic machining marks are formed on a machined surface of the dust core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC SINTERED ALLOY, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Ueno, Yoshiyuki Shimada
  • Patent number: 8552830
    Abstract: An amorphous transformer which includes an amorphous core formed of an amorphous material with a lap provided at an upper portion and allowed to stand in substantially a vertical direction while being supported at a core support member, and a coil which is fitted with the amorphous core. The core support member is formed by integrating a core support member for supporting a side surface of the amorphous core and a corner support member for supporting a corner portion of the core. The core support member is provided in substantially a vertical direction along at least one of the side surfaces of the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Mikoshiba, Hiroyuki Endo, Kenji Nakanoue, Toshiaki Takahashi, Tooru Honma
  • Patent number: 8536971
    Abstract: A magnetic component includes a magnetic component core. The magnetic component core includes a first plate, a second plate, a secondary core post connected between the first plate and the second plate, and a plurality of primary core posts disposed between the first plate and the second plate. Each of the plurality of primary core posts including a first section connected to the first plate and a second section connected to the second plate. The first and second section of each of the plurality of primary core posts is separated by a gap. A secondary winding is formed about the secondary core post. Primary windings are formed about each of the plurality of primary core posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Inventors: Saher Waseem, Sana Waseem, Waseem Ahmed Roshen
  • Patent number: 8525631
    Abstract: An underwater power connection system (10) has at least two separable magnetic cores (40, 50) which are operable when coupled together to form a magnetic circuit, where the at least two cores (40, 50) are provided with respective one or more windings, and said cores (40, 50) include a transverse magnetic member arrangement (60, 80) supporting magnetic limbs (70, 90), where the limbs (70, 90) are elongate and are adapted to intermesh with their lateral sides mutually abutting for providing the magnetic circuit when the system (10) is in its assembled state (210), and where the limbs (70,90) are of tapered form towards their distal ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventor: Georg Balog
  • Patent number: 8525632
    Abstract: Provided is a reactor having a small size. A reactor 1? includes a coil 2? and a magnetic core 3? in which the coil 2? is disposed. The magnetic core 3? includes an internal core portion 3i that is inserted through the coil 2? and a couple core portion 3o that covers the outer periphery of the coil 2?, and these core portions form a closed magnetic path. The reactor 1? satisfies 1<(B1/B2) and 0.17×(B1/B2)+0.42?(S1×B1)/(S2×B2)?0.50×(B1/B2)+0.62, where S1 is the cross-sectional area of the internal core portion, B1 is the saturation magnetic flux density of the internal core portion, S2 is the cross-sectional area of the couple core portion, B2 is the saturation magnetic flux density of the couple core portion, (B1/B2) is the saturation magnetic flux density ratio between the core portions, and (S1×B1)/(S2×B2) is the magnetic flux ratio between the core portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinichiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8527688
    Abstract: A docking station is provided for a computing device. The docking station may be used by, for example, a mobile computing device, such as a cellular or wireless telephony/messaging device. The docking station includes a housing comprising a receiving surface top receive and retain the mobile computing device. An inductive signal transfer interface is included with the housing to inductively signal at least one of power or data to the mobile computing device. The docking station further provides an output component and processing resources. The processing resources are configured to detect placement of the mobile computing device on the receiving surface. The data is received from the mobile computing device, and an output is signaled to the output component based on the received data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Palm, Inc.
    Inventors: Manjirnath Chatterjee, Yoshimichi Matsuoka, Eric Liu, Michael Carnes, Ronald Horowitz, William Justin Grange, Mark Corbridge, Matthew Hornyak
  • Patent number: 8508324
    Abstract: A magnetic core includes a first core and a second core made of a material whose magnetic permeability is smaller than that of the first core and having an end. The end of the second core is in contact with the first core so that the first core and the second core cooperate to form a closed magnetic circuit. The area of contact between the end of the second core and the first core is larger than the area of the cross-section of the end as taken perpendicularly to the extending direction of the end of the second core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventor: Sergey Moiseev
  • Patent number: 8508322
    Abstract: Disclosed is a magnetic element that makes it possible to prevent a coil terminal from being positioned on a ring mount. The magnetic element comprises a first core member, coils, which are disposed in a second core member and a bobbin, and a first mount, on which the first core member is mounted, and possesses a second mount, which is disposed rising up from, and positioned between both edges of, the first mount, and on which the second core member is mounted, and is further equipped with a base, with multiple terminals disposed protruding from the sides thereof. Furthermore, a protrusion is disposed at the edge of the second mount, extending in the direction moving away from said second mount, and this protrusion is smaller than the thickness dimension of the base, and a terminal is positioned on the back surface of the protrusion on the opposite side from the side on which the second core member is mounted, and then bound to the terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Sumida Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Yamada, Takayuki Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20130201645
    Abstract: An inductor assembly comprising a first magnetic core and an electrically conductive material configured to wind around at least a portion of the first magnetic core. The electrical conductive material has one or more support structures that extend beyond an outside boundary of the first magnetic core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventor: Robert Catalano
  • Publication number: 20130200973
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a conductive wire for a transformer and a magnetic element in a switch power supply, the magnetic element comprises a transformer and a filter, the transformer comprises a winding base and a coil, the winding base comprises two base bodies and a cylinder locating between the two base bodies, the coil is formed by winding a plurality of the conductive wires in parallel on the cylinder, the conductive wire comprises a conductor and an insulator directly covering an outer periphery of the conductor, a profile of a section of the insulator is a rectangle, a surface contact is formed between the adjacent conductive wires provided in parallel on the cylinder via the profiles of the rectangle sections of the adjacent insulators, and a contact surface forming the surface contact is perpendicular to an axial line of the cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: DELTA ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jun Sun
  • Patent number: 8502632
    Abstract: A transformer in this invention comprises substrates constructing a primary winding, substrates constructing the secondary winding, and a core member disposed around the substrates. The substrates defining the primary winding are provided with insertion holes for passing a middle leg portion of the core member, and patterned conductors having one turn. The transformer further comprises an interlayer connection member. The interlayer connection member is located inwardly of the patterned conductors of the substrates defining the primary winding. The interlayer connection member is located on the same side of the patterned conductors defining the primary winding. The interlayer connection member is configured to establish the electrical connection of the patterned conductors defining the primary winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Suganuma, Tomoyuki Nakano, Toshiaki Nakamura, Toshifumi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8502635
    Abstract: A magnetostrictive element is provided comprising at least one device for generating a magnetic field, and at least one shaped part made of porous polymer containing ferromagnetic particles. The magnetostrictive element is characterized by having a distinct magnetostrictive effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: Ralf Heinrich, Peter Ryzko
  • Patent number: 8497755
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hybrid transformer. In a transformer comprising a primary core and a secondary coil, the hybrid transformer includes a core with a 1st leg, a 2nd leg, and a 3rd leg; and a secondary coil with a 1st winding, a 2nd winding and a 3rd winding, which are wound zigzag on said 1st leg, said 2nd leg, and said 3rd leg. Two types of windings selected from the group consisting of said 1st winding, said 2nd winding and said 3rd winding are wound alternatively on said 1st leg, said 2nd leg, and said 3rd leg, respectively. However, the two types of windings wound on said 1st leg, said 2nd leg, and said 3rd leg, respectively, are wound in an overlapping manner around said core in the winding order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Inventor: Hoon-Yang Park