Toroidal Patents (Class 336/229)
  • Patent number: 11955271
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) weak magnetic field detection sensor includes a ferromagnetic core, a pickup coil disposed to surround the ferromagnetic core, a substrate that includes an opening, a core pad connected to the ferromagnetic core and a coil pad connected to the pickup coil, and an insulating tube interposed between the ferromagnetic core and the pickup coil. The insulating tube includes a bobbin around which the pickup coil is wound, and a core hole formed to pass through the bobbin and configured to accommodate the ferromagnetic core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jang Yeol Kim, In Kui Cho, Hyunjoon Lee, Sang-Won Kim, Seong-Min Kim, Jung Ick Moon, Woo Cheon Park, Je Hoon Yun, Jaewoo Lee, Ho Jin Lee, Dong Won Jang, Kibeom Kim, Seungyoung Ahn
  • Patent number: 11796622
    Abstract: A method for the onsite calibration of a Rogowski sensor to be calibrated, includes the steps of: cause the sensor to be calibrated to be positioned on a reference phase, or cause a reference sensor to be positioned on the phase to be calibrated; acquiring a calibration current measurement produced by the sensor to be calibrated, a reference current measurement produced by the reference sensor, and a reference voltage measurement on the phase on which are positioned the reference sensor to be calibrated following the positioning step; and using the calibration current measurement, the reference current measurement and the reference voltage measurement to produce calibration parameters of the sensor to be calibrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SAGEMCOM ENERGY & TELECOM SAS
    Inventors: Henri Teboulle, Marc Jeanrot, Julien Sotiere
  • Patent number: 11767583
    Abstract: Sheet or strip of cold-rolled and annealed ferrous alloy (1), characterized in that its composition is, in weight percentages: traces?Co?40%; if Co?35%, traces?Si?1.0%; if traces?Co<35%, traces?Si?3.5%; if traces?Co<35%, Si+0.6% Al?4.5?0.1% Co; traces?Cr<10%; traces?V+W+Mo+Ni?4%; traces?Mn?4%; traces Al?3%; traces?S?0.005%; traces?P?0.007%; traces?Ni?3%; traces?Cu?0.5%; traces?Nb?0.1%; traces?Zr?0.1%; traces?Ti?0.2%; traces?N?0.01%; traces?Ca?0.01%; traces?Mg?0.01%; traces?Ta?0.01%; traces?B?0.005%; traces?O?0.01%; the remainder being iron and impurities resulting from the preparation, in that, for an induction of 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: APERAM
    Inventors: Thierry Waeckerle, Thierry Baudin, Anne-Laure Helbert, Olivier Hubert, Rémy Batonnet
  • Patent number: 11651889
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a reinforced insulation transformer and a design method thereof. The reinforced insulation transformer according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a transformer in which a secondary winding is wound on a primary winding so that the primary winding and the secondary winding have a stacked structure and satisfy a reinforced insulation criterion, wherein each of the primary winding and the secondary winding includes a conducting wire and an insulation outer layer that surrounds the conducting wire, and the insulation outer layer of the secondary winding has more layers or a greater thickness than the insulation outer layer of the primary winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: LS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Deok Young Lim, Chun Suk Yang
  • Patent number: 11650228
    Abstract: Electrical circuit for measuring a current flowing in a conductor comprising: a first pair of Rogowski-type coils connected in series, the Rogowski-type coils of the first pair being able to operate in a first frequency band; a second pair of Rogowski-type coils connected in series, the Rogowski-type coils of the second pair being able to operate in a second frequency band, the second frequency band comprising at least partly frequencies higher than the frequencies of the first frequency band; and a means for electrically shielding the first pair of coils, and wherein a core of the Rogowski-type coils of the first and second pairs has a relative permeability of less than 10 and wherein one coil of each pair comprises at least one multi-turn winding, the other coil of the pair comprising at least one multi-turn winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
    Inventor: Lionel Cima
  • Patent number: 11573256
    Abstract: A method and circuit for detecting a fault in a power transformer having an conductive shield layer sandwiched between electrical insulating layers separating the conductive shield layer from a first conductor and a second conductor, the second conductor opposite the conductive shield layer from the first conductor, and including, sensing a voltage energizing the shield layer, comparing the sensed voltage to a threshold voltage value corresponding to a fault, and upon satisfaction of the comparison, providing a fault indication when the comparison indicates the presence of a fault.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems Limited
    Inventors: Peter James Handy, Benjamin Robert Daffurn, Frank Graham Osborne, Michael James Smith
  • Patent number: 11538613
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an inductor and a method for producing the same. The inductor includes a first core made of a first magnetic material; at least two windings, configured to be twisted with each other and embedded within the first core, each winding having a pair of terminals extending out of the first core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Vacon Oy
    Inventor: Nicklas Södö
  • Patent number: 11486847
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for determining the water cut or the amount of water in fluids. The apparatus is inserted into a production logging tool that is lowered into the well. The apparatus includes a conductive winding which is configured as a first electrode. The winding includes a thin insulation coating or layer. The body of the tool is configured as a ground electrode. The primary electrode and the ground electrode are configured to form a capacitance sensor that generates a signal related to the dielectric permittivity of a fluid flowing between the primary electrode and the ground electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SPARTEK SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Mathew G. Schmidt, Wai-Ming Tam, Troy M. Thiele, Kenton M. Smith, Guang Cai Meng
  • Patent number: 11448678
    Abstract: A device including at least two transformers, wherein: each winding of a transformer is electrically in series with a winding of another transformer, and the transformers have a transformation ratio different from one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
    Inventor: Guillaume Lefevre
  • Patent number: 11322297
    Abstract: An electric current transformer including a first coil and a second coil, which are produced with a first printed circuit including a first positioning device, and a second positioning device; and a first magnetic part including a first holding device and a second magnetic part including a second holding device, the positioning device being arranged to join together with the holding device so as to hold reference faces of the magnetic parts a predetermined distance away from the turns of the first and second coils. A current measurement unit includes such a current transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Lionel Urankar, Jean-Yves Amblard, Bertrand Du Peloux De Saint Romain
  • Patent number: 11270830
    Abstract: The application invention generally deals with a double-pole voltage transformer enclosed in a tight enclosure made in the form of a resin cast comprising a central element integrated with a base and comprising circumferential sheds and two bushings situated above the circumferential sheds on the central element. The central element has the form of a circular cylinder situated with its side wall horizontally on the base plane, and the circumferential sheds are situated around the central element only in the area of the contact between the central element and the base, and above the circumferential sheds there are side elements of the cast forming side sheds, and above the side sheds there is situated a circumferential top shed surrounding a fragment of the side surface of the central element, and the bushings are detachably joined with the central element through projections respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Piotr Liszewski, Jaroslaw Chorzepa
  • Patent number: 11217378
    Abstract: An inductive assembly includes: a support with an open channel having a straight portion with a bottom surface and two side surfaces, a foldable PCB such that to cover at least a part of the bottom surface and the side surfaces, the PCB having a plurality of tracks, each track being electrically continuous between a pair of connecting spots, a magnetic piece which can be accommodated into the channel equipped with the PCB. The PCB is arranged to surround at least partially a portion of the magnetic piece in the folded state in the channel such that at least one connecting spot of a first track is electrically connected to a connecting spot of a second track to form a winding around the magnetic piece and to inductively couple the PCB and the magnetic piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nicolas Degrenne
  • Patent number: 11209472
    Abstract: A fully distributed magnetic adsorption multi-parameter sensing cable, which is configured to be installed on the wall of a metal pipeline, includes an outer sheath, a sensing component arranged in the outer sheath, and a fully distributed magnetic adsorption reinforcement (FDMAR) arranged in the outer sheath and on a peripheral side of the sensing component. The outer sheath is attached to the wall of the metal pipeline by the FDMAR. A magnetic adsorption force between the FDMAR and the wall of the metal pipeline is able to be adjusted by changing the size of the FDMAR and the distance between the FDMAR reinforcement and the wall of the metal pipeline. The fully distributed magnetic adsorption multi-parameter sensing cable has the advantages of good adsorption effect and high sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: Zhongtian Power Optical Cable Co., Ltd, JIANGSU ZHONGTIAN TECHNOLOGY CO LTD, Sichuan Guangsheng IOT Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yunjiang Rao, Bing Han, Hongjian Guan, Qiang Li, Ming Li, Zengling Ran, Jiping Xue, Shuhong Xie, Cangping He
  • Patent number: 10594206
    Abstract: The invention comprises an inverter/converter yielding high frequency harmonics and/or non-sixty Hertz output coupled to a high frequency inductor-capacitor filter apparatus. For example, an inverter/converter apparatus is provided that uses a silicon carbide transistor to output power having a carrier frequency modulated by a fundamental frequency and a set of harmonic frequencies, where the minimum carrier frequency is above that usable by an iron-steel inductor, such as greater than ten kiloHertz at fifty or more amperes. An inductor-capacitor filter, comprising an inductor having a distributed gap core material, receives power output from the inverter/converter and processes the power by passing the fundamental frequency while reducing amplitude of the harmonic frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventors: Hans Wennerstrom, Grant A. MacLennan, Edward Handy
  • Patent number: 10575419
    Abstract: A package for housing an electric or electronic component is disclosed. The package includes a base and a header that includes a top portion and a support portion. The support portion has a first and a second end that defines a first and a second opening respectively. The top portion is secured to the first end and covers the first opening. The top portion includes a header vent to allow a substance (e.g., air, water, etc.) to flow into or out of an interior of the package. The header is configured to house the component therein. The header can be placed into a circular hole of the circuit board. The base is secured to the second end of the support portion, and is configured to secure the package to the circuit board. The vent can minimize moisture within the package and/or drain liquid from inside of the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: WURTH ELECTRONICS MIDCOM, INC.
    Inventors: Dean Huumala, Emil Nierges, Jared Quenzer, Adam Sullivan, Jesus Eduardo Maldonado Guzman
  • Patent number: 10424430
    Abstract: A module includes an insulating layer, a ring-shaped magnetic core built in the insulating layer, a coil electrode disposed in the insulating layer so as to spirally wind around the magnetic core, and heat-dissipating metal bodies respectively disposed outside and inside the magnetic core within the insulating layer. Building the magnetic core into the insulating layer as described above eliminates the need to provide the principal face of the insulating layer with a large mounting area for mounting a coil formed by the magnetic core and the coil electrode. This allows the area of the principal face of the insulating layer to be reduced to achieve miniaturization of the module. The presence of the heat-dissipating metal bodies respectively disposed outside and inside the magnetic core within the insulating layer improves dissipation of the heat generated from the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Nishide, Yoshihito Otsubo
  • Patent number: 10403431
    Abstract: A coil component that includes a coil having a thick coil core and good inductance characteristics and is able to narrow the pitch of a coil electrode is provided. The wiring of a coil electrode in a direction across the direction of a winding axis of the coil electrode includes a plurality of first metal pins and a plurality of second metal pins. By elongating each metal pin, the wiring of the coil electrode is easily elongated in a metal pin direction. Thus, a coil core is easily thickened in the metal pin direction. The wiring of the coil electrode can be formed in the metal pin direction only by arranging the metal pins. Thus, it is possible to provide a coil component that includes a coil having the thick coil core and good inductance characteristics and is able to narrow the pitch of the coil electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Banba, Tsuneo Murata, Norio Sakai, Yoshihito Otsubo, Keiichi Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 10249716
    Abstract: A combination switch includes an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT), an anti-parallel diode, and a saturable inductor. The diode and inductor are coupled in series between a collector and an emitter of the IGBT. The inductor is fashioned so that it will come out of saturation when a forward bias current flow through the diode falls below a saturation current level. When the diode current falls (for example, due to another combination switch of a phase leg turning on), the diode current initially falls at a high rate until the inductor current drops to the saturation current level. Thereafter, the diode current falls at a lower rate. The lower rate allows the diode current to have a soft landing to zero current, thereby eliminating or reducing voltage and/or current spikes that would otherwise occur. Multiple methods of implementing and manufacturing the saturable inductor are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: IXYS, LLC
    Inventors: Kyoung Wook Seok, Joseph James Roosma
  • Patent number: 10170936
    Abstract: A wireless power receiver included in a device, the wireless power receiver including a core part fixed to be adjacent to a surface of an internal part; a receiving coil wound around the core part; and a power circuit configured to provide power received from the receiving coil to the wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Ho Cho, Hugh Kim, Chul Gyun Park, Jae Suk Sung
  • Patent number: 10102957
    Abstract: A transformer apparatus includes: a case with a component mounting surface; an external-terminal provided on a wall adjacent to the component mounting surface of the case; a transformer provided on the component mounting surface and including a magnetic core and a winding; and a support provided in a position between the external-terminal and the core on the component mounting surface, and including a first-slit in a top surface of the support, the first-slit holding a first-conductor of the winding drawn from the core and a second-conductor drawn from the external-terminal, wherein the first-conductor is held at one end of the first-slit by a conductive member, the second-conductor is held at the other end of the first-slit by the conductive member, the first-conductor and the second-conductor are electrically connected through the conductive member, and the first-conductor and the second-conductor have surplus lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: FUITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masayuki Itoh, Hiroshi Kurosawa
  • Patent number: 9866192
    Abstract: Filter component having a windingless magnetic toroidal core with an opening, a toroidal core housing in which the toroidal core is fastened using a snap-on mechanism, wherein the filter component is designed such that a conductor can be run windinglessly through the opening of the toroidal core fastened in the toroidal core housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Schaffner Emv AG
    Inventors: Samuel Meier, Christian Ackermann
  • Patent number: 9724531
    Abstract: An electrical system including one or more bodies having an underlying structure resembling a double helix may be used to produce useful electromagnetic effects for various applications, including therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Medical Energetics Ltd.
    Inventor: David G. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9636518
    Abstract: An electrical system including multiple bodies having an underlying structure resembling a double helix may be used to produce useful electromagnetic fields for various applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Medical Energetics Ltd.
    Inventor: David G. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9564266
    Abstract: A power converter magnetics assembly is disclosed. The power converter magnetics assembly can include an interface panel, a magnetic component mounted to the interface panel to form a magnetics subassembly, and a chassis coupled to the magnetics subassembly. The chassis can have a cavity with an opening. The magnetic component can be received within the cavity and the interface panel can be disposed over the opening and secured to the chassis to form an enclosure about the magnetic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Boris S. Jacobson, Stephen R. Elkins, Bradley S. Jaworski
  • Patent number: 9490060
    Abstract: A laminated coil component includes a magnetic body part made of a Ni—Zn-based ferrite material and a coil conductor containing Cu as a main component, which is wound into a coil shape, and the coil conductor is embedded in the magnetic body part to form a component base. The component base is divided into a first region near the coil conductor and a second region other than the first region. The grain size ratio of the average crystal grain size of the magnetic body part in the first region to the average crystal grain size of the magnetic body part in the second region is 0.85 or less. The molar content of CuO in the ferrite raw material is set to 6 mol % or less, and firing is performed in a reducing atmosphere in which the oxygen partial pressure is an equilibrium oxygen partial pressure of Cu—Cu2O or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yamamoto, Akihiro Nakamura, Yuko Fujita, Tomoyuki Ankyu, Osamu Naito
  • Patent number: 9000878
    Abstract: A transformer having a bobbinless winding assembly positioned on a base includes a primary winding having multiple radially-spiraling turns of a wire and a secondary winding including a substantially planar annular disk having a radial gap defined therein. A primary winding having first and second primary windings including multiple radially-spiraling turns of wire with free ends extending from outer turns and a method of forming the same is provided. A secondary winding having a planar annular disk with a radial gap defined therein and a method of forming the same is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: PAI Capital LLC
    Inventors: Lorenzo Lazzerini, Giovanni Silvestri, Nicola Cinagrossi
  • Patent number: 8988182
    Abstract: Transformers and methods of constructing transformers are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of constructing a transformer includes wrapping a first primary winding around a core, wrapping a secondary winding around the core, and wrapping a second primary winding around the core. The first primary winding traverses substantially an entire circumference of the core in a first circumferential direction. The secondary winding includes a first half and a second half. The first half traverses substantially the entire circumference of the core in the first circumferential direction, and the second half traverses substantially the entire circumference of the core in a second circumferential direction opposite the first circumferential direction. The second primary winding traverses substantially the entire circumference of the core in the second circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: SunEdison, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory Allen Kern
  • Patent number: 8961384
    Abstract: An electrical system having an underlying structure resembling the double helix most commonly associated with DNA is used to produce useful electromagnetic fields for health applications and/or medical applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Medical Energetics Ltd
    Inventor: David G. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8947187
    Abstract: The invention comprises an electrical apparatus and method of manufacture. The apparatus includes a substantially annular inductor comprising an inductor core composed of at least a distributed gap material. The distributed gap material includes particles of alternating layers of magnetic and non-magnetic materials separated by a gap material. The particles comprise an average layer thickness of less than about one hundred micrometers, where a majority of said layered particles comprise an average cross sectional size of less than about one millimeter. The inductor is cooled using at least one of: a thermally conductive potting material, a liquid coolant in direct contact with the inductor, a cooling line through the potting material or liquid coolant, and a chill coil in a container about the potting material and/or the liquid coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Inventor: Grant A. MacLennan
  • Patent number: 8941456
    Abstract: A power supply arrangement constituted of: an isolated power supply having a primary side and a secondary side, the secondary side electrically isolated from the primary side; a common mode choke having a first winding and a second winding wound on a common core, the common mode choke coupled between the primary side of the isolated power supply and an AC mains; and a shielding surrounding the common mode choke, the shielding coupled to a common potential of the secondary side of the isolated power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Microsemi Corporation
    Inventors: Hwangsoo Choi, Mike Lewis, Shiju Wang
  • Patent number: 8887389
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for winding wires of electrical connector, which includes adopting a unique process to wind wires around a ring body, wherein first and second wire groups each including four different color wires are respectively wound around upper and lower half portions of the ring body and respectively forming first and second input terminal wires and first and second output terminal wires. The first and second input terminal wires are twisted with corresponding ones to thereby achieve reduction of reluctance and better application to high frequency signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Inventor: Kuan-Hsiung Wei
  • Patent number: 8872613
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for generating electric energy in an electric power transmission system includes an AC cable including a core, wherein a portion of the core is partially surrounded by an apparatus including a ferromagnetic body and an electrically conducting winding. The ferromagnetic body extends along a longitudinal axis and has, in a cross section taken along said longitudinal axis, a shape defined by an arc. The electrically conducting winding is wound around the ferromagnetic body to form turns in planes substantially perpendicular to the arc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Prysmian S.p.A.
    Inventors: Lluís-Ramon Sales Casals, Joaquin Del Rio Fernàndez, Rafael Lara, Antonio Manuel Lazaro
  • Patent number: 8854167
    Abstract: A magnetic assembly is formed by a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) and a cover. A plurality of magnetic elements is electrically disposed on the PCB, and the magnetic elements are connected to one another through an electric circuit on the PCB. An accommodation space is formed on the cover for receiving the magnetic elements. During the manufacturing of the magnetic assembly, a cover with an appropriate space is selected according to the size, quantity, and specification type of the magnetic elements. After the two components are assembled, adhesive is injected into the cover, so that the cover and the PCB are fixedly disposed, and the elements in the accommodation space are protected. Therefore, in a process of manufacturing the magnetic assembly, covers with different accommodation spaces are selected for collocation according to requirements of the assembled electrical elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Mag. Layers Scientific-Technics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ching Tzung Lin, Wen Cheng Yu, Ching Yuan Cheng
  • Patent number: 8841985
    Abstract: A metallization can be used for components working with acoustic waves. The metallization includes a base having a bottom layer comprising titanium, and an upper layer comprising copper. A top layer of the metallization disposed on the base comprises aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Epcos AG
    Inventor: Guenter Feist
  • Patent number: 8826516
    Abstract: A method for applying at least one magnet, a holding device for such a method, and an arrangement comprising a number of holding devices. The method is used for applying at least one magnet to a surface of a part made of a magnetic material. The at least one magnet is moved towards the surface of the part while being retained in the holding device using a retaining force, and a force of attraction that acts against the retaining force is substantially directed towards the part and is applied to the at least one magnet such that the magnet is transferred to the surface of the part as soon as the magnet has been moved towards the surface of the part so as to be at a certain distance therefrom at which the force of attraction exceeds the retaining force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Thyssenkrupp Elevator AG
    Inventors: Stefan Bopple, Thomas Hannusch
  • Publication number: 20140125446
    Abstract: An improved low cost and highly consistent inductive apparatus. In one embodiment, the low cost and highly consistent inductive apparatus addresses concerns with so called conductive anodic filament (CAF) that occurs within these laminate structures. These conditions include high humidity, high bias voltage (i.e. a large voltage differential), high-moisture content, surface and resin ionic impurities, glass to resin bond weakness and exposure to high assembly temperatures that can occur, for example, during lead free solder bonding application. Methods of manufacturing and using the aforementioned substrate inductive devices are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Mohammad Saboori, Mark Greene, Vinay Gundotra, Hamlet Abedmamoore
  • Patent number: 8665047
    Abstract: A transformer system includes a cabinet and at least one toroidal transformer with each toroidal transformer being supported in a cradle. Each cradle is mounted in the cabinet and supports its toroidal transformer in a vertical or horizontal orientation such that a central air-filled region thereof is arranged in a substantially horizontal or vertical orientation, respectively. The cradle supports active and passive cooling arrangements for the toroidal transformer, while also providing modular attributes for the transformer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Marina Electrical Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Dively, Barry J. Sharp
  • Patent number: 8659383
    Abstract: A magnetic member includes a substrate and a magnetic element. A configuration groove is formed on the substrate, so as to accommodate the magnetic element. Furthermore, a first electrode is formed on a periphery of the substrate, so that ends of a conductive coil of the magnetic element are electrically laid thereon. A guide groove is formed on a position adjacent to the first electrode, and the guide groove is filled with a conductive metal, so that the first electrode is electrically connected to the guide groove. In this way, after an IR reflow process of the magnetic member, conditions of abnormal adhesion and poor conductivity are avoided. The magnetic member is applicable to various electronic devices requiring the magnetic elements, for example, a communication circuit and a frequency conversion circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Mag. Layer Scientific Technics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ching-Yuan Cheng
  • Patent number: 8618903
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus which includes a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding, whereby magnetic flux generated by a varying primary voltage applied to the primary winding induces a varying secondary voltage on the secondary winding, a torroidal transformer core over which said primary winding and secondary winding are applied, and at least one magnetic shunt arranged to provide a diversion path for magnetic flux generated by the primary winding which diverts magnetic flux from the secondary winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Inventors: Frank Fornasari, Clive Stuart White
  • 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
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8552708
    Abstract: A monolithic DC to DC converter, provides a semiconductor substrate, a surface FET formed on the semiconductor substrate that modulates currents across a surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a toroidal inductor with a magnetic core formed on the substrate around the FET and having a first winding connected to the FET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Inventor: L. Pierre de Rochemont
  • Patent number: 8549732
    Abstract: A surgical navigation system for navigating a region of a patient includes a non-invasive dynamic reference frame and/or fiducial marker, sensor tipped instruments, and isolator circuits. The dynamic reference frame may be repeatably placed on the patient in a precise location for guiding the instruments. The instruments may be precisely guided by positioning sensors near moveable portions of the instruments. Electrical sources may be electrically isolated from the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce M. Burg, John H. Dukesherer, Bradley A. Jascob, Paul Kessman
  • 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: 8466770
    Abstract: A transformer comprises a secondary winding including a plurality of coaxially arranged toroidal closed magnetic circuits connected in series within an enclosure and a primary winding comprising a plurality of turns including electrically conducting members passing axially through the toroidal closed magnetic circuits, respective ones of the plurality of electrically conducting members being electrically connected by respective electrically conducting strip lines passing along walls of the enclosure to form the continuous primary winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: E2V Technologies (UK) Limited
    Inventor: Robert Richardson
  • Patent number: 8453318
    Abstract: A method of making a planar coil is disclosed in the present invention. First, a substrate having a trench is provided. Then, a barrier and a seed layer are formed on the substrate in sequence. An isolative layer is used for guiding a conductive material to flow into a lower portion of the trench such that accumulation of the conductive material at opening of the trench is prevented before the lower portion of the trench is completely filled up, thereby avoiding gap formation in the trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Touch Micro-System Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Hung Yi Lin, Ming Fa Chen
  • Patent number: 8416050
    Abstract: Two conducting wires are used in one embodiment of an inductor. Opposite ends of each of the conducting wires are connected to leader lines (terminals) shared by the conducting wires. Each of the conducting wires is wound to make half a round of an annular or ring-like magnetic substance. One of the conducting wires is wound around a lower half area of the magnetic substance to form one winding while the other conducting wire is wound around an upper half area of the magnetic substance to form another winding. In this manner, the distance between the leader lines can be increased to eliminate parasitic capacitance between the leader lines. The magnetic fluxes generated by current flowing in the two windings are in the same direction. Thus, it is possible to provide an inductor whose total parasitic capacitance is reduced. In other embodiments, additional conducting wires are used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuaki Mino
  • Patent number: 8410890
    Abstract: A transformer assembly for mounting a current transformer to an electrical apparatus. The generally toroidal current transformer senses electrical current in conductors of the electrical apparatus and has a housing. A mechanical lug for conductors of the electrical apparatus is mounted directly to the housing of the current transformer, within the central opening of the toroid. The mechanical lug has one or more conductor bores located within a main body of the mechanical lug for receiving respective conductor wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark J. Fisher
  • Publication number: 20130043969
    Abstract: The present invention provides a choke coil capable of applying an optimum magnetic bias without causing degradation of magnetic characteristics and any adverse effect on a neighboring device which would be caused by a temperature rise, therefore capable of adequately accommodating higher current. A choke coil according to the present invention includes a toroid coil 6 and a core 1 in which a first core 5 inserted in the center of the coil and a second core 3, 4 disposed at an outer periphery of the coil form a closed magnetic circuit. A gap G is formed in the first core 5. A magnet array applying a magnetic bias is placed in the gap G. The magnet array is formed by a plurality of submagnets 7 separated in a plane perpendicular to a direction in which a magnetic flux from the first core 5 interlinks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: Masaru OTA, Yuko KANAZAWA
  • Patent number: 8378770
    Abstract: An inductor assembly includes a base and an inductor component. When the inductor component is disposed on the base, the distance between the inductor component and a nearby electronic component is increased by a connecting element or a carrying element of the base, and the inductor component is prevented from contacting the nearby electronic component by a spacing element of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Pi-Fan Chen, Su-Chiung Hsu, Zhi-Liang Zhang, Ming-Cheng Lee