With Mounting Or Supporting Means (e.g., Base) Patents (Class 336/65)
  • Patent number: 8230577
    Abstract: In a sensing unit according to the present invention, a spring portion having a support portion and a movable portion is conductive. A signal of a sensor portion provided on the movable portion of the spring portion is transmitted via the spring portion. Hence, the sensing unit according to the present invention has a simple constitution with a small number of components, and a wire does not necessarily have to be provided for each sensor portion. As a result, a reduction in manufacturing cost, simplification of the manufacturing process, and so on are achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignees: Headway Technologies, Inc., SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Sasaki, Tatsushi Shimizu, Takehiro Horinaka, Kazuo Ishizaki, Shigeki Tanemura
  • Publication number: 20120188039
    Abstract: The invention concerns an inductor comprising a plurality of so-called first conductors (100 to 109) substantially parallel to one another, at least three of said first conductors being substantially mutually equidistant and distributed over a surface (120), and an electric power supply (140) of said conductors adapted to circulate an electric current in the same direction in said conductors. Preferably, said conductors are more densely distributed at the ends of the surface (120) comprising them. Preferably, the inductor further comprises a plurality of second substantially parallel conductors perpendicular to the first conductors, the electric power supply circulating an electric current in the same direction on said second conductors. Preferably, the inductor further comprises a plurality of third conductors forming closed turns, the electric power supply circulating an electric current in the same direction in said third conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: WINSTEAD ASSETS LIMITED
    Inventors: Georges FOLCKE, Eric GOUT, Christophe RAOULT
  • Patent number: 8222987
    Abstract: A supporting component (10) for assembling an inductive element comprises a base on the top face of which a protrusion for accommodating the inductive element is embodied, wherein a recess is provided in said protrusion for receiving an electronic component and/or a ferrite element. Furthermore, an interference suppression coil device with a supporting component is provided, wherein the supporting component comprises a protrusion serving for accommodating an interference suppression coil. Moreover, a method for the manufacture of an inductive component to be assembled on a printed circuit board is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Vogt Electronic AG
    Inventor: Karl Gerhard
  • Patent number: 8217745
    Abstract: An inductor includes a base and a winding assembly. The base includes an outer frame, a middle part and a connecting part. The outer frame has a first upper surface. The middle part has a second upper surface. The connecting part is connected with the outer frame and the middle part and has a third upper surface. The connecting part, the outer frame and the middle part collectively define a receptacle. The winding assembly is accommodated within the receptacle. The second upper surface of the middle part is disposed at a higher level with respect to the first upper surface of the outer frame. A first height is defined by the level difference between the second upper surface and the third upper surface. A second height of the winding assembly is smaller than the first height, so that a fourth upper surface of the winding assembly is disposed at a lower level with respect to the second upper surface after the winding assembly is accommodated within the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Ching-Hsiang Tien, Yu-Chin Chen, Ming-Cheng Li, Zhi-Liang Zhang
  • Patent number: 8203853
    Abstract: A chip filter and supplementary tool combination is disclosed. The chip filter includes a insulative holder base having two arrays of wire grooves arranged along two opposing sidewalls thereof and soldering zones defined in a finished surface on each sidewall corresponding to the wire grooves, connection terminals each having a base portion respectively embedded in the soldering zones in the sidewalls of the insulative holder base and a soldering surface respectively kept in flush with the top edge of the associating sidewall, and filter elements having lead wires thereof respectively extending out of the insulative holder base through the wire grooves and respectively rested on the soldering surfaces of the connection terminals and held down in position by the supplementary tool for soldering by an automatic soldering machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: U.D. Electronic Corp.
    Inventor: Po-Jung Chen
  • Patent number: 8198966
    Abstract: A transformer station is disclosed comprising a foundation plate and a building with a transformer positioned on top of the foundation plate. The foundation plate is provided with a docking station comprising a first electrical connector. The building with the transformer is provided with a corresponding second electrical connector configured for direct mating with the first electrical connector when the building is placed onto the foundation plate. The transformer station is installed by: providing the foundation plate with a docking station having a first electrical connector; providing the building with a corresponding second electrical connector for connection with the first electrical connector; and placing the building onto the foundation plate with the first and second electrical connectors mating to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Carsten Thrue, Subbiathever Dukkaiappan, Sameer Dahibhate
  • Patent number: 8191241
    Abstract: A multi-turn coil device comprising a flexible circuit board and a plurality of serially electrically coupled coils coupled to both sides of the flexible circuit board. The coils are formed such that when the circuit board is folded in an accordion manner, the coils are substantially aligned and have the same direction of current flow. The coils are serially coupled sequentially from front to back and back to front wherein the coupling of the coils is through a plated through hole in the flexible circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Flextronics AP, LLC
    Inventor: Bruce D. Olson
  • Patent number: 8188825
    Abstract: A transformer includes a base, a magnetic core assembly and at least one winding coil assembly. The base includes a first receptacle and at least one first receiving recess. The magnetic core assembly includes a first magnetic part, a second magnetic part and a third magnetic part. The base is arranged between the first magnetic part and the second magnetic part. The first magnetic part has a first post accommodated within the first receptacle. The at least one winding coil assembly is disposed on the base. The third magnetic part is optionally accommodated within the first receiving recess, so that an air gap between the third magnetic part and the first magnetic part/the second magnetic part is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Choa-Ming Liu, Chih-Ming Chen, Yu-Chun Lai
  • Patent number: 8183972
    Abstract: An oil filled high power transformer for high voltages with coils. The transformer including a number of stacked layers of, in the main concentric, insulated conductors forming transformer coils. The winding layers are separated by spacers. One or more spacers are provided with at least one integrated electrical discharge barrier extending off the central body of the spacer in the vicinity of the area where the spacer is in contact with a winding. Breakdown along spacer and alongside the spacer-oil interface is reduced getting improved breakdown strength of the oil filled transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: ABB Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Arne Hjortsberg, Jan Hajek
  • Patent number: 8169050
    Abstract: Back-end-of-line (BEOL) wiring structures that include an on-chip inductor and an on-chip capacitor, as well as design structures for a radiofrequency integrated circuit. The on-chip inductor and an on-chip capacitor, which are fabricated as conductive features in different metallization levels, are vertically aligned with each other. The on-chip capacitor, which is located between the on-chip inductor and the substrate, may serve as a Faraday shield for the on-chip inductor. Optionally, the BEOL wiring structure may include an optional Faraday shield located vertically either between the on-chip capacitor and the on-chip inductor, or between the on-chip capacitor and the top surface of the substrate. The BEOL wiring structure may include at least one floating electrode capable of being selectively coupled with the electrodes of the on-chip capacitor to permit tuning, during circuit operation, of a resonance frequency of an LC resonator that further includes the on-chip inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas M. Daley, Mete Erturk, Edward J. Gordon
  • Patent number: 8153473
    Abstract: A module having a discrete passive element and a semiconductor device, and method of forming the same. In one embodiment, the module includes a patterned leadframe, a discrete passive element mounted on an upper surface of the leadframe, and a thermally conductive, electrically insulating material formed on an upper surface of the discrete passive element. The module also includes a semiconductor device bonded to an upper surface of the thermally conductive, electrically insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Empirion, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashraf W. Lotfi, Douglas Dean Lopata, John David Weld, Mathew A. Wilkowski
  • Publication number: 20120075048
    Abstract: The invention comprises an inductor mounting method and apparatus. An about annular inductor is mounted using a non-conducting mount element passing at least into a center opening of the inductor. Mounting hardware forces an edge surface of the mount into proximate contact with an edge of the inductor, where the mount and mounting hardware minimally contact the inductor. The mount optionally includes holes and/or grooves to further reduce mount/inductor contact, which aids liquid, convective, and/or radiative cooling of the inductor. The inductor is optionally composed of particles of magnetic material coated with carbon and embedded into an epoxy to yield a distributed gap material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: CTM Magnetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Grant A. MacLennan, Benjamin Lynn Richie, JR.
  • Patent number: 8102228
    Abstract: [PROBLEM] By simplifying a core securing structure of a reactor, miniaturization, lightweight, and low costs of the reactor are achieved. [SOLVING MEANS] The core securing member to secure a core 109 in a case 101 in the reactor wherein the core 109 and the coil 105 are housed in the case 101 is made up of a first spring portion S1 which gives momentum to a side face of the core 109 in a horizontal direction and a second spring portion S2 which gives momentum to an upper face of the core 109 in a vertical direction. Moreover, a stopper portion to restrict popping of the core from the case and the second spring portion are integrally formed with a notch being interposed between the stopper and the second spring portion so that the stopper portion covers part of an upper face of the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Tamura Corporation
    Inventor: Tadayuki Okamoto
  • Patent number: 8102237
    Abstract: A low profile coil-wound bobbin is disclosed. A low profile coil-wound bobbin includes a spool and a terminal. The spool is configured to have a coil-wire arrangement wound around the spool. The terminals are to be coupled to the coil-wire arrangement and a first side of a circuit board. The terminal is configured to mechanically and/or electrically couple the low profile coil-wound bobbin to the first side of the circuit board such that the low profile bobbin extends through the circuit board to another side of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Power Integrations, Inc.
    Inventor: Marvin C. Espino
  • Patent number: 8061017
    Abstract: Various embodiments of means and methods for reducing the pick-up of electromagnetic interference (“EMI”) by coil transducers are described and shown that are configured to provide high voltage isolation and high voltage breakdown performance characteristics in small packages. In some embodiments, the lengths, heights, and horizontal distances between wires electrically connecting transmitter circuits and receiver circuits to coil transducers are minimized and optimized respecting one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Avago Technologies ECBU IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Julie E. Fouquet, Richard A Baumgartner, Gary R. Trott
  • Publication number: 20110279207
    Abstract: An instrument transformer for measuring properties of electricity in a power line is provided. The instrument transformer includes a cover section releasably secured to a base section. The cover section includes a first core segment encapsulated in a first encasement formed from a polymer resin. The base section includes a second core segment with a low voltage winding mounted thereto and a voltage transformer, all of which are encapsulated in a second encasement formed from a polymer resin. When the cover section and the base section are secured together, the first core segment adjoins the second core segment, thereby forming a current transformer having a core formed from the first and second core segments. A method for making the instrument transformer further comprises the connection of the cover section to the base section to form a passage through which a high voltage conductor may extend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Jashbhai S. Patel, Brent J. Ackermann, Steven A. Shaw, Thomas L. Stallings
  • Patent number: 8058959
    Abstract: A transformer includes: a bobbin on which a coil is wound; a core coupled with the bobbin to provide a magnetic flux and installed on the PCB in a penetrating manner; and a base plate electrically connected to the coil and having a lead frame connected to the PCB, wherein the lead frame is formed such that the base plate is separated from an upper surface of the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Geun Young Park, Sang Joon Seo, Jae Gen Eom, Chang Yong Kwon
  • Publication number: 20110265892
    Abstract: A connection structure for electrical component assembly including: an electrical component assembly provided with a coil energized through a pair of electrically conductive members; and a housing that covers the electrical component assembly and that is provided with housing-side connection terminals. The electrically conductive member has a connection terminal section connectable to the housing-side connection terminal. The connection terminal section is bent toward a side departing from the coil so as to protrude toward a side of the electrical component assembly, and one of the connection terminal sections is arranged at a position deviated in an axis direction of the coil relative to the other of the connection terminal sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuro KODAMA, Keiichi TATSUNO
  • Patent number: 8044307
    Abstract: A power transformer/reactor immersed in oil including a transformer/reactor core and windings accommodated in a tank including a tank base plate and tank walls. A foundation supports the tank. An elongated continuous band forming a closed frame is arranged between the base plate and the foundation. An outer periphery of the base plate extends outside an inner periphery of the frame and thereby encloses an air volume within the frame, the base plate and foundation. The tank support reduces sound emitted from the transformer/reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: ABB Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Jan Anger, Mats Bernesjö, Ramsis Girgis
  • Patent number: 8035469
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fixing structure and a fixing member for a stationary induction apparatus, which can easily and inexpensively be assembled with a small number of constituent elements, and which are capable of reliable fixation. A fixing portion 4 which fixes the core 2 of a reactor to a case 1 is provided. The fixing portion 4 has a slide block 40 in contact with the core 2; a fixing bolt 42 which fixes the slide block 40 with respect to the case 1; and a slide base 41 provided between the slide block 40 and the case 1, and fixed to the case 1 together with the slide block 40. The slide block 40 and the slide base 41 have inclined faces 40d, 41b in mutual contact, and the slide block 40 has a first impelling portion 40a which impels the core 2 in a vertical direction and a second impelling portion 40b which impels the core 2 in a horizontal direction, according to fastening by the fixing bolt 42.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Tamura Corporation
    Inventors: Tadayuki Okamoto, Kensuke Maeno
  • Publication number: 20110215891
    Abstract: An assembly includes a toroidal induction component, a potting cup, and potting material. The toroidal induction component includes a conductive winding, where at least ends of the conductive winding define a lead set of the toroidal induction component. The potting cup is configured to accept the toroidal induction component and its lead set. Techniques for forming the assembly are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Lance L. Sundstrom, Wiclyff T. Bonga, Michael J. Gillespie
  • Patent number: 8013709
    Abstract: The present invention provides a conductive module used for assembling a magnetic element and an electronic component. The conductive module includes a conductive base, an electronic component and a plurality of conductive units. The electronic component is electrically connected to the conductive base and disposed on one side of the conductive base. The conductive units have respective hollow portions. The conductive units are spaced from each other and fixed on the conductive base such that the hollow portions of the conductive units are aligned with each other to define a channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Sheng-Nan Tsai, Yi-Fan Wu, Yung-Sheng Yeh, Jia-Li Tsai, Chia-Cheng Yang, Yung-Yu Chang, Tsung-Sheng Yeh, Hua-Sheng Lin, Chun-Yu Hou, Tsung-Hsiao Wu
  • Patent number: 8009005
    Abstract: A reactor apparatus for a railway vehicle includes a coil assembly, a side cover, through bolts inserted into the coil assembly, cover supporting members, a pair of frames, and ribs that reinforce the pair of frames. A support/fixation section of each frame is fixed to an under surface of a vehicle pedestal. The pair of the frames are disposed on both sides of the coil assembly, and support the through bolts and the cover supporting member. For each rib, leg members that extend from corresponding reinforcing body are penetrated into and welded to the corresponding frame. For each cover supporting member, a leg member that extends from corresponding cover supporting body is penetrated into and welded to the corresponding frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Hara, Yoichi Hisamori, Yoshitaka Kotani
  • Publication number: 20110199173
    Abstract: Components having a screw thread useful for mechanical fixation of the component to a corresponding component may be equipped with electrical wire following at least part of the turns of the screw thread and thereby forming at least a part of a coil. The corresponding component may have a matching screw thread, or the component of the invention may be self-tapping, in which case a matching screw thread in the corresponding component would be superfluous. The coil may be used as charging and/or power-conversion coil and/or communication antenna. The reuse of the screw thread for a coil maximizes the coil area without consuming extra space of the component. This is in particular useful in medical electrical implant devices, such as a pace maker or a neuron pace maker in deep brain stimulation, in that the maximum size of such a pace maker is very limited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Jacobus Josephus Leijssen, Jeroen Jacob Arnold Tol
  • Patent number: 8000102
    Abstract: A unitary-enclosure housing apparatus and arrangement for protecting and cooling the high voltage electronic conditioning and filtering circuitry components used for providing a high-voltage waveform to an electrostatic precipitator device includes a hermetically sealed dielectric liquid coolant filled tank/housing having one or more side-mounted hollow-panel type radiator structures for dissipating heat from the coolant. The disclosed unitary-enclosure housing apparatus and the particular arrangement of the internal electronic components results in a relatively external small footprint while containing both the transformer-rectifier (TR) set and high-voltage resistor-capacitor (R-C) filter components associated with a high-voltage electrostatic precipitator device in a single unitary package. The housing apparatus is outfitted with a removable top cover plate and access panel for providing easy access to the TR set and R-C filter components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc.
    Inventors: David Fulton Johnston, Terry Lewis Farmer, Easel Roberts, Dan Steinhaur
  • Publication number: 20110193668
    Abstract: A transformer includes: a bobbin on which a coil is wound; a core coupled with the bobbin to provide a magnetic flux, at least a portion of the core being installed on the PCB in a penetrating manner; and a base plate electrically connected to the coil and having a lead frame connected to the PCB, wherein the base plate is installed to be reversedly disposed at an upper side of the bobbin on the PCB, a space is formed between a lower surface of the base plate and an upper surface of the PCB, and the space between the lower surface of the base plate and the upper surface of the PCB is supported by a support member in contact with the upper surface of the PCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Geun Young PARK, Sang Joon SEO, Jae Gen EOM, Chang Yong KWON
  • Publication number: 20110193887
    Abstract: A transformer including; a bobbin, a coil wound to the bobbin, a core inserted within the bobbin and a soldering pin disposed connected to the bobbin, wherein the soldering pin has at least one first hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae-Sik LEE, Chung-Won CHOI, Gye-Won YOON, Ki-Bok JANG, Sung-Kyu PARK, Yeong-Chil HEO
  • Patent number: 7990246
    Abstract: A pulse transformer arrangement (100) is built from an uncut pulse transformer core (110) and at least one foil winding (120-A, 120-B) (each) comprising multiple insulated conducting strips arranged around the core and ending in foil winding terminals to form multiple independent primary windings. This new design principle has several advantages. Making the winding(s) of foil eliminates the need to cut the core, because of the ease of insertion of the foil winding(s) onto the core. The work to set up a plurality of primary windings is significantly reduced. In addition to the elimination of the costs for cutting the core, this also brings the further advantages of reduced DC reset current, reduced risk for electrical shorts and avoidance of excessive losses due to potential high frequency AC resistance problems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Scandinova Systems AB
    Inventors: Mikael Rolf Lindholm, Bengt Anderberg
  • Patent number: 7990248
    Abstract: A toroidal core choke includes a toroidal core and an insulating part. The insulating part includes a separating device for separating winding spaces on the toroidal core. The separating device includes a divider and a spacer on an end of the divider. A width of the divider is less than a width of the spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Günter Feist, Karl Niklas, Jürgen Stabenow
  • Patent number: 7969266
    Abstract: Provided is an inductor capable of adjusting an inductance in dozens of nH increments without requiring a large number of components. The inductor includes: a conductor; a first core body and a second core body each having an opposed surface, the opposed surface of the first core body and the opposed surface of the second core body facing each other so as to enclose the conductor; and a holding part provided with a slide surface for varying an opposed area of the opposed surfaces of the first core body and the second core body, for holding at least one of the first core body and the second core body at a desired position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Sumida Corporation
    Inventors: Kan Sano, Yuichiro Urano
  • Patent number: 7961070
    Abstract: An inductor has a case having an opening, a core accommodated in the case, a coil wound on a part of the core and a fixing member fixed to the case. The fixing member fixes the core by contacting a top surface of the core facing the opening and elastically biasing the core toward a bottom surface of the case. The fixing member further includes a first plate portion and a first contacting portion. The first plate portion is disposed between the top surface of the core and the opening of the case and extending in parallel with the top surface of the core. The first contacting portion extends from a fore-end portion of the first plate portion so as to be U-shaped and having a distal end portion elastically push-contacting the top surface of the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Tamura Corporation
    Inventors: Kotaro Suzuki, Ryo Nakatsu
  • Publication number: 20110121928
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus that reduces an audible noise produced in a power supply. The apparatus includes: (1) a housing; (2) an inductor coil formed from a coil of wire enclosed in the housing; (3) a set of wires that are coupled from the inductor coil to the outside of the housing through corresponding apertures in the housing, comprising electrical leads for the inductor coil; and (4) a predetermined amount of adhesive in the apertures that bonds the wires to the housing to reduce an audible noise produced when the current through the inductor coil is cycled quickly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Dayu Qu
  • Publication number: 20110084789
    Abstract: A transformer includes: a bobbin on which a coil is wound; a core coupled with the bobbin to provide a magnetic flux and installed on the PCB in a penetrating manner; and a base plate electrically connected to the coil and having a lead frame connected to the PCB, wherein the lead frame is formed such that the base plate is separated from an upper surface of the PCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Geun Young PARK, Sang Joon Seo, Jae Gen Eom, Chang Yong Kwon
  • Patent number: 7921546
    Abstract: A method for making a high current low profile inductor includes forming an inductor element comprising a coil having an open center and an outside surface, the coil also having first and second coil ends, making a dry mixture comprising a dry resin and an insulated dry powdered magnetic powder, and compressing the dry mixture around the outside surface of the coil and within the open center of the coil to create an inductor body without liquefying the dry mixture, whereby the inductor body engages the coil both within the coil open center and also the coil outside surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Vishay Dale Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy M. Shafer, Brett W. Jelkin
  • Patent number: 7924000
    Abstract: A method for producing a coil assembly includes overlaying printed circuit traces on a core. The traces include terminals for coupling to conductive connections on a base on which the coil assembly is to be mounted. Two or more wires are wrapped around the core so as to define two or more coils, wrapped in different, respective directions. The ends of the wires are coupled to the printed circuit traces, so as to connect the wires through the traces to the terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Biosense Webster, Inc.
    Inventors: Pesach Susel, Shlomo Fried, Avi Shalgi, Dan Raz, Dror Benatav
  • Patent number: 7920041
    Abstract: In a coil device for an antenna, a wide surface of a connector connecting section and a mounting surface of a fixing section are substantially vertically arranged. A connecter terminal can take a first arrangement or a second arrangement to a resin member. In the first arrangement the connector terminal can take, the connector connecting section is positioned on one end side in the width direction of the resin member, and in the second arrangement, the connector connecting section is positioned on the other end side in the width direction of the resin member by turning the connector connecting section in the first arrangement 180 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Sumida Corporation
    Inventors: Takanobu Rokuka, Shigeru Mahara
  • Patent number: 7911308
    Abstract: An apparatus for cost-effective and efficient cooling of an active element. The active element may be a magnetic element such as an inductor or a transformer having windings and a core. A thermally conductive vessel has a cavity that is adapted to conform to a surface of the active element, with a small gap remaining between the surface of the active element and the surface of the cavity. The winding is adapted to have a uniform surface, by utilizing an edge winding or a machined winding fabricated from an extruded tube. A thermally conductive encapsulant fills gaps in the apparatus to further improve cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Inventor: Wally E. Rippel
  • Patent number: 7898822
    Abstract: A holder holds an electrical component having wire ends that act as electrical connections. The holder includes a body having a center part. The center part has a recess for holding the component. Side walls of the recess have slots for guiding wire ends of the component. The recess and the slots are open at a same side of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Günter Feist, Klaus Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 7898376
    Abstract: A transformer apparatus and a transformer shielding method are provided for shielding external electronic noises and protecting against erosion. The transformer apparatus comprises a toroidal core, a primary winding, a secondary winding, a protection tape, a metal foil, and an UL tube. The primary winding and the secondary winding are wound around the toroidal core at opposite side to each other. The protection tape is wrapped around the primary winding and the secondary winding. The metal foil encloses the protection tape. The UL tube enfolds the metal foil. The transformer shielding method comprises wrapping a primary winding and a secondary winding of the transformer apparatus by a protection tape, enclosing the protection tape by a metal foil, and enfolding the metal foil by an UL tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Sercomm Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan Yuan Yu, Li Chung Chen
  • Publication number: 20110025441
    Abstract: An inductor includes a base and a winding assembly. The base includes an outer frame, a middle part and a connecting part. The outer frame has a first upper surface. The middle part has a second upper surface. The connecting part is connected with the outer frame and the middle part and has a third upper surface. The connecting part, the outer frame and the middle part collectively define a receptacle. The winding assembly is accommodated within the receptacle. The second upper surface of the middle part is disposed at a higher level with respect to the first upper surface of the outer frame. A first height is defined by the level difference between the second upper surface and the third upper surface. A second height of the winding assembly is smaller than the first height, so that a fourth upper surface of the winding assembly is disposed at a lower level with respect to the second upper surface after the winding assembly is accommodated within the receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Ching-Hsiang Tien, Yu-Chin Chen, Ming-Cheng Li, Zhi-Liang Zhang
  • Patent number: 7880579
    Abstract: A carrier device for a toroidal-core choke includes a base plate, which has projecting wire-guiding devices. A holder for an inductive component includes the carrier device and an electrical isolation device. The holder can be part of an inductive component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Epcos AG
    Inventors: Guenter Feist, Juergen Stabenow
  • Patent number: 7868722
    Abstract: An inductor apparatus including an inductor having a core formed in a loop shape to form a hollow part, and a coil winding the core, and a supporting member having a supporting surface to support the core to face the hollow part, and a vibration preventing hole formed to correspond to the hollow part of the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-ho Hwang, Jeong-il Kang, Pil-yong Oh, Jin-hyun Cho, Sang-hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 7861403
    Abstract: A current transformer core has a ratio of the core outside diameter Da to the core inside diameter Di of <1.5, a saturation magnetostriction ?s of =|4| ppm, a circular hysteresis loop with 0.50=Br/Bs=0.85 and an Hcmax=20 mA/cm. The current transformer core is made of a soft magnetic iron alloy in which at least 50% of the alloy structure is occupied by fine-crystalline particles with an average particle size of 100 nm or less, and the iron-based alloy comprises, in essence, one combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wulf Guenther, Detlef Otte, Joerg Petzold
  • Publication number: 20100321015
    Abstract: A method for producing a coil assembly includes overlaying printed circuit traces on a core. The traces include terminals for coupling to conductive connections on a base on which the coil assembly is to be mounted. Two or more wires are wrapped around the core so as to define two or more coils, wrapped in different, respective directions. The ends of the wires are coupled to the printed circuit traces, so as to connect the wires through the traces to the terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Pesach Susel, Shlomo Fried, Avi Shalgi, Dan Raz, Dror Benatav
  • Patent number: 7849843
    Abstract: An ignition coil is equipped with a sparkplug of an engine. The ignition coil includes a coil portion, a tower portion, and a plug cap. The coil portion includes a coil case accommodating a primary and secondary coils being coaxial with each other. The coil portion has an end connected with the plug cap via the tower portion. The plug cap is press-fitted with the sparkplug. The coil case has an outer periphery from which a flange portion projects radially outward in a flange-projecting direction. The tower cylinder portion has a tower axis substantially in parallel with a coil axis of the primary and secondary coils. The tower axis is offset from the coil axis in a tower-offset direction. The tower-offset direction is substantially the same as the flange-projecting direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, Toyo Denso Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masami Kojima, Takashi Tauchi, Takeshi Morimoto, Atsushi Iwami, Yoshitaka Satoh, Shuichi Matsubayashi, Ikuo Hirayama
  • Patent number: 7839249
    Abstract: The present invention provides a splitter including a seat, a first inner core, a second inner core, a first coil, an outer core and a second coil. The seat has a bobbin, and the first coil is wound on the bobbin. The first inner core and the second inner core, disposed on the bobbin, are assembled with each other to cover the bobbin. The outer core and the first inner core are assembled with each other. The second coil is disposed between the outer core and the first inner core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Hung-Chieh Tseng, Ying-Chian Kang, Tsung-Hsien Lee, Shu-Hui Chen, Hua-Sheng Shih
  • Publication number: 20100289608
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including at least one of a circuit and a circuit element, and an inductor element having a coil axis extending in a direction parallel to a main surface of the semiconductor substrate and disposed adjacent to the main surface. A main direction of a magnetic field induced by passing a current through the inductor element is parallel to the main surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka NABESHIMA, Yuichi HIROFUJI
  • Publication number: 20100289607
    Abstract: A transformer includes a base, a magnetic core assembly and at least one winding coil assembly. The base includes a first receptacle and at least one first receiving recess. The magnetic core assembly includes a first magnetic part, a second magnetic part and a third magnetic part. The base is arranged between the first magnetic part and the second magnetic part. The first magnetic part has a first post accommodated within the first receptacle. The at least one winding coil assembly is disposed on the base. The third magnetic part is optionally accommodated within the first receiving recess, so that an air gap between the third magnetic part and the first magnetic part/the second magnetic part is adjustable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Choa-Ming Liu, Chih-Ming Chen, Yu-Chun Lai
  • Patent number: 7834730
    Abstract: A mounting device includes a base plate for supporting an electrical coil and includes two or more legs that are substantially L-shaped. Each leg has a first end and a second end and the first end is secured to the base plate and the second end is in a direction away from the base plate. A contact pin extends through the second end of each leg and the legs are capable of resilient movement relative to the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Miguel M. Nieto, Anthony J. Webster
  • Publication number: 20100271160
    Abstract: A balun transformer includes: a drum-shaped core having a core unit and a pair of flanges arranged on both sides of the core unit; a plurality of terminal electrodes arranged on the flanges; a primary winding wound around the core unit, both ends of the primary winding being connected to the terminal electrodes; and a secondary winding wound around the core unit, both ends and a center tap of the secondary winding being connected to the terminal electrodes, wherein the secondary winding includes a first wire extending from one end to the center tap, and a second wire extending from the other end to the center tap, and the first wire and the second wire are wound around the core unit so as to extend along each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Tomonari, Hiroshi Suzuki, Toshihiro Kuroshima