With Outer Casing Or Housing Patents (Class 336/90)
  • Publication number: 20130027162
    Abstract: A toroidal current transformer that can be used as a neutral current transformer in a single or three phase system as a result of its compactness is described. The core is made of ferromagnetic material having a primary winding and a secondary winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Harry James Carlino, Lloyd Allen Maloney, Martha Suryani Bucchi
  • Publication number: 20130027164
    Abstract: A reactor has a cylindrical coil which is energized to create a magnetic flux, a core composed of magnetic powder mixed resin, the coil being buried in the core. The reactor has an inner core which is provided in an inner periphery of the coil and extends along an axial direction of the coil. The reactor has a case in which the coil, the core and the inner core are disposed. The case has a projection which projects inside of the case and a concave portion which is concave toward a projecting direction of the projection. The case including the projection and concave portion is formed in one piece by using die casting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihiko OOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20130027163
    Abstract: A reactor is disclosed. The reactor is comprised of a housing, a solenoid coil, a center columnar member, and a core. The center columnar member provides first surfaces contacting with sandwich portions of the housing, and the core is comprised of resin including magnetic powder. The coil and the center columnar member are fixed in the core. A surface roughness (Rz2) of a second surface which contacts to the core is larger than a surface roughness (Rz1) of the first surfaces. The center columnar member further provides a basis surface of which roughness (Rz3) is smaller than the Rz2 and larger than the Rz1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicants: NEC TOKIN CORPORATION, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro KOSAKA, Ryota Tanabe, Souichi Yoshinaga, Masahiko Yamashita, Seigo Satou, Mitsutoshi Kameda, Tsugio Takeda
  • Patent number: 8360039
    Abstract: An ignition apparatus includes a core, primary and secondary windings and a loop-shaped magnetic return path structure. The structure includes layers of wound strip steel or wound ferritic wire stacked in an outward fashion. The core is placed in an interior of the loop forming at least one air gap between a core end surfaces and the structure. A combined core and magnetic return path structure includes a continuous loop formed by winding ferritic wire either on a spool or on a mandrel and is then bonded. The bonded winding is cut to form two C-shaped portions. Each C-shaped portion has a central yoke that extends into a pair of parallel legs. The C-shaped portions are re-assembled over primary and second windings so that the legs form a pair of parallel branches. One branch acts as the core and the other branch acts as the magnetic return path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Anthony Skinner, Harry Oliver Levers, Jr., Mark Albert Paul, Colin Hamer, Hector J. Herrera
  • Patent number: 8354911
    Abstract: The transformer (10) comprises a core (12), a primary winding (14) and a secondary winding 16. The core comprises an elongate limb (13) having a main axis (15) and comprising a plurality of segments (12.1 to 12.n) of a magnetic material and gaps (18.1 to 18.n?1) between segments arranged in alternating relationship along the main axis (15). The main axis (15) is parallel to a direction of a magnetic field in the limb (13). Each gap has a linear segment separating extent (gj which is parallel to the main axis (15). The value of n is larger than three and the gaps are filled with an isolation medium (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: North-West University
    Inventors: Barend Visser, Petrus Paulus Kruger
  • Patent number: 8350653
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a connector system that provides the transfer of electrical power and/or data communications signals between two systems. The connector has no conductive electrical connection and can operate independently of angular orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: WFS Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark Rhodes, Brendan Hyland, Alexander Ballantyne
  • Publication number: 20130002383
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a method of manufacture for an encased coil body, which is capable of easily manufacturing an encased coil body which is configured so as to be encased in a state where a coil is enclosed within an electrically insulating resin and is also capable of favorably preventing the coil from positional misalignment or deformation at the time of the manufacture, [Means for Solution] The method includes injection-molding a resin covering layer which encases the coil 10 with a thermoplastic resin, in which the injection-molding is carried out such that the injection-molding step is divided into a primary molding step and a secondary molding step, in which the primary molding step includes contacting a primary molding die to an inner circumferential surface of the coil 10 and molding a primary molded body 22-1 which includes an outer circumferential covering portion 46 in a state where the coil 10 is constrained so as to be positioned in a radial direction, and the secondary molding step includes, a
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Junichi Esaki, Hiroyuki Kato, Yasuhiro Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 8344839
    Abstract: A transformer includes: —a plurality of windings (P, S1, S2) wound on a coil former (100), preferably in the form of a one-piece coil former, —a pair of first insulating flanges (106) separating a first winding (P) from a pair of second windings (S1, S2), —a pair of second insulating flanges (104) defining together with the first insulating flanges (106) two winding spaces for the second windings (S1, S2). The ends (P1, P2) of the wire of the first winding (P) extend across the winding spaces for the second windings (S1, S2). Insulating walls (208) are provided extending between the ends (P1, P2) of the wire of the first winding (P) and the second windings (S1, S2) to provide insulation therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung
    Inventor: Marco Faccin
  • Publication number: 20120313740
    Abstract: Provided is a reactor including a core; and a case housing the coil and the core, the core including an inner core portion arranged inside the coil and an outer core portion partly or entirely covering the outside of the coil, the outer core portion being formed of a mixture of a magnetic material and a resin. The coil is arranged such that the axial direction of the coil is substantially parallel to a bottom surface of the case. The difference in concentration of the magnetic material in the outer core portion in the axial direction of the coil is smaller than the difference in concentration of the magnetic material in the outer core portion in a direction along a side wall of the case. With the reactor, even if the outer core portion covering the outside of the coil is formed of the mixture of the magnetic material and the resin, a desirable inductance value can be easily achieved and the reactor can have good heat radiation performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Inaba, Miki Kitajima, Shinichiro Yamamoto, Hajime Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 8327525
    Abstract: A step portion for mounting a row bar is provided at a table stepping down from the face of the table, and by lowering a pair of hooks crossing over the step portion in its width direction, a row bar held by the hooks is mounted on the step portion. While interposing the row bar mounted on the step portion between a pair of hooks and a side face of the step portion, the side in longitudinal direction of the row bar and the bottom face thereof are butted to the bottom face and the standing up side face of the step portion to position two axes of the row bar among XYZ directions, successively, positioning of the row bar in one remaining direction along longitudinal direction of the row bar mounted on the step portion is performed by moving the table in the one remaining axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Teruaki Tokutomi, Yoshinori Kitano
  • Patent number: 8327524
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an inductive component whose soft magnetic core is produced by pouring a casting resin into a mold filled with a soft magnetic alloy powder and by subsequently hardening the casting resin with the alloy powder in order to form a solid soft magnetic core. This technique prevents the surface insulation of the alloy particles from becoming damaged, thereby largely preventing the formation of bulky eddy currents in the resulting soft magnetic cores. This enables a distinct reduction in the electric loss of the inductive component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Vacuumscmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Markus Brunner
  • Patent number: 8325000
    Abstract: A magnetic component may include a core including an upper collar, a lower collar, and a spool portion around which a lead wire is wound and external terminals which are directly disposed on the lower collar and to which both ends of the lead wire are connected. The external terminals may include a terminal end fixing portion. The terminal ends of the lead wire may be positioned by the terminal end fixing portions, and may be connected to the external terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Sumida Corporation
    Inventors: Juichi Oki, Yoshiyuki Hatayama
  • Publication number: 20120299679
    Abstract: An auxiliary core portion and a main core portion, including a magnet if the magnet is attached, are covered by a resin film or an elastomer film and fixed as a single assembly. In this state, a coil is attached to the assembly and a side core portion is assembled to the assembly. The auxiliary core portion and the main core portion, including the magnet if it is attached, can be supplied, as the single assembly, to an automated assembly line for ignition coils. It is not necessary to position such components on the assembly line. Thus, the workability of the automated assembly can be enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanobu KOBAYASHI, Yoichi Anzo, Makio Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20120297901
    Abstract: An improved electrical equipment housing which includes an oil sample valve and a gas port assembly which are contained within the electrical equipment housing, yet are separated from electrical contacts and may be accessed without exposure to the electrical contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: SUNBELT TRANSFORMER, LTD.
    Inventor: Heath Blundell
  • Patent number: 8319591
    Abstract: A primary coil of an ignition coil has a socket with a side wall having an opening, a center core having a body portion with a root located in the opening and a collar portion extending perpendicularly from the root, and a winding wound on the body portion while the socket catches start and end portions of the winding on respective winding start and end sides. The collar portion is held in the socket. The core is formed by compressing magnetic powder in two divided dies divided through dividing lines which extend along a diagonal line of a rectangle formed by projecting the collar portion on a plane perpendicular to a center axis of the core. The root on the diagonal line is exposed to the opening on the winding start side and is covered with the side wall on the winding end side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Norihito Fujiyama
  • Patent number: 8319590
    Abstract: Device for prevention against explosion of an on load tap changer on an electrical transformer, the on load tap changer including a tank and a cover, the tank including a cooling liquid. The prevention device includes a rupture element provided with tearing zones and with folding zones upon rupture, said rupture element being able to break open when the pressure inside the tank exceeds a predetermined ceiling, at least a support member supporting the rupture element, said support member supporting a duct downstream the rupture element, the support element being distinct from the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
  • Patent number: 8309845
    Abstract: An oil-filled, pad-mounted tank for electrical distribution transformers, where the tank includes a front panel, a rear panel, a pair of side panels, a top panel, and a bottom panel that are joined to form an enclosed volume for receiving a transformer core and windings and a quantity of insulating oil. The side panels include a plurality of side panel sections that may include both curved and flat panel sections. Each side panel includes at least one curved panel section that is curved concavely and at least one curved panel section that is curved convexly. Each side panel section may also include one or more flat panel sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Central Moloney, Inc.
    Inventors: David Brian Wood, Kenneth W. White, Ronald J. Stahara
  • Patent number: 8299880
    Abstract: A transformer assembly is disclosed which includes a housing and an electrical transformer having a tank which is positioned inside the housing. A device for electrically connecting the transformer to an electrical article outside the housing includes a shaped body having a first face which is suitable to be connected to one of the walls of the tank, and a second face which is suitable to be connected to one of the walls of the housing. The shaped body can include a deformable portion which is adapted to adjust the positioning of the second face relative to the wall of the housing to which it is suitable to be connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Ilario Scian, Thomas Fogelberg
  • Patent number: 8289116
    Abstract: A spark plug coil assembly has a primary core bearing primary windings and a secondary winding spool around which secondary windings are wound and in which the primary core is received. A case receives the spool with core. The entire case can be made of composite Iron to function as a magnetic return path for the core, or a composite Iron shield can be overmolded to an otherwise plastic case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Edgard Wolf, Albert Anthony Skinner, Mark Albert Paul
  • Patent number: 8289117
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a device for energy storage and transformation that allows an increased level of energy storable in an ignition coil, using a coil that has a permanent magnet inside of a primary magnetic core, with a second magnetic core that closes the magnetic path of the primary magnetic core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Corporation
    Inventors: Massimo Augusto Dal Re, Giuseppe Fulchini, Paolo Pignatti
  • Patent number: 8284006
    Abstract: A dry-type electrical transformer system comprises a transformer and a housing. The transformer includes vertically oriented primary and secondary windings, a core extending through the primary and secondary windings, and top and bottom core clamps securing the top and bottom of the core. The housing includes a base supporting the transformer and having an air inlet, a top including an air outlet, and side walls around the transformer, wherein the housing facilitates air flow through air passages in the windings driven by natural convection in the absence of a powered air mover. Support beams allow air into a base of the housing, and the clamps are designed to allow efficient air flow into and through the air passages in the windings. A top of the housing divides the air flow into separate streams and directs the air to separate vents that release the air vertically upward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Southern Transformers & Magnetics, LLC
    Inventor: Wesley A. Bacarisse
  • Publication number: 20120247229
    Abstract: A clamping force sensor assembly for a transformer includes at least one sensor disposed within a casing. The design and configuration of the sensor assembly is such that it accurately measures clamping force values placed on the windings, without adversely impacting the operation of the transformer and with the ability to continue operating under electrical and thermal changes within the transformer. The sensor assembly can include loading members that distribute the pressure evenly over the casing that contains the sensor. The output of the sensor can indicate to an operator the extent of pressure changes experienced by the transformer windings. The output can be coupled with a process by which the damage to or the possibility of failure of the transformer is readily evaluated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: WEIDMANN ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: David J. Woodcock
  • Patent number: 8279033
    Abstract: A power transformer apparatus and method of assembling are provided. In one aspect, a method of assembling a transformer is provided. The method includes providing a heat sink including a plurality of exterior ribs, wherein the heat sink forms a bottom wall of an enclosure. The method also includes coupling at least one diaphragm to the heat sink such that a bottom surface of the diaphragm is in contact with the heat sink, coupling at least one winding to the at least one diaphragm, and coupling a terminal board to the heat sink such that a plurality of spacers are positioned between the terminal board and the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Tech Design, L.L.C.
    Inventor: O. Stephan Irgens
  • Patent number: 8279034
    Abstract: A slim-type high voltage transformer includes a case, and a transformer portion configured by mounting at least primary and secondary winding coils wound in the shape of a rectangular or elliptic track to protruding grooves formed in the interior of the case and then mounting a first copperplate core on the primary and secondary winding coils. In the transformer, the transformer portion further includes an insulating member interposed between the primary and secondary winding coils and the first copperplate core. Accordingly, a bobbin for winding a coil is not used, so that the height of the transformer can be minimized, thereby decreasing the size of products. Also, a winding is divided into two sections to be molded, so that the insulation and heat generation of the winding can be effectively controlled, thereby improving the stability of the transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Kolonet
    Inventors: Jongseok Kim, Haksoo Lee, Giju Han, Miae Yun
  • Publication number: 20120242443
    Abstract: Device for prevention against explosion of an on load tap changer on an electrical transformer, the on load tap changer including a tank and a cover, the tank including a cooling liquid. The prevention device includes a rupture element provided with tearing zones and with folding zones upon rupture, said rupture element being able to break open when the pressure inside the tank exceeds a predetermined ceiling, at least a support member supporting the rupture element, said support member supporting a duct downstream the rupture element, the support element being distinct from the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
  • Patent number: 8269595
    Abstract: A coil unit includes a planar coil, a coil-receiving housing having a depression that receives the planar coil, the planar coil being disposed in the coil-receiving housing so that a transmission side of the planar coil faces a bottom of the depression, and a substrate having a mounting surface that is provided with a mounted component and faces a non-transmission side of the planar coil, an inner end lead line and an outer end lead line of the planar coil being connected to the substrate. The substrate is secured as a lid of the coil-receiving housing on an open end side of the depression of the coil-receiving housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Okada, Yoichiro Kondo
  • Publication number: 20120223795
    Abstract: A shroud includes a shrouding element and a window. The shrouding element is adapted to substantially cover either a first winding portion or a second winding portion of a vertical bobbin. The window, which is formed in the shrouding element, allows access to the first winding portion or the second winding portion (whichever is substantially covered by the shrouding element) through the shrouding element. The vertical bobbin has electrical terminals on a single end of its center axis and is designed to lie perpendicular to the PCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: Power Integrations, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Laudale Hester
  • Patent number: 8256097
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a coil device comprises a first step of twisting a tip end part of the conductive wire by approximately 90 degrees with respect to a conductive wire portion arranged rearward continuously from the tip end part to form a twist part, and winding the tip end part of the conductive wire around the outer peripheral surface of the core in a lying posture on the outer peripheral surface; a second step of winding the conductive wire arranged rearward continuously from the twist part around the outer periphery surface of the core in a standing posture on the outer peripheral surface; and a third step of transforming the conductive wire on a tip end side with respect to the twist part in a direction apart from the outer periphery surface of the core to form one lead part extending substantially linearly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: SHT Corporation Limited
    Inventor: Hitoshi Yoshimori
  • Patent number: 8258908
    Abstract: A transformer and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The transformer comprises a magnetic core, a winding coil with a primary winding coil and a secondary winding coil, a bobbin with a primary input port and a bobbin connecting member, and an insulating slipcase. The bobbin is mounted by the winding coil. The insulating slipcase includes a first opening to receive the magnetic core, the winding coil and the bobbin, and includes a first side wall, a second side wall with a slipcase connecting member which is engaged with the bobbin connecting member, and a secondary output port for dealing with the output of the transformer. The first side wall is opposite to the first opening and has a second opening for the output of the secondary winding coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kao-Tsai Liao, Hsi-Kuo Chung, Ming-Shian Peng, Yu-Liang Hung
  • Publication number: 20120218068
    Abstract: An antenna includes: a case body having a bottom plate portion, side plate portions extending from the bottom plate portion, and an opening portion surrounded by the side plate portions; a magnetic resonance antenna portion placed in the case body; and a magnetic shield body disposed on a side closer to the opening portion than the magnetic resonance antenna portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: EQUOS RESEARCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yamakawa, Yasuo Ito, Kenichiro Sato, Shigenori Shimokawa
  • Publication number: 20120218067
    Abstract: Arc resistant enclosures for dry-type transformers. More particularly, transformer enclosures having one or more arc-resistant features, including arc channels, arc fault dampers, and arc fault plenums, and methods for providing same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: ABB Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Ballard, Nathan T. Sigman, Edgar A. Wimmer, JR., Rafael Gutierrez, JR.
  • Patent number: 8253524
    Abstract: There is provided a system for readily and efficiently fabricating a wound coil composed of a bobbinless coil. The system includes a coil winding device having an upper jig to which an upper plate is attached and a lower jig to which a lower plate is attached which are provided so as to be relatively displaceable and a tension device for applying predetermined tension to a wire rod fed from a wire rod supplying source. The coil winding device is provided with a claw section having first through third split claws that function as a winding section around which the wire rod is wound between the upper and lower plates and that slide in a radial direction when the upper jig is assembled coaxially with the lower jig.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Nomura, Hirozumi Kon, Satoshi Tokuda, Osamu Hinata
  • Publication number: 20120212312
    Abstract: A dry-type network transformer has a core and coil windings insulated by a combustion-inhibiting gas. The combustion-inhibiting gas, core and coil windings are disposed within a hermetically-sealed enclosure. The combustion-inhibiting gas is air, an inert gas or a mixture of gases. The dry-type network transformer may be connected to a network protector. The network protector is further connected to a secondary network. The network protector prevents power from flowing from a secondary network to the primary side of the transformer. The dry-type network transformer is installed in a vault that is underground or at ground level. The dry-type network transformer may be suspended near the ceiling of the vault or installed at the base of the vault.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: ABB TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Charles W. Johnson, Samuel S. Outten
  • Publication number: 20120212221
    Abstract: A receiver and tracking system for identifying a location of a magnetic field source. In a preferred embodiment a plurality of tri-axial antennas are positioned at three distinct points on a receiver frame. Each antenna detects a magnetic field from a source and a processor is used to determine a location of the source relative to the frame using the antenna signals. Each tri-axial antenna comprises three windings in each of three channels defined by a support structure. The windings each define an aperture area. The windings have substantially identical aperture areas and have a common center point. The receiver may to display to the operator the relative location of the field source or may direct the operator to a spot directly above the field source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: The Charles Machine Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott B. Cole, Brian J. Schrock, David R. Brown
  • Publication number: 20120212313
    Abstract: A corona igniter 20 includes a coil 24 with a plurality of copper windings 26 extending longitudinally along a coil center axis ac. A magnetic core 30 is disposed along the coil center axis ac between the windings 26 and includes a plurality of discrete sections 32. The discrete sections 32 are spaced axially from one another by a core gap 34 filled with a non-magnetic gap filler 78. The magnetic core 30 has a core length Im and the coil 24 has a coil length Ic less than the core length Im. A coil former 62 having a former thickness tf spaces the coil 24 from the magnetic core 30. A length difference Id between the core length Im and the coil length Ic is preferably equal to or greater than the former thickness tf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventor: JOHN ANTONY BURROWS
  • Publication number: 20120206229
    Abstract: A transformer assembly (300) for use with an internal load (307) includes a transformer core (323) having a primary winding (405). A first electrode (303) and second electrode (319) are used for contacting an internal load (307). A secondary circuit is formed that includes the first electrode (303), the second electrode (319) and conductors (301,313, 317) positioned between the first electrode (303) and second electrode (319). The transformer assembly (300) is arranged so that the conductors (301, 313, 317) surround the primary winding (405), transformer core (323), the first electrode (301) and second electrode (319). The transformer assembly (300) may be used in an electrode furnace or other high current and voltage applications requiring high efficiency in a small package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Ted Casper, Gordon Ford, Brad Rush
  • Publication number: 20120188041
    Abstract: Provided are a wireless power communication system, including: a primary core where a primary coil, to which a current is applied, is wound; and a secondary core having a width wider than a width of the primary core, and receiving a secondary coil which outputs a current generated by a magnetic field, wherein the magnetic field is induced by the primary coil to the secondary coil, a wireless power transmission apparatus and a wireless power receiving apparatus therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: Hanrim Postech Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoon-Sang KOOK
  • Publication number: 20120188042
    Abstract: An electrical lead body for an implantable electronic medical device has multiple layers of insulating material encapsulating a conductor that is wound in a spiral manner along the length of the lead. The layered structure provides resistance to fracture from mechanical stresses. A manufacturing process for producing this electrical lead is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Timothy J. Claude, Lois Claude, Cherik T. Bulkes, Mary Kay Norby, Stephen T. Denker, Leonard J. Schultz
  • Patent number: 8228153
    Abstract: A power reactor (1) for energy transfer comprising a shaped casing (2), which sits upon a support structure, and a winding (3) which is electrically connected to an electrical energy supply network and is contained inside the shaped casing (2) with which it is associated through support means (4). The shaped casing (2) and the winding (3) are arranged a first distance (D) apart which is a function of the electrical current, of the inductance and/or of the geometry of the winding and is not less than a predetermined minimum value in order to make it possible to absorb the energy losses created by the parasite currents generated by the magnetic flux produced by the winding (3) and that engages the shaped casing (2), the first distance (D) diverging towards the shaped casing (2) from the end portions (3a, 3b) of the winding (3) crossed by the flux lines of the magnetic field that link together with the winding (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Societa' Elettromeccanica Arzignanese, S.p.A.
    Inventor: Claudio Ceretta
  • 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: 8207812
    Abstract: A signal isolating transformer may be arranged such that a first coil of the signal isolating transformer is located in a medium voltage compartment and a second coil of the signal isolating transformer is located external to the medium voltage compartment. The transformer spans an opening defined by a grounded wall to isolate faults in the medium voltage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Roc, Peter Willard Hammond
  • Publication number: 20120154087
    Abstract: An isolation transformer including a magnetic element, a plurality of conductive elements and an insulative casing is disclosed. The magnetic element is accommodated in the insulative casing. The conductive elements are fastened in a pair of walls of the insulative casing. Each of the conductive elements has a plate, one end of which is divided into a first contact portion and a second contact portion. The second contact portion is further bent and in association with the first contact portion to form a slot for being passed through by a wire of the magnetic element. Thus the wire can be clipped by the two contact portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventor: Frank Chen
  • Patent number: 8203413
    Abstract: [Problems] To realize a structure that is substantially highly reliable, that solves a problem of a wire break accompanied by an application of an external force to a terminal and at the same time solves a problem of a wire break caused by heat effects during dip soldering, without causing a strength reduction of the terminal, cost increase, and wire thinning. [Means for Solution] A winding component in which a terminal 12 is disposed in a protruding manner to a bobbin 14 provided with a winding portion, and a winding end is connected to the terminal, wherein a resin protrusion 40 is formed integral with the bobbin at a foot of the terminal, the resin protrusion is shaped with a part of its circumference notched so that a side surface of the terminal partially juts out, and a wire material that is wound around the resin protrusion a plurality of times comes into contact with the terminal and is to be connected by dip soldering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: FDK Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Hironaka, Hideyuki Akiyama, Toru Hirohashi, Katsuo Yamada, Akihiro Fujii
  • 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: 8203410
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Lance L. Sundstrom, Wiclyff T. Bonga, Michael James Gillespie
  • Publication number: 20120146754
    Abstract: Disclosed is a power distribution transformer having a body of the transformer, the body consisting of a coil and an iron core; a tank containing the body of the transformer and an insulation substance which fills an inner space of the tank; and an upper lid of the tank. The tank and/or the upper lid is made of a ferritic stainless steel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Masao HOSOKAWA, Mitsuaki Kawashima, Kazuyuki Fukui, Kouji Yamashita, Izumi Muto, Eiichiro Ishimaru, Hiroshige Inoue
  • Patent number: 8198969
    Abstract: A cost effective integrated automotive solution for a charger transformer with minimized fringing flux and core grounding for reducing electromagnetic interference (EMI). The method provides an air gap filled with a mixture of an adhesive and ferrite powder that bonds the ferrite core sections together. In addition, the ground pin of the transformer is exposed through a groove in the pocket of the bobbin on which the core is mounted and an electrical contact is established between the exposed end of the ground pin and the core surface by means of a drop of epoxy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Astec International Limited
    Inventors: Wo Oi Cheng, Alfredo Grueso
  • 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: 8193886
    Abstract: A reception unit is provided including a receiver coil for the contactless transfer of electric energy. The receiver coil includes a plurality of flux guiding elements (16a, 16b) that are made of a highly permeable material and that are designed to concentrate the field lines. The flux guiding elements (16a, 16b) form a continuous molded part that is embodied in a base body (18) and that is combined with the base body to form a component that can be completely prefabricated. The molded part is produced by casting and the base body (18) is used as a casting mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Transrapid GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hahn, Qinghua Zheng, Andreas Diekmann