Internal Inductor Support Patents (Class 336/92)
  • Patent number: 11946983
    Abstract: A current transformer includes a housing including generally cylindrical outer and inner walls defining an internal chamber, a front face enclosing one end of the internal chamber, a base, and a central opening defined by the inner wall. A generally toroidal current transformer core is disposed within the internal chamber. A secondary wiring is disposed about the transformer core and is configured to generate a current in response to magnetic flux in the transformer core. A pin housing is disposed on the front face of the housing adjacent the base. The pin housing has electrically conductive pins. A test wire passes through the central opening. The secondary wiring is electrically connected to a first pair of the pins and the test wire is electrically connected to a second pair of the pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Chandrashekar Nagawaram, Cecil Rivers, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11923121
    Abstract: A reactor includes a coil having a winding portion; a magnetic core including an inner core portion and an outer core portion disposed outside the winding portion; a resin cover housing at least a portion of the magnetic core; and an adhesive portion filling a gap between an outer circumferential surface of a housing portion of the magnetic core and an inner circumferential surface of the resin cover bonding the housing portion with the resin cover. The resin cover includes: a flange portion having a surface that comes into contact with an end face of the winding portion and a through hole; an outer cover portion having housing portion housing the outer core portion and an abutting portion that contacts a portion of the flange portion; and a protruding portion that forms the gap between an outer circumferential surface of the outer core portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehito Kobayashi, Kohei Yoshikawa, Kazuhiro Inaba, Masatoshi Koike, Yoshiki Numazawa
  • Patent number: 11557428
    Abstract: A transformer is provided, which includes a tank having an enclosed volume with an insulating material, the tank including at least one channel extending through the tank, wherein the interior of the at least one channel is separated from the enclosed volume of the tank by a channel wall. A transformer core is provided outside of the enclosed volume, including at least one core leg extending through the tank via the at least one channel. At least one coil is located inside the enclosed volume, the coil being wound about the at least one channel, the tank has an inner wall or outer wall including a weakly-conductive layer, which includes fibers embedded in an impregnating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Energy Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Lise Donzel, Rudi Velthuis, Thomas Gradinger, Felix Greuter
  • Patent number: 11545292
    Abstract: Provided is a reactor including a coil having a pair of winding portions; and a ring-shaped magnetic core, the magnetic core including: a pair of inner core portions arranged inside of the winding portions; and a pair of outer core portions respectively arranged outside of one end and outside of another end in an axial direction of the winding portions, the reactor including a non-magnetic reinforcing member that is arranged between the pair of winding portions and is coupled to the inner end surfaces of the pair of outer core portions. An axial rigidity of the reinforcing member is 2×107 N/m or more. Here, the axial rigidity is a value obtained by multiplying the cross-sectional area of the reinforcing member perpendicular to the axial direction of the winding portions and the Young's modulus of the reinforcing member, and dividing the result by the length of the reinforcing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Inaba, Takemi Terao
  • Patent number: 11532419
    Abstract: A coil component includes: a core having first and second shafts arranged in a line, and first and second opposed members; a case supporting the core and having a housing accommodating the core, and first and second outer walls opposing each other; a coil wound around the first and second shafts; and first and second metal terminals being electrically connected to the coil and being provided at the first and second outer walls, respectively. The first and second opposed members are opposed to each other and sandwich the first and second shafts therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventors: Asami Murakami, Toshimasa Monma
  • Patent number: 11527355
    Abstract: A primary coil former for an ignition coil has a winding carrier surface configured for a primary coil wound thereon. Two primary winding stops limit the winding carrier surface at first and second axial ends of the carrier surface, respectively. Two holders are formed at the first axial end, each configured for holding one end of a winding wire. Two deflection domes are formed at the second axial end, one of the domes configured for guiding a winding wire back to the winding carrier surface for a clockwise winding and the other dome configured for guiding a winding wire back to the winding carrier surface for a counterclockwise winding. A groove in the winding carrier surface receives a winding wire which leads from one of the ends of the winding carrier surface up to a gap between the two deflection domes at the opposite end of the winding carrier surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: BorgWarner Ludwigsburg GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Schumm, Manfred Adolf, Timo Stifel, Dirk Wüstenhagen, Manuel Bauer, Alexander Stark
  • Patent number: 11515076
    Abstract: A coil device comprising a pair of coil members annularly assembled at two connecting end portions; each coil member comprising a magnetic core, a resin case substantially entirely surrounding the magnetic core, and a coil wound around the resin case; the resin case having connecting means and guide means in the connecting end portion of each coil member; and the connected coil members being adhered to each other in the connecting end portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventor: Mutsuhito Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 11501906
    Abstract: An inductor manufacturing method includes making a coil with a wire member, the coil has two end portions, bending a dependent segment from one end portion of the coil, and bending a lateral extension from the dependent segment, bending a bent segment from the second end portion of the coil, and bending a lateral segment from the bent segment, a base member is then engaged into a space between the coil and the lateral extension and the lateral segment of the coil for forming a coil assembly, the coil assembly is then engaged into a mold cavity of a mold device and punched together with an iron powder, the lateral extension and the lateral segment of the coil are electroplated with an electroplating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: CHILISIN ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Chia Chen Chen
  • Patent number: 11466603
    Abstract: A crankcase breather configured to simulate an ignition system coil is provided that comprises a substantially cylindrical canister having a hollow interior, a first aperture provided proximate a top of the canister and a second aperture provided proximate a bottom of the canister, at least one of the first and second apertures opening to the interior and configured to be connected to a breather hose, and one or more output apertures formed in the canister to release gases received through the breather hose. An exterior of the canister is shaped to resemble an ignition system coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Inventor: Elio Martin
  • Patent number: 11462357
    Abstract: A thruster for propelling a marine vessel, the apparatus comprising an upper housing, a lower housing, the lower housing being arranged to rotate relative to the upper housing, a first body arranged within the upper housing, the first body comprising a first inductor to provide a magnetic field, and a second body arranged within the lower housing, the second body comprising a second inductor to generate an electrical current from the magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: KONGSBERG MARITIME FINLAND OY
    Inventors: Werner Schiffers, Lars Saarinen
  • Patent number: 11437891
    Abstract: Apparatus for determining a position of a movable object in a high pressure chamber includes a housing configured to delimit the high-pressure chamber and a carrier unit having an object-facing stationary end and a flexible region arranged between the stationary end and a region that extends through the housing. The flexible region is formed by a section of a guiding tube in the form of a tube spiral. A detecting unit is received in the carrier unit and includes a sensor for detecting a position of the object and outputting a position signal, and a sensor cable guided out of the high pressure chamber through the guiding tube and through the region for relaying the position signal to an evaluating unit. The sensor is arranged stationary in the high pressure chamber on the stationary end of the carrier unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Matthias Johannes Burghard, Joachim Denk, Marco Festa
  • Patent number: 11430604
    Abstract: An ignition coil includes: a center core; a primary coil wound around the center core; a secondary coil wound around the primary coil; a plurality of side cores, which are arranged around the secondary coil, and are coupled to the center core to form a closed magnetic path; a magnet inserted between the plurality of side cores; an igniter configured to control supply and interruption of a current to the primary coil; a case configured to accommodate the center core, the primary coil, the secondary coil, the plurality of side cores, the magnet, and the igniter; and insulating resin filled in the case. The side cores include a wide portion and a narrow portion. The magnet is inserted into the wide portion. The igniter is arranged between the narrow portion and the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Idogawa
  • Patent number: 11335499
    Abstract: A small size reactor that effectively utilizes a space is provided. This reactor includes: a reactor body which includes a core and a coil attached to the core, a casing which houses therein the reactor body and which has an opening where a part of the reactor body protrudes outwardly, a bus bar which is a conductive component electrically connected to the coil and which covers a part of a side of the reactor body protruding from the opening, and a terminal stage which includes an extended portion formed of a resin material where a part of the bus bar is embedded and provided along an edge of the opening, and which supports an electrical connection portion between the bus bar and an exterior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: TAMURA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kotaro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11174828
    Abstract: This bobbin includes: a cylindrical winding portion, a first partition portion and a second partition portion, wherein the first partition portion has lead-in cutout portions through which the coil wire to be wound on the upper side and the coil wire to be wound on the lower side are to be respectively introduced, and lead-out cutout portions through which the coil wire to be wound on the upper side and the coil wire to be wound on the lower side are to be respectively led out, and the first partition portion has, on a winding portion side thereof, a step formed in a zone including a range between the lead-out cutout portion for the coil wire to be wound on the lower side and the lead-in cutout portion for the coil wire to be wound on the upper side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takuma Ono, Mitsuyasu Okamoto
  • Patent number: 11094445
    Abstract: An oil filled electrical equipment includes an assembly for oil filling and hermetically sealing the electrical equipment. The assembly includes a cylindrical bellow mounted on a plate of the electrical equipment with one or more fittings. The bellow provides pressure and volume compensation in the electrical equipment. The bellow includes a cylinder with a plurality of convolutions for expanding and contracting to provide the compensation. The bellow further includes two covers attached with the cylinder at two ends of the cylinder. Each cover includes a cylindrical part that is open at a first end and closed at a second end. The first end terminates at a circular face for mounting the cover on a convolution at a corresponding end of the cylinder. The second end includes an opening for oil filling and hermetically sealing the electrical equipment, and mounting the bellow on the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: ABB Power Grids Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Yogesh Bhikhabhai Rathod, Ankit Atulkumar Joshi, Kalpesh Ishwarbhai Chauhan
  • Patent number: 11079253
    Abstract: A package comprises a body having a mounting surface so as to be mounted to an external surface, and a coil having at least 100 turns around a coil axis. A first end of the coil is oriented in a first direction substantially parallel to the mounting surface such that the first end is attachable to the external surface. The package includes a ferromagnetic element that extends along the coil axis such that the ferromagnetic element is magnetically coupled to the coil. The body is configured to house the coil and the ferromagnetic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
    Inventors: Choon Aun Chong, Weng Fei Wong, Yik Foong Soo
  • Patent number: 10851754
    Abstract: A solenoid for a motor vehicle starter includes at least one coil wound on at least one spool, the at least one coil defines a toroidal space encircling the at least one coil. A stop member is positioned adjacent to the at least one spool. A diode holder is positioned in the toroidal space defined by the at least one coil, and a diode is positioned in the diode holder. The diode includes a cylindrical body, a first lead extending from a first end of the cylindrical body, and a second lead extending from a second end of the cylindrical body. The cylindrical body of the diode is retained by the diode holder within the toroidal space, and the first lead of the diode extends out of the toroidal space and is electrically connected to the stop member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventor: Joshua B. Lahrman
  • Patent number: 10755845
    Abstract: A top head housing for a current transformer, mounted on top of an insulating column of the current transformer, and forming a chamber for windings of the current transformer, the top head housing being made of two parts fixed one to the other, and including two openings through each of which a conductor penetrates the chamber, the openings being symmetrically opposed with reference to a main vertical axis of the top head housing, wherein the two parts of the top head housing consist of two half shells including identical bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GmbH
    Inventors: Matthew Smith, Zoltan Roman
  • Patent number: 10607763
    Abstract: A reactor includes a coil body, an exterior case, and a filler. The coil body includes a core and a coil wound around the core. The exterior case includes a metal structure and a resin frame. The metal structure has a bottom surface and a side wall provided to stand upright from the bottom surface. The bottom surface and the side wall of the metal structure are unitarily formed with each other. The frame is disposed at an opposite side to the bottom surface of the metal structure. The exterior case houses the core and the coil. The filler is filled between the exterior case and the coil body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuya Matsutani, Toshiyuki Asahi, Junichi Kotani, Hiroshi Tomita, Hidenori Uematsu
  • Patent number: 10279691
    Abstract: A contactless feeding pad includes a power-receiving side pad, a power-transmitting side pad, and an auxiliary pad. The power-transmitting side pad is different from the power-receiving side pad in size or shape and transmits electric power contactlessly to the power-receiving side pad while being situated oppositely to the power-receiving side pad. The auxiliary pad is installed between the power-transmitting side pad and the power-receiving side pad in close proximity to the power-transmitting side pad or the power-receiving side pad and forms a resonance circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Obayashi, Kouji Mazaki, Eisuke Takahashi, Keisuke Tani
  • Patent number: 10283255
    Abstract: Provided is a reactor configured to suppress damage to a core thereof accompanying vibrations during an operation of the reactor and to reduce noise, while fixing an assembly of a coil and the core to a casing. A reactor includes: a coil, a magnetic core and a coil, a casing and a sealing resin portion. The reactor includes a support portion that is attached to the casing and arranged so as to overlap an upper face of an outer core portion of the magnetic core exposed from the coil, and, together with the sealing resin portion, prevents detachment of the assembly from the casing, the sealing resin portion is interposed between an upper face of the outer core portion and a lower face of the support portion, and the outer core portion and the support portion are not in direct contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kouhei Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 9837826
    Abstract: A resonator has an increased isolation for stable wireless power transmission. A material that reduces resonance coupling may be disposed in a space between each of a plurality of resonators and a resonator adjacent to each of the plurality of resonators. A material that reduces resonance coupling may be disposed on a plane opposite to a direction in which a resonator resonates. Power at an operating frequency set to be equal to or within a predetermined range of a frequency corresponding to a resonant mode may be injected into a plurality of transmission resonators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hyun Park, Dong Zo Kim, Young Ho Ryu, Sang Wook Kwon, Ki Young Kim, Nam Yun Kim, Bong Chul Kim, Yun Kwon Park, Keum Su Song, Chi Hyung Ahn, Byoung Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 9762068
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a source coil at a primary side; a load coil at a secondary side; and at least two intermediate coils coupled with each other in an insulated manner with a predetermined turn ratio with respect to the source coil. An effective inductance of the source coil is increased by the at least two intermediate coils and thus a coupling coefficient between the source coil and the load coil is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Fairchild Korea Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: SangCheol Moon, Gwanbon Koo
  • Patent number: 9647483
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer system includes a receive coil system nested within a transmit coil system forming a closed magnetic circuit. The transmit coil system includes a non-planar tapered transmit coil disposed within a tapered ferrite housing and a layer of insulating material surrounding the non-planar tapered transmit coil and the tapered ferrite housing. The receive coil system includes a ferrite plug comprising a column portion centrally secured to a plate portion, a non-planar receive coil wound around the column portion, a layer of insulating material surrounding the column portion and the non-planar receive coil, and a hemispherical covering surrounding the insulated column portion and non-planar receive coil. The non-planar receive coil has a smaller diameter than the non-planar tapered transmit coil. The maximum outside diameter of the hemispherical covering is less than or equal to the minimum inside diameter of the non-planar tapered transmit coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
    Inventors: Viktor Bana, Greg Anderson, Alex Phipps, Doeg Rodriguez, John D. Rockway, Peder Hansen
  • Patent number: 9627124
    Abstract: In an ignition coil, a housing has an inner chamber, and a transformer is installed in the inner chamber of the housing. A molded side-core assembly of a transformer includes an arched side core magnetically coupled to first and second ends of a longitudinal center core and located outside a circumferential part of primary and secondary windings. The molded side-core assembly includes an insulation cover molded to cover at least part of the arched side core. The insulation cover has a surface and at least one molding mark formed on the surface thereof. An insulation filler is filled in the inner chamber of the housing while the at least part of the arched side core is exposed from the insulation filler and the at least one molding mark is hermetically sealed in the insulation filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Satoh
  • Patent number: 9396868
    Abstract: Disclosed is a signal coupling apparatus for power line communication, the apparatus comprising a housing centrally formed with a groove to pass a power line there through, and a non-contact interface unit accommodated inside the housing to induce a power signal or a power line communication signal from the power line using an electromagnetic induction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: LSIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Gyu Yu, Jae Kang Sim
  • Patent number: 9353722
    Abstract: An ignition coil includes a primary coil, a secondary coil, a center core, a case, and a filler resin. A connection terminal is connected to a high-voltage-side winding end portion of the secondary coil. A cylindrical high-voltage tower section is formed projecting outside the case. A high-voltage terminal connected to the connection terminal is disposed within the high-voltage tower section. The connection terminal has a contacting portion and a conducting portion. The contacting portion comes into contact with the high-voltage terminal. The conducting portion ensures electrical conduction with the high-voltage terminal. The contacting portion comes into contact with and presses against the high-voltage terminal in an axial direction of the high-voltage tower section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhide Kawai
  • Patent number: 9343221
    Abstract: A resin-mold core includes right and left leg portions, and a yoke portion interconnecting those. The resin-mold core includes a magnetic core, and a mold component having the magnetic core embedded therein by molding. Openings where the magnetic core in the mold component is exposed are formed in multiple faces of the mold component that are upper, lower, front, rear, and right and left faces. A part of the yoke portion of the resin-mold core corresponding to a location where terminals are drawn to the exterior of the core from coils attached to the outer circumferences of the leg portions of the core has no opening formed in the multiple faces of the mold component. Positioning members to coaxially align the leg portions of the opposing resin-mold core are formed in abutting faces of the leg portions of the resin-mold core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: TAMURA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Nakatsu, Toshikazu Ninomiya, Kensuke Maeno
  • Patent number: 9293950
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission apparatus includes: a transmission resonator installed in one side wall within a specific space and configured to comprise a transmission feeding loop for transmitting impedance matching and power and receive and transmit the impedance matching and power using the transmission feeding loop. Further, the wireless power transmission apparatus includes a relay resonator installed in another side wall within the specific space and configured to have a resonant frequency identical with that of the transmission resonator and store energy in the specific space by generating mutual resonance through a resonance characteristic with the transmission resonator; and one or more reception resonators installed within the specific space and configured to have a resonant frequency identical with that of the transmission resonator and receive the energy stored in the specific space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: In Kui Cho, Je Hoon Yun, Seong-Min Kim, Jung Ick Moon
  • Patent number: 9105387
    Abstract: A retainer includes a pair of housings having opening surfaces; a connecting portion connecting outer peripheral surfaces of the pair of housings. The retainer is configured to be at a closed state with the opening surfaces of the pair of housing put together and to be at an open state with the opening surfaces of the pair housings separated. Parts of wall surfaces, constituting the housings, are structured as flexible walls capable of deforming, and the connecting portion is connected to the flexible walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Kitagawa Industries Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideharu Kawai, Yoshiaki Yanase
  • Patent number: 9087632
    Abstract: A cable magnet ring of adjustable length and able to include anti-EMI magnets of different strengths includes a bracket and a number of pairs of magnetic blocks. The bracket includes a first connecting member and a second connecting member detachably mounted to the first connecting member. The magnetic blocks are detachably received in the first and second connecting members. The first connecting member is movable relative to the second connecting member, to adjust a length of the bracket. Through holes for receiving a cable are defined in the shape of each pair of magnetic blocks, in the first connecting member, and in the second connecting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignees: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Feng Gu, Qiang Chai
  • Patent number: 9066415
    Abstract: A device for absorption of electrical noise on lines contains a housing which is formed from two half-shells, which are connected to one another with the aid of a film hinge and, in the area of their opposite edges, have a locking device, which locks the two half-shells. A ferrite element is held in each half-shell. An aperture or a window is formed in the wall of one half-shell, through which the locking device can be seen, which locking device acts per se in a depression within the wall. Through this aperture it is possible to check and to inspect whether two elements which form the locking device are correctly seated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Würth Elektronik eiSos GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Oliver Konz
  • Patent number: 9041502
    Abstract: An electromagnetic device arrangement includes a transformer assembly having a core, windings, and a housing disposed around at least a portion of the core and windings. An enclosure at least partially encloses the transformer assembly. The transformer assembly is mounted to a first portion of the enclosure such that heat is transferred from the transformer assembly to the first portion of the enclosure. A second portion of the enclosure has an extension extending therefrom such that the extension is placed in thermal contact with the transformer assembly to transfer heat from the transformer assembly to the extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Ajmal Ansari, Nadir Sharaf, Slobodan Pavlovic
  • Publication number: 20150130576
    Abstract: U-shaped cores and fasteners are embedded in resin members, and brackets provided at respective ends of the fasteners protrude from the resin members. By fixing the brackets and a casing with screws, a reactor main body and the casing are fixed together. Openings formed by a partition wall that suppresses a direct application of a resin flowing from resin-filling portions to the fasteners are provided between the respective fasteners and the respective resin-filling portions. A protrusion extending in an opposite direction to a core and in parallel with the partition wall is provided between the resin-filling portions and the partition wall. The resin flowing from the resin-filling portion flows in between a core upper face and the fastener, and between a fastener surface located behind the partition wall and the internal surface of a die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Kotaro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9010306
    Abstract: In an ignition coil for an internal combustion engine, a column section and a notched section are provided in a side wall section of a case section of the ignition coil. A ventilation opening is formed in an up/down direction in the column section. The ventilation opening communicates with a ventilation passage formed between a sealing rubber and the case section and is open in an upper end section. A cover surrounding the column section and covering the upper end section is provided in the side wall section. A sealing section sealing the notched section is provided in the cover. The ignition coil has a filler resin that fills a space within the case section being in continuous contact with the sealing section and the side wall section and fixing the cover to the side wall section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhide Kawai, Katsunori Akimoto, Gakuji Moriya, Makoto Kurahashi
  • Publication number: 20150101854
    Abstract: An inductive device may include a pair of half-shell magnetically-conductive housings joined together and defining an enclosed cavity between them. The inductive device may also include primary and secondary windings provided spatially within the cavity providing magnetic coupling between them. The windings may be electrically insulated from each other and terminals of the primary and secondary windings may traverse to an exterior of the inductive device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Check F. Lee, James Doscher
  • Publication number: 20150097645
    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: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Masayuki ITOH, Hiroshi KUROSAWA
  • Publication number: 20150093924
    Abstract: A dual-purpose transformer may be oriented in a plane perpendicular to planes in which printed circuit boards connected thereto are oriented, thereby providing structural support for a framework that can include a dense arrangement of internal power adapter components, in addition to stepping down voltage. Methods for ultrasonic welding are also provided and may be used to concurrently assemble, join and press-fit power adapter housing components. A ground lug is also provided that is shaped and located within a cover piece of a power adapter housing to allow for blind mating with a printed circuit board during an assembly process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Cesar Lozano Villarreal, Alexander M. Kwan, Kevin A. Oberther
  • Publication number: 20150035633
    Abstract: An inductor mechanism includes a base member having two opposite side portions, a bottom portion, and an upper portion, a conductive coil member engaged in the base member and having two terminals extended toward the side portions of the base member, two conductive coverings attached to the side portions of the base member and electrically connected to the terminals of the coil member, and two electro-plated devices attached to the conductive coverings respectively. The electro-plated devices each include an inner layer attached onto the conductive covering, and one or more further layers attached onto the inner layer, the layers are made of copper, brass, nickel, tin, or silver, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Mag. Layers Scientific Technics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chien Chih LIU
  • Patent number: 8928447
    Abstract: A reactor 1? includes one coil 2, a magnetic core 3 to which the coil 2 is arranged, and a case 4 containing an assembly 10 of the coil 2 and the magnetic core 3. The magnetic core 3 includes an inner core portion 31 inserted into the coil 2, and a coupling core portion 32 disposed around the coil 2. The coupling core portion 32 is made of a mixture of magnetic powder and resin. The coil 2 is covered with the coupling core portion 32 and is enclosed within the case 4 in a sealed state. The reactor 1? includes, in an outermost surface region exposed at an opening of the case 4, a magnetic shield layer 5 made of non-magnetic powder, having smaller specific gravity than the magnetic powder and having electrical conductivity, and the resin. A small reactor capable of reducing magnetic flux leaked to the outside is thereby provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Inaba
  • Patent number: 8928448
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus includes a magnetic component having a coil section, a conductive case body housing the magnetic component and having an opening plane facing an axial direction of the coil section, a case lid closing the opening plane, and conductive parts electrically connecting the case body and the case lid to each other at the opening plane. The conductive parts are provided so as to satisfy a positional relationship that at least one of the conductive parts is disposed at an intersection point at which a straight line making an angle within a range of 45±15 degrees with a perpendicular line drawn from a center of the coil section to a closest one of the side plate portions of the case body to the center intersects with the closest one of side plate portions when viewed from the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignees: Nippon Soken, Inc., Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Ohoka, Takuya Okubo
  • Publication number: 20140361635
    Abstract: There is provided a shield case allowing efficient power delivery while ensuring environmental resistant such as strength and waterproof and provided a contactless feed system using the shield case. A contactless feed system includes: a feed-side device installed in a fixed body; a receive-side device installed in a mobile body and fed electric power from the feed-side device in a contactless manner, and a shield case used in the feed-side device of the contactless feed system includes: a case open toward the receive-side device; a coil housed in an interior of the case; and a cover covering an opening of the case, wherein a load support member extending from a bottom surface of the case to an inner surface of the cover is provided inside the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masamitsu OOKAWA, Noritaka TAGUCHI, Kazuyoshi KAGAMI, Shinji ICHIKAWA, Satoru HORIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20140327507
    Abstract: A transformer (1) includes: an input-side primary coil (21); an output-side secondary coil (22); a core (20) around which the primary and secondary coils (21, 22) are coiled; a casting case (3) housing a transformer body (2) provided by the primary and secondary coils (21, 22) and the core (20); and a mold resin (4) filling a clearance between the case (3) and the transformer body (2). The case (3) includes: a bottom portion (31) attached with the transformer body (2); a side wall (32) surrounding the bottom portion (31); and an opening (30) provided opposite to the bottom portion (31), the transformer body (2) being housed and the mold resin (4) being filled through the opening (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Junichirou Tsuchiya, Akihiko Souda
  • Patent number: 8860540
    Abstract: A stationary induction electric apparatus includes a porcelain tube, a connection conductor, a conductor, a casing, a lead, a terminal, a spacer, an electric connection member and a first and a second insulating medium. The connection conductor is disposed at one end of the porcelain tube. The conductor is disposed in the porcelain tube, and connected to the connection conductor. The casing covers a stationary induction electric apparatus main body, and has an opening part. The lead extends from the main body to the opening part. The terminal is disposed at an end part of the lead. The spacer seals the other end of the porcelain tube and the opening part. The member includes an electrode connected to the terminal and a joint part connected to the conductor, and penetrates the spacer. The first and second insulating media are respectively filled in the porcelain tube and the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kei Takano, Shin Yamada, Osamu Hosokawa, Takeshi Chigiri, Kiyokatsu Akimoto
  • 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: 8841982
    Abstract: High- or medium-voltage equipment comprising an induction-activated portion, a tank surrounding the active portion and filled with a dielectric fluid, such as oil, and passive acoustic reduction means for reducing acoustic waves coming from the active portion and propagating in the dielectric fluid. According to the invention, the passive means create an interference field that divides the propagated waves into two groups of waves of opposite phase that interfere with each other in a zone that is at a distance from the walls of the tank so as to at least limit the amplitude of the waves before they make contact with said walls. The equipment provides an effective solution for significantly reducing the noise that is propagated by the dielectric fluid medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Francois Devaux, Pascal Vouagner
  • Publication number: 20140253274
    Abstract: A coil component includes a magnetic core, a coil-wire portion wound on the magnetic core, and a case made of a resin covering the magnetic core and the coil-wire portion. The magnetic core is made of a pressed magnetic material powder and forms a closed magnetic circuit. The magnetic core has a lower surface configured to contact a mounting surface. The case has a lower surface configured to contact the mounting surface. The lower surface of the magnetic core includes an exposed-core portion exposed from the case. The exposed-core portion is flush with the lower surface of the case. This coil component enhances the efficiency of heat dissipation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Nakata, Tomonori Shibuya, Nobuya Matsutani
  • Patent number: 8830022
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Inaba, Miki Kitajima, Shinichiro Yamamoto, Hajime Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20140247554
    Abstract: A housing system can comprise a plastic cover (12); a plastic base (14) comprising a floor (20) having side walls (22, 24); a first elevation (26); a second elevation (34); a first mounting column (40) located in a transformer end (32) of the plastic base (14) adjacent a major axis first sidewall (22); a second mounting column (42) located in the transformer end (32) of the plastic base (14) adjacent a major axis second sidewall (22); wherein the first and second mounting columns (40,42) have a top surface (44) that protrudes a distance from the floor (20), in the Z direction, in an amount greater than or equal to elevation walls (28,36), wherein the top surface (44) is configured to receive an attachment element (46). The housing system can also comprise a transformer (72), physically attached to the mounting columns; a capacitor (74); a fan (78), and a printed circuit board (80).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventors: Harindranath K. Sharma, Ashok Kumar Kancharla, Narendra Anand Hardikar, Sanjay Bedi
  • Patent number: 8816809
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, Nec Tokin Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kosaka, Ryota Tanabe, Souichi Yoshinaga, Masahiko Yamashita, Seigo Satou, Mitsutoshi Kameda, Tsugio Takeda