Fluid Insulation Patents (Class 336/94)
  • Patent number: 10895240
    Abstract: An ignition coil unit comprises a primary coil, a secondary coil, a housing and a terminal metallic part. A portion of the terminal metallic part is buried in a burying wall formed in the housing. The other portion of the terminal metallic part is disposed in an interior of the housing. The terminal metallic part includes an inner terminal extended from a burying wall main surface and at least partially disposed in the interior of the housing. The inner terminal includes a terminal first portion extended along a normal line of the terminal burying wall main surface from the terminal burying wall main surface to the interior of the housing and a terminal second portion extended upward from the terminal first portion. The housing includes a protrusion to horizontally protrude from the terminal burying wall main surface while facing the bottom surface of the terminal first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuki Kondo
  • Patent number: 10815449
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition based on a starch powder (such as flour), wheat germ, SiO2, MgO, Al2O3, Fe2O3, and K2O. This composition is extremely useful in treating acid related disorders and reducing the acidity, removing water, deodorizing, from plant oil and extending the oils shelf life of 3-5 years instead of the average one-year available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Inventor: Pinhas Or
  • Patent number: 10504646
    Abstract: A noise mitigating sound shield comprises an assembly configured for attachment to an air-core dry-type reactor. The assembly is configured for forming a closed cylinder positioned radially outward from an outermost surface of a reactor build of the air-core dry-type reactor. The assembly includes a noise attenuating barrier having an innermost surface. No portion of the outermost surface of the reactor build directly contacts the innermost surface of the noise attenuating barrier limiting structure-borne sound transmission from the reactor build to the noise attenuating barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Sigfrido Salubro, Sean Alves
  • Patent number: 10079867
    Abstract: The communication terminal determines whether a delay in output of an output signal based on first content data is detected, the first content data being received from a first counterpart communication terminal through a network, generates a first request for changing a code quantity of the first content data being received based on a determination indicating that the delay is detected, the first request including a reduction coefficient for determining an amount of reduction in the code quantity of the first content data being received, and transmits the first request to the first counterpart communication terminal that transmits the first content data, through the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Morita, Takuya Imai, Shoh Nagamine, Hideki Shiro
  • Patent number: 9607730
    Abstract: A vegetable-based dielectric fluid comprising in weight percent of triglycerides based on the weight of the fluid: A. Greater than 0 to 100% of at least one of C14:1 or C16:1 fatty acids; and at least one of: B. No more than (?) 10% of C18:1 fatty acids; C. No more than (?) 12% of one or more polyunsaturated fatty acids; and D. No more than (?) 7% of one or more saturated fatty acids. The dielectric fluid is a useful transformer oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Sreejit Nair, Kaustubh S. Gupte, Thomas S. Lin, Jeffrey M. Cogen, Bharat I. Chaudhary, Anny L. Flory
  • Patent number: 9601230
    Abstract: A dielectric fluid comprising in weight percent based on the weight of the composition: A. 30 to 70% C18:1 fatty acids; B. 10 to 55% of a mixture of C8 and C10 fatty acids in which the mixture comprises 50 to 70 wt %, based on the weight of the mixture, of C8 fatty acids; C. No more than 13% polyunsaturated fatty acids; and D. No more than 7% of saturated fatty acids of which each contains at least 12 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Sreejit Nair, Kaustubh S. Gupte, Jeffrey M. Cogen, Bharat I. Chaudhary, Anny L. Flory
  • Patent number: 9343383
    Abstract: A high voltage semiconductor device can include a high voltage semiconductor device package that includes a wall defining a recess within the high voltage semiconductor device package. A high voltage semiconductor chip can be in the recess and a high voltage electric arc suppression material can be in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventor: Van Mieczkowski
  • Patent number: 9185826
    Abstract: Provided is a use of a vegetable oil high in monounsaturates as dielectric and heat-transfer fluid in a device for the generation, storage, conversion and/or distribution of electrical energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Susan Knowlton, Serge Rebouillat
  • Patent number: 9129739
    Abstract: The patent discloses a resin-molded stereo wound-core dry-type amorphous alloy transformer, belonging to the field of power equipment. The resin-molded stereo wound-core dry-type amorphous alloy transformer disclosed is characterized in its stereo wound-core structure. Three lower yokes are provided on a welded base of a lower clamp, and an upper clamp and a lower clamp are connected with each other by press screws. Its low-voltage windings are with a foil-wound or cylindrical structure, while its high-voltage windings are wound with oxygen-free copper wires wrapped in NOMEX® paper and processed through vacuum pressure impregnation. In addition, several upper and lower padding blocks are involved to support and compress the high-voltage and low-voltage windings, so that the product is formed in a rigid stereo frame structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: HAIHONG ELECTRIC CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kaixuan Xu, Xianqing Guo
  • Patent number: 9099238
    Abstract: An insulation system for a winding structure. The insulation system includes an innermost barrier pair arranged to cover a majority of the winding structure in the axial direction of the winding structure inside and outside the barrier structure relative the curvature of winding turns of windings of the winding structure, wherein at least one barrier of the innermost barrier pair defines a first flow path allowing flow of a dielectric fluid mainly in a first axial direction between the winding structure and the at least one barrier when the insulation system is in a assembled state; and a first outer barrier arranged radially inwards or radially outwards relative each barrier of the innermost barrier pair, wherein the first outer barrier defines a second flow path, parallel to the first flow path, allowing flow of a dielectric fluid mainly in a second axial direction opposite the first axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: ABB TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Anders Bo Eriksson, Erik Wedin, Jan Lindgren, Mats Berglund, Mats Ramkvist, Stina Bertilsson, Tina Brunstrom
  • Patent number: 9058926
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include a fluid insulated high voltage coil having closed tank for an insulation fluid and a high voltage coil arranged therein with at least two taps. An insulation tube extends into the tank, where the inner part of the tube is accessible from an outer side of the tank. Electric contact elements extend through the tube walls along its longitudinal axis, where at least some of the contact elements are electrically connected with the taps. A removable column-like electrical interaction device is arranged within the inner part of the insulation tube, which is electrically connected to the at least two taps by means of the contact elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: ABB TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Dietrich Bonmann, Thomas Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20150091682
    Abstract: A reinforcement-free tank for an electromagnetic apparatus, as may be immersed in a fluid is provided. The tank may include a pair of mutually-opposite side walls. Each side wall may have at least one curved segment defining a vertically-curving profile between a top edge and a bottom edge of a side wall. A pair of mutually-opposite end walls. Each end wall may have a substantially vertically-extending semi-cylindrical shape defining a vertically-straight profile between a top edge and a bottom edge of an end wall. A plurality of vertically-extending joining members. Each joining member may be configured to provide a transition between the vertically-curving profile of a side wall and the vertically-straight profile of a corresponding end wall. The walls can withstand vacuum and overpressure conditions which can develop in the tank, without a reinforcing member connected to the walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: William Fernando Quintero Restrepo
  • Publication number: 20150061803
    Abstract: A transformer chamber for a wind turbine is described. The transformer chamber includes a liquid-tight tank for receiving a liquid-filled, in particular oil-filled, transformer, a wind turbine structure component includes a component bedframe adapted for receiving such a transformer chamber and a wind turbine includes such a transformer chamber and such a wind turbine structure component. Furthermore, a method for assembling a wind turbine is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Jesper Gaard, Thorkil Munk-Hansen, Jacob Blach Nielsen, Alex Yundong Wang
  • Patent number: 8963677
    Abstract: An oil immersed stereo wound-core amorphous alloy transformer, comprising an iron core, a high-low voltage winding, leads and a tank. The core comprises three single frames made of amorphous alloy strips by winding and are identical in structure, and the single frames have a rectangular shape; the vertical sides of every two adjacent frames fit together fixedly to form a core pillar, and the horizontal sides of the single frame form iron yokes; the cross sections of the core pillars have an approximately circular or polygonal shape; the transformer further comprises a clamp, comprising a quasi-triangular upper and lower clamp, and posts, the lower clamp is provide with three food pads; the iron yokes in the lower portion of the iron core are located on the foot pads, and the high-low voltage winding is wound on the core pillars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Haihong Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaixuan Xu, Xianqing Guo
  • Patent number: 8928443
    Abstract: An electrical device includes a winding, a primary cooling system, a secondary cooling system, and an actuator. The winding includes an interior portion and an exterior surface. The primary cooling system cools the exterior surface of the winding. The secondary cooling system cools the interior portion of the winding. The actuator is configured to actuate the secondary cooling system in response to a sensed condition of the electrical device or a predicted condition of the electrical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Elwha LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Jordin T. Kare, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20140306786
    Abstract: A current transformer (5) having a plurality of primary and secondary windings, comprising a top housing head (10), a column (20) of insulating material mounted on a base (30) which supports said top housing head, a guide tube passing through a central passage in said column, a metal core casing (40), inside said top housing head, enclosing a plurality of cores (42) along with secondary windings, wherein said top housing head is a non metallic tank which supports a primary conductor (18) having bushing insulation layers (34) thereon and a dielectric fluid (8) fills said top housing head and said column of insulating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Mohan SRINIVASRAO, Zoltan ROMAN
  • 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: 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: 20140225697
    Abstract: An insulation system for a winding structure. The insulation system includes an innermost barrier pair arranged to cover a majority of the winding structure in the axial direction of the winding structure inside and outside the barrier structure relative the curvature of winding turns of windings of the winding structure, wherein at least one barrier of the innermost barrier pair defines a first flow path allowing flow of a dielectric fluid mainly in a first axial direction between the winding structure and the at least one barrier when the insulation system is in a assembled state; and a first outer barrier arranged radially inwards or radially outwards relative each barrier of the innermost barrier pair, wherein the first outer barrier defines a second flow path, parallel to the first flow path, allowing flow of a dielectric fluid mainly in a second axial direction opposite the first axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventors: Anders Bo Eriksson, Erik Wedin, Jan Lindgren, Mats Berglund, Mats Ramkvist, Stina Bertilsson, Tina Brunstrom
  • Patent number: 8801975
    Abstract: An electrical device having therein a dielectric fluid composition, wherein the dielectric fluid composition includes at least one refined, bleached and deodorized vegetable oil and at least one antioxidant, wherein the dielectric fluid composition has a pour point of less than about ?20° C. as measured according to either of ASTM D97 or ASTM D5950.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Cooper Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin J. Rapp, Charles Patrick McShane, Gary A. Gauger, Arthur W. Lemm
  • Patent number: 8779880
    Abstract: A transformer includes an enclosed tank having an interior and an enclosed radiator spaced from the tank and in fluid communication with the interior. The radiator includes two panels joined to define a substantially enclosed space. The panels have opposing faces and bottom ends. The bottom ends of the panels are joined together by a first weld and portions of the opposing faces of the panels are joined together by a plurality of second welds. The first weld and the plurality of second welds are constructed and arranged such that when an over-pressure condition occurs in the tank and thus in the radiator, the second welds will break generally uniformly permitting the panels to balloon generally uniformly, directing a rupture of the radiator to occur at the first weld, without any rupture of the tank occurring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Elizabeth D. Sullivan, David B. Elzey, Paul S. Lowry
  • Publication number: 20140159846
    Abstract: The invention concerns a medium frequency transformer with a housing, in which numerous winding chambers, having primary and secondary windings, are disposed, wherein the housing is filled, at least partially, with an insulating liquid. The transformer is distinguished in that numerous winding chambers, filled with the insulating liquid, are disposed in the housing, and at least one winding is disposed in each winding chamber, such that, for the most part, only the windings are surrounded by the insulating medium. Preferably the winding chambers are sealed and separated from one another by means of insulating separating walls, wherein the windings are positioned and fixed in place in the winding chambers, and the winding chambers are filled with the insulating liquid. Between the windings there are thus, according to the invention, at least two insulating barriers, which function simultaneously and consist of solid matter insulation in the form of housing and separating walls, and the insulating liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: Wilhelm Krämer, Christoph Gulden
  • Patent number: 8742876
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a transformer coil which can be cooled by a heat pipe and has a primary winding and a secondary winding and relates to a transformer which is formed from transformer coils which can be cooled in this way. The heat from the transformer coil is dissipated by the heat pipe. The evaporator of the heat pipe is arranged in the area of the windings and forms at least one extensive evaporator segment, which extends in the circumferential direction of the windings and along the winding axis of the transformer coil and in the process covers a multiplicity of the turns of the secondary winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Daniel Chartouni, Rafael Murillo, Tilo Bühler
  • Patent number: 8717134
    Abstract: A system comprises a tank, a radiator connected to the tank, and a component situated within the tank and susceptible to creating increasing pressure within system when under a fault condition. The radiator is configured to directionally vent pressure under excessive pressure conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Florian Peter Pintgen, Paul Alfred Siemers, Malcolm Graham Smith, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8710946
    Abstract: A rupture resistant system comprises a tank comprising a top member, a sidewall member, and a bottom member, and a component situated within the tank and susceptible to creating increasing pressure within the tank when under a fault condition. At least one of the top, sidewall, and bottom members is connected to another of the top, sidewall, and bottom members in a manner so as to cause an increase in inner volume of the tank under increased pressure conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Florian Peter Pintgen, Paul Alfred Siemers, Malcolm Graham Smith, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20140035710
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include a fluid insulated high voltage coil having closed tank for an insulation fluid and a high voltage coil arranged therein with at least two taps. An insulation tube extends into the tank, where the inner part of the tube is accessible from an outer side of the tank. Electric contact elements extend through the tube walls along its longitudinal axis, where at least some of the contact elements are electrically connected with the taps. A removable column-like electrical interaction device is arranged within the inner part of the insulation tube, which is electrically connected to the at least two taps by means of the contact elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: ABB TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Dietrich Bonmann, Thomas Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20140022039
    Abstract: A transformer assembly is provided that includes a housing, transformer oil disposed within the housing, a plurality of coils of electrically conductive wire, and aliphatic polyamide insulation material operable to insulate the coils disposed within the oil. The plurality of electrically conductive coils is disposed in the housing and in contact with the transformer oil. The aliphatic polyamide insulation material includes stabilizing compounds and nano-fillers. The stabilizing compounds provide thermal and chemical stability for the insulation material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventor: Martin Weinberg
  • Patent number: 8617434
    Abstract: A dielectric fluid comprising hydrocarbon liquid admixed with an ester-based compound, wherein the ester-based compound is present in an effective amount to impart breakdown inhibiting properties to a paper insulation material when the dielectric fluid is in contact with the paper material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Cooper Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin J. Rapp, Jerry L. Corkran, Gary A. Gauger, Charles P. McShane
  • Patent number: 8570131
    Abstract: A transformer containing an electrical active part arranged in an insulating space and including primary and secondary winding wound around a magnetic core. and radially spaced apart from each other by a winding space having an insulation fluid. A block defines a compartment closed and separated from a remaining insulating space, the compartment being at least partially arranged within the winding space. The compartment contains an insulation fluid different from insulation fluid in the remaining insulating space, and having a higher dielectric breakdown field strength than the insulation fluid in the remaining insulating space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: ABB Technology AG
    Inventor: Rafael Murillo
  • Patent number: 8471662
    Abstract: An oil transformer insulation module includes a plurality of disc-like insulation elements of identical type which are arranged flush one above another along a line, connected to one another and have in each case at least a similar outline contour. An insulation element includes a first flat layer and a second layer adjacent and predominantly parallel thereto. The first and second layers are composed of a mechanically strong, planar first insulation material. The first and second layers of the first insulation material are connected to and spaced apart from a third, corrugated layer arranged between the first and second layers and composed of a mechanically strong, planar second insulation material. The third layer has lateral edges and is corrugated in such a way that all the cavities formed by the corrugated form can be completely flooded with a liquid via the lateral edges of the insulation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Hartmut Brendel, Matthias Starke
  • Publication number: 20130043965
    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: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: ALSTOM Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Francois Devaux, Pascal Vouagner
  • Publication number: 20130033349
    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: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kei TAKANO, Shin Yamada, Osamu Hosokawa, Takeshi Chigiri, Kiyokatsu Akimoto
  • Patent number: 8361351
    Abstract: A dielectric fluid comprising hydrocarbon liquid admixed with an ester-based compound, wherein the ester-based compound is present in an effective amount to impart breakdown inhibiting properties to a paper insulation material when the dielectric fluid is in contact with the paper material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Cooper Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin J. Rapp, Jerry L. Corkran, Gary A. Gauger, Charles Patrick McShane
  • 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: 8274351
    Abstract: A transformer device includes an iron core, a plurality of stacked coils, wound onto the iron core, a plurality of base members arranged between the plurality of coils adjacent in a stacking direction, a plurality of flow channel member groups provided for each of the coils, each provided at a corresponding base member, and forming a flow channel directed to a flow of an insulating liquid between the corresponding base member and a corresponding coil, and an obstruction member arranged to obstruct the flow of the insulating liquid such that at least one of the flow channels formed by the plurality of flow channel member groups differs in the flow volume of the insulating liquid from another of the flow channels, and to obstruct the flow of the insulating liquid at a region not overlapping with the iron core in the flowing direction of the insulating liquid, among the flow channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kiuchi, Koji Kise, Toshihiro Noda
  • Publication number: 20120092113
    Abstract: An oil transformer insulation module includes a plurality of disc-like insulation elements of identical type which are arranged flush one above another along a line, connected to one another and have in each case at least a similar outline contour. An insulation element includes a first flat layer and a second layer adjacent and predominantly parallel thereto. The first and second layers are composed of a mechanically strong, planar first insulation material. The first and second layers of the first insulation material are connected to and spaced apart from a third, corrugated layer arranged between the first and second layers and composed of a mechanically strong, planar second insulation material. The third layer has lateral edges and is corrugated in such a way that all the cavities formed by the corrugated form can be completely flooded with a liquid via the lateral edges of the insulation element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: ABB TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Hartmut BRENDEL, Matthias STARKE
  • Patent number: 8143985
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd., Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corp.
    Inventors: Masao Hosokawa, Mitsuaki Kawashima, Kazuyuki Fukui, Kouji Yamashita, Izumi Muto, Eiichiro Ishimaru, Hiroshige Inoue
  • Publication number: 20120001712
    Abstract: A transformer is provided. The transformer includes a core formed from a plurality of planar laminations stacked together adjacent one another to lie substantially parallel. The transformer also includes electrically insulating spacing means provided between each of the laminations and a lamination adjacent thereto to separate them so as to provide a plurality of voids in the core, each of which is between a lamination and a lamination adjacent thereto. The transformer further includes an electrically insulating fluid located within and filling said voids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Silviu Puchianu, Steven Lewis Simpson, Graham Thomas Morley
  • Patent number: 8085120
    Abstract: An insulation system for a fluid-filled power transformer that allows for operation of the transformer at higher temperatures and with lowered susceptibility to aging. The insulation system includes a plurality of fibers that are bound together by a solid binding agent. The solid binding agent may, for example, for sheaths around the fibers or may be in the form of dispersed particles that bind the fibers to each other. Also, a method of fabricating such an insulation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Waukesha Electric Systems, Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas M. Golner, Shirish P. Mehta, Padma P. Varanasi, Jeffrey J. Nemec
  • Patent number: 8056256
    Abstract: A method for reconditioning Fire Control Radar APG-68 tactical radar systems (FCR) utilized in military aircraft and returning them to operation with extended useful life expectancies equivalent to or better than new of the FCR APG-68 unit high frequency, high voltage dual mode radar transmitters that are deployed in over 1000 state-of-the-art military aircraft such as the F-15, F-16 and F-18 fighter aircraft, and B-1 bombers. The novel method extends the mean lifetime of previously repaired and repairable FCR APG-68 tactical radar units and radar units and ageing transmitters from about 100 to a few hundred hours to about five hundred or more hours by the step of removing embedded moisture and absorbed moisture from the heterogeneous electronic components in the FCR APG-68 tactical radar unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Slack Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard C. Slack, Clare L. Milton
  • Publication number: 20110273255
    Abstract: A transformer tank having opposing walls and junctions between adjacent tank walls being intermediate walls defining obtuse angles with respect to each of their respective adjacent tank walls such that the tank is free from perpendicular wall intersections. Internal framework is disposed within the tank for preventing inward wall deflections and is anchored to the intermediate walls and is substantially free from attachment to the opposing walls. The tank undergoes volumetric expansion in response to increases in internal positive pressure to avoid tank rupture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventor: Robert Samuel Thompson
  • Publication number: 20110205007
    Abstract: A transformer device includes an iron core, a plurality of stacked coils, wound onto the iron core, a plurality of base members arranged between the plurality of coils adjacent in a stacking direction, a plurality of flow channel member groups provided for each of the coils, each provided at a corresponding base member, and forming a flow channel directed to a flow of an insulating liquid between the corresponding base member and a corresponding coil, and an obstruction member arranged to obstruct the flow of the insulating liquid such that at least one of the flow channels formed by the plurality of flow channel member groups differs in the flow volume of the insulating liquid from another of the flow channels, and to obstruct the flow of the insulating liquid at a region not overlapping with the iron core in the flowing direction of the insulating liquid, among the flow channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2008
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kiuchi, Koji Kise, Toshihiro Noda
  • Patent number: 7994427
    Abstract: A high voltage insulation system for high-voltage direct current including a bushing, a conductor, a transformer conductor, and a connection between the conductor and the transformer conductor. A conductive shielding electrode shields the connection between the bushing and transformer. A surrounding insulation system is immersed in transformer oil. The surrounding insulation system includes transformer insulation material and bushing insulation material. A cylindrical solid insulation barrier encloses the connection between the bushing conductor and transformer conductor. At least one solid insulation barrier is fastened on the outer side of the shielding electrode. The at least one solid insulation barrier extends in an axial direction outside the axial direction of the shielding electrode and forms a distance to the insulation material of the bushing and the insulation material of the transformer, whereby a moderate voltage drop over the solid insulation barrier is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: ABB Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Mats Berglund, Lars-Åke Svensson, Tony Polander, Gunnar Jorendal, Erik Forsberg, Lars-Erik Vennerberg
  • Publication number: 20110148433
    Abstract: A high-voltage transformer for providing an alternating voltage in the kV range, comprising at least one secondary winding wound on a coil carrying body surrounding a transformer core, and an insulation housing encapsulating the secondary winding is provided to electrically insulate the secondary winding. Said insulation housing is walled by the coil carrying body carrying the secondary winding and by an enveloping body made of plastic and enveloping the secondary winding so that an annular gap is formed, wherein the annular gap between the secondary winding and the enveloping body is filled with an insulating fluid. The annular gap has a gap width of less than or equal to 20 mm viewed in the cross-section, and the enveloping body has a wall thickness of less than or equal to 20 mm, wherein the plastic is polypropylene, and a separate expansion volume is not provided for the insulating fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: B2 ELECTRONIC GMBH
    Inventors: Rudolf Blank, Stefan Baldauf
  • Publication number: 20110063064
    Abstract: The abstract relates to an arrangement of an oil-filled power transformer having an oil-filled stepping switch, wherein only a single oil expansion vessel is provided, this oil expansion vessel being connected both to the oil volume of the stepping switch and also to the transformer tank, which is likewise oil-filled, via corresponding flanges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Wolfgang Albrecht, Dieter Dohnal, Rainer Frotscher, Klaus Schlepp
  • Patent number: 7907040
    Abstract: An ignition coil includes a coil body, a primary resin molded body, and a secondary resin molded body. The coil body has a primary coil and a secondary coil. The primary resin molded body has the coil body therein in a fixed relation, and the primary resin molded body has a plurality of exposed side portions that hold the coil body therebetween. The secondary resin molded body is molded to have the coil body and the primary resin molded body embedded therein. The secondary resin molded body is configured to allow the plurality of exposed side portions of the primary resin molded body to be exposed to an exterior of the secondary resin molded body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Junichi Wada
  • Patent number: 7905637
    Abstract: A potted transformer assembly comprises a housing portion to form an exterior transformer housing, a transformer unit dimensioned to fit within the housing portion, the housing portion including a first passage to receive the transformer unit in an operative position therein, the housing portion having an inner surface which is oriented to provide an interior cavity between the transformer unit and the inner surface, the interior cavity being dimensioned to receive a predetermined quantity of a potting compound, the housing portion further including a second passage in fluid communication with the interior cavity, the second passage being dimensioned to receive a portion of the potting compound therein, the second passage being located on the housing portion in such a manner that, following a transformer encapsulation step, the presence of potting compound in the second passage is indicative of the transformer being substantially encapsulated by the potting compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Canlyte Inc.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Caluori, Howard Yaphe
  • Publication number: 20110043313
    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: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Masao Hosokawa, Mitsuaki Kawashima, Kazuyuki Fukui, Kouji Yamashita, Izumi Muto, Eiichiro Ishimaru, Hiroshige Inoue
  • Patent number: 7871546
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provides a dielectric fluid for use in electrical equipment comprising a vegetable oil or vegetable oil blend. In another aspect the invention provides devices for generating and distributing electrical energy that incorporate a dielectric fluid comprising a vegetable oil or vegetable oil blend. Methods of retrofilling electrical equipment with vegetable oil based dielectric fluids also are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Cooper Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry L. Corkran, Charles Patrick McShane, Kevin J. Rapp, Gary A. Gauger, Richard A. Harthun
  • Patent number: 7859379
    Abstract: It is possible to provide a transformer core which can be mounted on a coil having both ends connected to a substrate or the like and can simplify the step for arranging an adhesive layer and suppress fluctuation of a magnetic gap. The transformer core (1) includes: a rectangular spacer (5, 20) having a region where a first convex portion (10, 21) is formed on the four sides of one of the surfaces as a unitary block and the first convex portion is not provided at least at a part of a pair of two opposing sides; and a sheet-shaped adhesive layer (6) bonded to a region where at least the first convex portion is not provided on the one of the surfaces of the spacer and connecting a soft ferrite core (4) to the spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayasu Uemura