Potted Type Patents (Class 336/96)
  • Patent number: 8416044
    Abstract: A reactor is composed of a coil and a core placed in the inside area and outer peripheral area of the coil in a container. The core is composed of magnetic powder, non-magnetic powder, and resin. The non-magnetic powder is composed of main component powder and low elastic modulus powder. The main component powder as a main component of the non-magnetic powder is made of one or more kinds of powder of a heat conductivity which is larger than that of the resin. The low elastic modulus powder is made of one or more kinds of powder of an elastic modulus which is smaller than that of the powder forming the main component powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, NEC Tokin Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Saka, Takashi Yanbe
  • Patent number: 8390415
    Abstract: A coil component 10 includes: a magnetic core made of a magnetic alloy; a coil having a spiral part placed around a pillar part of the magnetic core; a magnetic sheath formed on the magnetic core in a manner covering the coil except for the bottom face of the magnetic core; and a first external terminal and second external terminal formed on the magnetic core and magnetic sheath; wherein the magnetic sheath has numerous voids inside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Ogawa, Tsuyoshi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20130002384
    Abstract: The disclosed reactor has a case and a cylindrical molded coil assembly which is disposed inside of the case and which is formed by covering a coil with a resin, wherein the coil assembly is sealed by an iron powder mixed resin to which iron powder has been admixed. The reactor has a pillar provided as a single body with the case, and one or multiple ring-shaped core members. The ring-shaped core members are disposed outside the outer surface of the pillar such that the pillar is inserted inside the inner surface of said ring-shaped core members, and the assembly coil is disposed outside the outer surface of the ring-shaped core members such that the ring-shaped core members are inserted inside the inner surface of said coil assembly. The ring-shaped core members are sealed by means of the aforementioned iron powder-mixed resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shuji Tokota, Masaki Sugiyama, Shinjiro Saigusa, Nobuki Shinohara
  • Publication number: 20120286915
    Abstract: An electric device including windings and magnetic cores, the device further including an encapsulating plastic encasement which includes an inner part and an outer part, the inner part being an inner insulating resin composition of thermosetting material encapsulating components of the device, and the outer part being a shell of a thermoplastic material which at least partly encloses the resin composition in contact therewith. Some components of the device are located in inner boxes encapsulated by the inner insulating resin composition. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing such a device. According to the method the shell is used as the mould form when moulding the insulating resin composition, and some components of the device are placed in boxes before inserting them into the shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Alessandro Mattozzi, Dariusz Bednarowski, Hoan Le, Lukasz Malinowski, Roman Pernica
  • 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: 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: 8279035
    Abstract: A compact reactor with excellent productivity and heat dissipation is provided. Reactor 1? includes a coil formed by spirally winding a wire 2w and a magnetic core 3 having an inside core portion inserted into the coil and an outside core portion 32 coupled to the inside core portion. These core portions form a closed magnetic circuit. The coil is covered with an inside resin portion 4 on the outer circumference thereof to form a coil molded unit 20? with its shape being held. The outer circumference of a combination unit 10 of the coil molded unit 20? and the magnetic core 3 is covered with an outside resin portion 5?. Reactor 1? does not have a case and is thus compact. A surface of the outside core portion 32 on the installation side (core installation surface 32d) is exposed form the outside resin portion 5? and is in direct contact with a fixed object, thereby achieving excellent heat dissipation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouhei Yoshikawa, Masayuki Katou, Atsushi Itou, Shinichiro Yamamoto, Hajime Kawaguchi
  • 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: 20120200381
    Abstract: A molded coil according to the present invention includes a coil body that is formed by an elongated insulation-coated conductor. The coil body has a spiral portion winded around in a spiral manner, a first end portion forming a beginning end of the spiral portion, and a second end portion forming a terminating end of the spiral portion. The molded coil also includes an insulative locking member that keeps a shape of the spiral portion so as to prevent the spiral portion from expanding in a vertical direction, and an insulative resin body that covers the spiral portion with the locking member being attached thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: Suncall Corporation
    Inventors: Motoaki KIMURA, Takashi Fujimura
  • Patent number: 8237532
    Abstract: An electronic circuit device 1 arranged with a first substrate 11, a core 33 (magnetic body) mounted on the first substrate 11, a resin sealing body 17 which covers the first substrate 11 and the core 33, and a curable type stress relieving material 35 which reduces stress applied to the core 33 by the resin sealing body 17 is arranged within the resin sealing body 33 from the side surface periphery of the core 33 across to the first substrate 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Sanken Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryuji Takada
  • Patent number: 8212641
    Abstract: An electronic device including a core, at least a wire and a magnetic material is provided. The core includes a pillar, a top board and a bottom board. The pillar is disposed between the top board and the bottom board. An area of the top board is smaller than an area of the bottom board. A winding space is fanned among the top board, the bottom board and the pillar. The wire is winded around the pillar and located in the winding space. The magnetic material fills the winding space to encapsulate the wire. The magnetic material includes a resin and a metallic powder, wherein an average particle diameter of the magnetic powder is smaller than 20 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Cyntec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsung-Chan Wu, Roger Hsieh, Yi-Min Huang, Lan-Chin Hsieh
  • Patent number: 8203411
    Abstract: The invention comprises a potted inductor, where a solid potting material substantially contacting the inductor enhances cooling of the inductor. The inductor comprises an annular core composed of a distributed gap material, where the distributed gap material includes sub-millimeter particles of alternating magnetic and non-magnetic layers separated by gaps. The potting material includes a urethane, resin, epoxy, or the like combined with a lower thermal impedance additive, such as a silica sand or an aluminum oxide. Optionally, one or more cooling lines direct a circulating coolant flow through the potting material, around the inductor, and/or through the inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Inventor: Grant A. MacLennan
  • Patent number: 8181334
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing windings for a dry-type transformer with in each case one winding for the low voltage (LV winding) and one for the high voltage (HV winding). The LV and HV windings are each electrically insulated from one another and have layers which are electrically insulated from one another by virtue of, initially, the winding for the low voltage being produced from electrically conductive wire or tape material and an insulating layer including resin-impregnated fibre material. Prior to the application of the HV winding, the maximum insulating thickness for the layer insulation and the number of fiber rovings corresponding to this insulating thickness can be determined, and each winding layer and the associated insulating layer can be produced simultaneously with a physical offset with respect to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Benjamin Weber, Frank Cornelius, Jens Tepper, Oliver Becker, Paul Szasz
  • Publication number: 20120098631
    Abstract: An induction device includes a first core, a coil wound around the first core, and a second core cooperating with the first core to form a closed magnetic circuit. The first core and the coil are molded by a mold resin to form a molding, and the second core is assembled to the molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ono
  • Publication number: 20120081201
    Abstract: System and method for making an antenna. An implantable medical device has a housing, a bobbin and a coil. The housing has an interior generally tubular cross-section with a longitudinal axis, the housing having a lateral portion of a segment of the tubular cross-section along the longitudinal axis. The bobbin has a first side nearest to the interior of the housing and a second side opposite the first side. The coil, wound around the bobbin on a winding axis orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the tubular cross-section, has a greater number of complete turns proximate the second side of the bobbin than proximate the first side of the bobbin, with the coil having a cross-sectional shape selected for a space between the bobbin and the interior of the housing in the lateral portion of the segment of the tubular cross-section along the longitudinal axis of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Clark B. Norgaard, Michael W. Barror, Douglas D. Nippoldt, Tony A. Ulrich
  • Publication number: 20120056702
    Abstract: A measurement and protection transformer for high, medium and low voltages, of the type having a magnetic core, together with primary and secondary windings. All these elements are exteriorly molded with resin, forming a single, exterior resin body to obtain a transformer design with all the guarantees of safety and durability, especially under extremely humid environmental conditions. The transformer is for high, medium and low voltages that has a magnetic core, together with primary and secondary windings and transformer primary and secondary connections, with the particularity in which all these elements are molded and completely embedded within a mass of resin that forms the outer body or single-piece casing of the transformer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: RS ISOLSEC, S.L.
    Inventor: Jose SEBASTIAN BALSALOBRE
  • Patent number: 8130065
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an electromagnetic coil device including a coil body having a connection terminal portion projecting from a circumferential surface of the coil body, a buckle having a positioning flat plate portion and an inserting flat plate portion fixedly connected to the positioning flat plate portion. The inserting flat plate portion is pottedly connected to the connection terminal portion with potting material. The electromagnetic coil device can, on the one hand, reduce the manufacturing cost and improve the reliability of the connection between the coil body and the buckle, and on the other hand, prevent the coil body from being damaged by welding and thus improve the life thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Zhejiang Sanhua Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xianrang Wei
  • Patent number: 8125305
    Abstract: An inductance element (1) includes a doughnut-shaped magnetic core (2) and a bottomed container (3) for housing the doughnut-shaped magnetic core (2). The bottomed container (3) has a cylindrical outer wall portion, a cylindrical inner wall portion, a bottom portion, an open section and a hollow portion. The open section of the bottomed container (3) is covered with an adhesive portion (4) for integrally fixing the doughnut-shaped magnetic core (2) and the bottomed container (3). The adhesive portion (4) has an extended portion (4a) extended in the cylindrical inner wall portion. The ratio (B/A) of a length (B) of the extended portion (4a) to a height (A) of the cylindrical inner wall portion is in a range of 0.1 to 0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadao Saito, Kazumi Sakai, Katsuhiko Yamada
  • Patent number: 8111124
    Abstract: An inductance element is not interfered by peripheral circuits when mounted on a wiring board by forming a closed magnetic path. The inductance element has a small reduction of an inductance value when a direct current is superimposed, and thus has excellent direct current superimposition characteristics. The temperature coefficient of the magnetic permeability of a ferrite sintered body which constitutes a magnetic core can be positive. The temperature coefficient of the magnetic permeability of a soft magnetic resin provided as an external covering to cover a coil and to fill a space between flange sections of the magnetic core is permitted to be ?30 ppm/° C. or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akio Hagiya
  • Publication number: 20120007695
    Abstract: A high-frequency swinging choke has at least two rod cores arranged next to one another in the longitudinal direction. The rod cores each have at least one winding. The windings are connected in series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Roellgen, Herbert-Maurizio Cardarelli
  • Publication number: 20110285215
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a module including a planar coil, and a module including a planar coil, reduce manufacturing cost and also are able to handle a large current. The method for manufacturing the module including the planar coil includes the steps of providing a second resin layer including a magnetic filler on a first resin layer with a built-in chip-type electronic component; providing a planar coil on the second resin layer; and providing a third resin layer including a non-magnetic property so as to coat the planar coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Minoru HATASE
  • Publication number: 20110248808
    Abstract: A three-phase dry distribution transformer adapted for mounting outdoors on a pad or to a utility pole. The distribution transformer includes one or more winding assemblies mounted to a ferromagnetic core. Each winding assembly includes a low voltage winding and a high voltage winding. In each winding assembly, an encasement comprised of an insulating resin encapsulates the low voltage and high voltage windings. The encasement includes a body and a pair of high voltage bushings and a pair of low voltage bushing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Bandeep Singh, Thomas Hartmann, William E. Pauley, JR.
  • Patent number: 8026783
    Abstract: A spark plug coil assembly includes a primary core inside a secondary winding spool that is formed with a closed end. A terminal is embedded in the closed end of the spool and the secondary windings are terminated to the terminal, with the terminal being couplable to a spark plug. Ignition voltage generated in the secondary windings is thus routed to a center of the secondary windings to terminate at the terminal. No pole piece need be disposed between the primary core and the closed end of the spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert A. Skinner, Harry O. Levers, Jr., John D. Truong
  • Publication number: 20110215891
    Abstract: An assembly includes a toroidal induction component, a potting cup, and potting material. The toroidal induction component includes a conductive winding, where at least ends of the conductive winding define a lead set of the toroidal induction component. The potting cup is configured to accept the toroidal induction component and its lead set. Techniques for forming the assembly are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Lance L. Sundstrom, Wiclyff T. Bonga, Michael J. Gillespie
  • Publication number: 20110121928
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus that reduces an audible noise produced in a power supply. The apparatus includes: (1) a housing; (2) an inductor coil formed from a coil of wire enclosed in the housing; (3) a set of wires that are coupled from the inductor coil to the outside of the housing through corresponding apertures in the housing, comprising electrical leads for the inductor coil; and (4) a predetermined amount of adhesive in the apertures that bonds the wires to the housing to reduce an audible noise produced when the current through the inductor coil is cycled quickly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Dayu Qu
  • Publication number: 20110121930
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coil-buried type inductor. The inductor comprises a conductive coil, a first fired ceramics body arranged at least in an area along an inner periphery of the coil, and a second fired ceramics body arranged so as to surround the entire of the coil along with the first fired ceramics body. The first fired ceramics body has porosity equal to or larger than 40 percent and smaller than 70 percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyuki TAKEUCHI, Natsumi Shimogawa, Shuichi Ozawa
  • Patent number: 7948341
    Abstract: A coil for an inductive sensor, such as a coil which is used in a sensor that operates according to the principle of electromagnetic force compensation for converting an amount of force generated by a load applied to a force-measuring cell into an electrical signal, is provided with protection against the penetration of moisture. The protection includes a protective covering with a surface-smoothing undercoating applied to the coil, on which a second level of coverage is applied as a protective coating against the penetration of moisture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Mettler-Toledo AG
    Inventors: Jean-Maurice Tellenbach, Volker Ziebart, Hans-Rudolf Burkhard
  • Patent number: 7948342
    Abstract: An AC neutral bus electromotive power rectification unit includes a first coil unit and a second coil unit. The first coil unit includes a first conductive wire coil having a first end and an opposite second end. The conductive coil is disposed in a first non-conductive tube and is suspended in a ferrous matrix. The second coil unit includes a second conductive wire coil having a first end and an opposite second end. The first end of the second coil unit is electrically coupled to the first end of the first coil unit. The second coil unit is disposed in a second non-conductive tube and is surrounded by a non-conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Cutt-A-Watt Enterprises, LLC
    Inventor: John M. Long
  • Patent number: 7911305
    Abstract: An ignition coil of an ignition system in an internal combustion engine has a housing, a magnetically active core, a first coil winding connected to a supply voltage, and a second coil winding connected to a high-voltage terminal. At least one electrically conductive component is provided, at least in some areas, with a means for an electrically effective evening out of its surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Grözinger, Reinhard Seidl, Lothar Detels, Markus Weimert, Tim Skowronek
  • Patent number: 7911308
    Abstract: An apparatus for cost-effective and efficient cooling of an active element. The active element may be a magnetic element such as an inductor or a transformer having windings and a core. A thermally conductive vessel has a cavity that is adapted to conform to a surface of the active element, with a small gap remaining between the surface of the active element and the surface of the cavity. The winding is adapted to have a uniform surface, by utilizing an edge winding or a machined winding fabricated from an extruded tube. A thermally conductive encapsulant fills gaps in the apparatus to further improve cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Inventor: Wally E. Rippel
  • Patent number: 7911306
    Abstract: A transformer board is disclosed. In some embodiments, the transformer board includes a base, a circuit board, a transformer having a first and second winding, a first and a second connector, a ribbon cable and a nonconductive fill material. The base has a recess within which the circuit board is positioned. The transformer is mechanically coupled to the circuit board. The first connector is configured to electrically couple to transducers within a pressure boundary of an ultrasonic flow meter and is electrically coupled to the second winding of the transformer. The ribbon cable is electrically coupled between the first winding of the transformer and the second connector. The nonconductive fill material is contained by the recess and encases the circuit board, the transformer, the coupling of the first connector to the second winding of the transformer, and the coupling of the ribbon cable to the first winding of the transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Daniel Measurement and Control, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Robert Allen
  • 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
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20110053418
    Abstract: A modular jack system where the jack includes two halves having cavities that are configured to mate with one another other. The filtering components are placed inside the cavities of either one or both halves of the housing and potted prior to assembly. A shock absorbing insert is then placed between the two halves to protect any filtering components or assemblies located within the magjack housing. The halves of the housing are then brought together to form the enclosure or housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: MOLEX INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yan Margulis, Johnny Chen, Peter Lassen
  • Patent number: 7897234
    Abstract: A potting compound for electronic components comprises a first composition of asphalt and sand and a second composition that attenuates the forces normally applied by the first composition when it is used alone. The force attenuator preferably comprises solvent-refined heavy paraffinic petroleum oil from about 0.1 to 20 wt % of the compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Selverian, H. Steven Mackel, William D. Koenigsberg
  • Patent number: 7898375
    Abstract: A coil component comprises: a core having a winding core portion, and a first flange and a second flange arranged at both ends of the winding core portion; a winding arranged in a region flanked by the first and second flanges, and wound so as to be in contact with the winding core portion; and a cover portion arranged in a region flanked by the first and second flanges, so as to cover the winding. The cover portion has a first cover portion comprising a resin cured product containing a magnetic material; and a second cover portion comprising a non-magnetic material. The second cover portion is interposed at least between the first flange and the first cover portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Kitajima, Masatoshi Shindoh
  • Publication number: 20100328004
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an electromagnetic coil device including a coil body having a connection terminal portion projecting from a circumferential surface of the coil body, a buckle having a positioning flat plate portion and an inserting flat plate portion fixedly connected to the positioning flat plate portion. The inserting flat plate portion is pottedly connected to the connection terminal portion with potting material. The electromagnetic coil device can, on the one hand, reduce the manufacturing cost and improve the reliability of the connection between the coil body and the buckle, and on the other hand, prevent the coil body from being damaged by welding and thus improve the life thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: Zhejiang Sanhua Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xianrang Wei
  • 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
  • Patent number: 7847662
    Abstract: An inductance element (1) includes a doughnut-shaped magnetic core (2) having a wound body or a stacked body of a magnetic ribbon, a bottomed container (3) in which the doughnut-shaped magnetic core (2) is housed, and a conductive lead portion (5) inserted into a hollow section of the doughnut-shaped magnetic core (2) housed in the bottomed container (3). An open section of the bottomed container (3) is covered with an adhesive portion (4) which integrally fixes the doughnut-shaped magnetic core (2), the bottomed container (3) and the conductive lead portion (5). The adhesive portion (4) is entered into a gap between the doughnut-shaped magnetic core (2) and the bottomed container (3) and a gap between the bottomed container (3) and the conductive lead portion (5) in a range of 5 to 50% in average to a thickness of the doughnut-shaped magnetic core (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadao Saito, Kazumi Sakai, Katsuhiko Yamada
  • Patent number: 7834732
    Abstract: An ignition coil, in particular for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, has an inner magnet core which is concentrically enclosed by a primary coil and a secondary coil. The inner magnet coil is made up of sheet-metal strips stacked on top of each other, the sheet-metal strips forming a substantially rectangular or square cross-section surface of the inner magnet core. At least the lower and the upper sheet-metal strips, delimiting the inner magnet core, have, at least in partial areas, a reduced width viewed in the longitudinal direction compared to the other sheet-metal strips of the inner magnet core. This makes a primary bobbin and a secondary bobbin having an enlarged corner radius and a more uniform winding density of the primary coil and the secondary coil possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Werner Steinberger
  • Patent number: 7825762
    Abstract: A case 12 of a transformer 10 formed in such a manner that a transformer body 13 is accommodated in the case 12 having a rectangular-parallelepiped shape and a resin 14 is filled therein and solidified is configured such that the case 12 has one open face, and side faces 22a, 22b, 22c and 22d located at borders of the opening is partially removed, and tape is attached to cover the removed portions 23a, 23b, 23c and 23d. With this configuration, since the tape which is sufficiently thinner than the case forms side faces at the removed portions, gap between the transformer body and the case hard to be reduced. Accordingly, the resin is allowed to easily enter therein and air bubbles can be completely removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Tamura Corporation
    Inventor: Nobuaki Arai
  • Patent number: 7796004
    Abstract: An ignition coil of a dual ignition type that can prevent outputs from becoming unbalanced due to a difference in floating capacitance on wiring that connects secondary output terminals and ignition plugs together, thus realizing balanced outputs. A coil assembly housed in a housing as a coil case has a primary coil and secondary coils disposed concentrically with the primary coil. The secondary coils are comprised of two coils wound in opposite directions with the center of winding width being a boundary. The center of the winding width of the primary coil is shifted from the center of the winding width of the secondary coils by a predetermined width so as to balance outputs from the two secondary coils. A casting material is filled into a gap between the housing and the coil assembly and gaps which the coil assembly has.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignees: Toyo Denso Kabushiki Kaisha, Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi Matsubayashi, Ikuo Hirayama, Masami Kojima, Takashi Tauchi
  • Patent number: 7786832
    Abstract: An inductor (100) includes a magnetic core (30) and an insulative housing (10). The magnetic core has a wire wound (40) around a central portion (33) thereof, a projecting portion (31) formed on a lower end thereof and a stepped-portion (321) extending downwardly from the projecting portion. The insulative housing encloses the stepped-portion and the projecting portion of magnetic core to thereby integrate the insulative housing and the magnetic core together by insert molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chih-Min Lin
  • Publication number: 20100201472
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a transformer and a method of manufacturing the same, wherein at least a portion of a core is disposed inside a shield case formed from a polymeric resin composition containing conductive particles. An encasement comprising a dielectric resin encapsulates the shield case. An electrical conductor is electrically connected to the shield case and is accessible from the exterior of the encasement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Hoan D. Le, Steve A. Shaw, Stephen Clifford
  • Patent number: 7752736
    Abstract: A method of providing axially alternating N and S poles in a portion of an axially extending, cylindrical, smooth shaft for a linear stepper motor and a method of manufacturing a magnetizing fixture are provided. A magnetizing fixture is provided including a hollow cylindrical mandrel formed from a non-magnetic material, a single conductive wire serially disposed in parallel, circumferential channels defined in an outer surface of the mandrel, and a central bore defined axially and centrally through the mandrel. The portion of the shaft is inserted in the central bore and a direct current is provided through the wire to magnetize alternating N and S poles along the cylindrical shaft. The wire may be placed in the parallel, circumferential channels such that the direction of flow of a direct current in one channel is in the opposite direction of the flow in the adjacent channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Tritex Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Pulford, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7746206
    Abstract: An inverter power module for use in an electric/electronic device includes a driving circuit board, a power transformer mounted on the driving circuit board, an inverter transformer mounted on the driving circuit board, and a blocking unit to block a magnetic flux that is generated from the inverter transformer from being emitted to the outside. With this, the magnetic flux that is generated from the inverter transformer is blocked from being emitted to the outside, thereby allowing an EMI noise, a heating problem, a noise of the system circuit, etc. to be minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheol-jin Park
  • Patent number: 7710231
    Abstract: An ignition coil includes a coil body, a plug connection portion protruding from the coil body, and a connector for electrically connecting the ignition coil to an outside. In the coil body, a primary coil is arranged on an inner peripheral side of a secondary coil, and a center core is arranged on an inner peripheral side of the primary coil. The secondary coil includes a secondary electric wire having thereon an insulating film, wound around an outer periphery of a resinous secondary spool. Furthermore, the connector is formed integrally with an end of the secondary spool in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Katsunori Akimoto
  • Publication number: 20100097168
    Abstract: A cladding (cover) element (32) includes a reception unit which is integrated therein. The reception unit contains a receiving coil (10) for the contactless transfer of electric energy and a plurality of flux-conducting elements (15a, 15b; 16a, 16b) that are associated with the receiving coil (10) for concentrating the field strength. The cover element (32) is made of a fiber-reinforced plastic. The flux-conducting elements (15a, 15b; 16a, 16b) and the receiving coil (10) are arranged in a base body (18) that is used to position the elements and coil and are embedded with the base body (18) in the cladding element (32). A process is also provided for producing the cladding element (32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hahn, Qinghua Zheng, Andreas Diekmann
  • Patent number: 7692525
    Abstract: An improved choke assembly for a power electronics device is provided. More specifically, a choke assembly with improved protection from environmental conditions such as dirt and water is provided. An improved choke assembly may include a double layer of protection around an inductor coil of a choke that seals the inductor coil from the outside environment. Another embodiment may include a choke with a projection that seals the cabinet from the cooling channel while allowing the choke leads to pass into the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter John Halpin, Robert Allen Savatski, Paul Thomas Krause
  • Publication number: 20100079228
    Abstract: An improved choke assembly for a power electronics device is provided. More specifically, a choke assembly with improved protection from environmental conditions such as dirt and water is provided. An improved choke assembly may include a double layer of protection around an inductor coil of a choke that seals the inductor coil from the outside environment. Another embodiment may include a choke with a projection that seals the cabinet from the cooling channel while allowing the choke leads to pass into the cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter John Halpin, Robert Allen Savatski, Paul Thomas Krause