Patents Assigned to Epcos AG
  • Patent number: 11476407
    Abstract: A piezoelectric transformer and a method for producing a piezoelectric transformer are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes manufacturing a main body having an input region having electrodes and a first piezoelectric material being alternately stacked one on top of the other. An output region includes a second piezoelectric material. The first piezoelectric material is polarized and a removable contact is fitted to an output-side end side of the main body, which end side faces away from the input region. A first electrical potential is applied to the removable contact for polarizing the second piezoelectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Döllgast, Markus Puff, Pavol Kudela, Michael Weilguni
  • Patent number: 11362259
    Abstract: A control circuit and a method for controlling a piezoelectric transformer are disclosed. In an embodiment the control circuit includes an inductor and a control unit, wherein the control circuit is configured to apply a voltage with a periodic waveform to a piezoelectric transformer, wherein a period duration of the voltage is specified by a control frequency and adjust the control frequency of the applied voltage as a function of an average current intensity of a current flowing through the inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventor: Michael Weilguni
  • Patent number: 11346726
    Abstract: A sensor element, a sensor arrangement, and a method for manufacturing a sensor element and a sensor arrangement are disclosed. In an embodiment, a sensor element includes a ceramic main body having at least one electrode arranged at the main body and having at least one contact piece for the electrical contacting of the electrode, wherein the contact piece is fastened to the electrode by welding or bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Heinz Strallhofer, Gerald Kloiber, Thomas Stendel, Jan Ihle
  • Patent number: 11342126
    Abstract: An electrical component having partial bodies, a base on which the partial bodies are arranged, and at least one connection contact for electrically connecting the partial bodies to a carrier. A method for producing an electrical component having one or more partial bodies is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Epcos AG
    Inventors: Markus Koini, Jürgen Konrad, Franz Rinner, Markus Puff, Monika Stadlober, Georg Kügerl, Thomas Wippel
  • Patent number: 11289244
    Abstract: An electronic component is disclosed. In an embodiment, an electronic component includes at least one NTC element and at least two electrically conductive contact elements, wherein the NTC element is electrically conductively connected to a respective contact element via a connection material, and wherein a coefficient of thermal expansion of the contact elements is adapted to a coefficient thermal expansion of the NTC element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Volker Wischnat, Alfred Hofrichter, Franz Rinner
  • Patent number: 11258348
    Abstract: A filter component such as an EMC filter and a method for using an filter component are disclosed. In an embodiment, a filter component includes a resonant circuit having an inductance and at least one capacitor that is connected in series with the inductance, wherein the resonant circuit is designed and arranged for attenuating harmonics in a longwave band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventor: Fabian Beck
  • Patent number: 11251358
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a holder (5) for a piezoelectric component (1), having a clamping device (6) and two contact elements (8) which contain a conductive rubber material, wherein the clamping device (6) is designed to clamp the piezoelectric component (1) between the contact elements (8) in a closed state, and wherein the contact elements (8) are in electrical contact with the piezoelectric component (1) in the closed state of the clamping device (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Doellgast, Markus Puff, Pavol Kudela
  • Patent number: 11239010
    Abstract: A mechanically stable main body having a cutout, into which an ESD protection element is at least partly embedded and mechanically fixed by means of a connection means. Electrical terminals of the protection element are connected to terminal pads on the top side of the main body by way of a structured metallic layer bearing on main body and protection element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Epcos AG
    Inventors: Christian Faistauer, Klaus-Dieter Aichholzer, Sebastian Brunner, Edmund Payr, Günter Pudmich
  • Patent number: 11239406
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a component (1) for generating active haptic feedback, comprising a main body (2) having first and second internal electrodes (3, 4) stacked one above another in a stacking direction (S), wherein a respective piezoelectric layer (9) is arranged between the internal electrodes (3, 4), wherein the component (1) is configured to identify a force exerted on the component (1), wherein the component (1) is configured to generate active haptic feedback if a force exerted on the component (1) is identified, and wherein the haptic feedback is generated by virtue of an electrical voltage being applied between the first and second internal electrodes (3, 4), said electrical voltage resulting in a change in length of the main body (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventor: Franz Rinner
  • Patent number: 11227989
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piezoelectric transformer having a piezoelectric element (1) of the length L, wherein an input voltage Uin can be applied on an input side (2) for being transformed into an output voltage Uout on the output side (3) according to a transformation ratio Uout/Uin=Ku. The piezoelectric element (1) comprises multiple plies (4a, 4b, 4c) of inner electrodes, which are arranged in multiple different layers (S1, S2, S3). Each ply (4a, 4b, 4c) of inner electrodes extends along at least one predetermined sub-section of a predetermined length, wherein sub-sections of plies (4a, 4c) of a first group of layers (S1, S3) and sub-sections of plies (4b) of a second group of layers (S2) have different dimensions, so that the piezoelectric transformer satisfies the following condition: Cin?N2Cout, wherein Cin indicates the input capacitance, Cout indicates the output capacitance, and N indicates the transformation ratio of the ideal transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Michael Weilguni, Franz Rinner
  • Patent number: 11212947
    Abstract: A module having a power semiconductor device and a ceramic capacitor which is configured for cooling the power semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Markus Koini, Jürgen Konrad, Georg Kügerl
  • Patent number: 11189404
    Abstract: An NTC ceramic part, an electronic component for inrush current limiting, and a method for manufacturing an electronic component are disclosed. In an embodiment, an NTC ceramic part for use in an electronic component for inrush current limiting is disclosed, wherein the NTC ceramic part has an electrical resistance in the m? range at a temperature of 25° C. and/or at room temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Hermann Grünbichler, Manfred Schweinzger, Franz Rinner
  • Patent number: 11128107
    Abstract: An electrical protection component having a short-circuit device is disclosed. In an embodiment an electrical protection component includes a short-circuiting device including a surge arrester including electrodes and a thermal short-circuiting device including a clip, a first section of which is snapped onto the surge arrester and a second section of which comprises a short-circuiting link, wherein the short-circuiting link of the clip is spaced apart from at least one of the electrodes by a fusible element, wherein the short-circuiting link electrically conductively connects two of the electrodes to one another when the fusible element melts, and wherein the fusible element has a melting point of at least 300 degrees Celsius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Lau Kee Khon, Frank Werner
  • Patent number: 11104114
    Abstract: A multi-layered structural element and a method for producing a multi-layered structural element are disclosed. In an embodiment dielectric green sheets, at least one ply containing an auxiliary material which contains at least one copper oxide and layers containing electrode material are provided and arranged alternately one above another. These materials are debindered and sintered. The copper oxide is reduced to form the copper metal and the at least one ply is degraded during debindering and sintering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Marion Ottlinger, Marlene Fritz
  • Patent number: 11101426
    Abstract: A piezoelectric transformer is disclosed In an embodiment a piezoelectric transformer includes a cylindrical base body with an input region and an output region, wherein a cylinder axis of the base body extends in a longitudinal direction, wherein the input region is configured to convert an AC voltage into a mechanical vibration, wherein the output region is configured to convert a mechanical vibration into an electrical voltage, wherein the output region includes a single piezoelectric layer polarized in the longitudinal direction, wherein, in the input region, a first piezoelectric layer, on which a first internal electrode is arranged, and a second piezoelectric layer, on which a second internal electrode is arranged, are wound onto one another, and wherein the first piezoelectric layer and the second piezoelectric layer are polarized in a radial direction which is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Döllgast, Franz Rinner, Pavol Kudela
  • Patent number: 11094450
    Abstract: A core component is disclosed. In an embodiment, the core component includes at least one edge that has a transition, wherein the transition is asymmetrical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Anneliese Drespling, Dirk Beckmann
  • Patent number: 11076474
    Abstract: In an embodiment an apparatus for generating ozone includes a piezoelectric transformer having an input area and an output area, wherein the input area is configured to convert an applied AC voltage into a mechanical vibration, and wherein the output area is configured to convert the mechanical vibration into an electrical voltage so that the ozone is generated by the electrical voltage of the output area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Michael Weilguni, Markus Puff, Pavol Kudela
  • Patent number: 11011890
    Abstract: An arrester comprising a plurality of layers arranged one above another and comprising a cavity is specified, wherein the cavity extends through at least two of the layers and wherein electrodes adjoining the cavity are arranged between said two layers. Furthermore, a method for manufacturing an arrester is specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventor: Bernhard Dollgast
  • Patent number: 10978242
    Abstract: An inductive component is disclosed. In an embodiment, the inductive component includes at least one electrical conductor, a coil former with a hollow-shaped winding former, for being wound with the at least one electrical conductor, and a magnetic core, which is arranged in a cavity of the winding former. The at least one electrical conductor is surrounded by a potting material. The potting material has no directly adherent contact with the magnetic core so that the magnetic core is decoupled from the potting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Matthias Jung, Guenter Feist
  • Patent number: 10944243
    Abstract: An arrester and a method for producing an arrester are disclosed. In an embodiment the method includes providing at least three green layers, wherein each layer includes at least one green sheet, introducing at least one hole into a first layer and applying an electrically conductive material for forming inner electrodes to a second layer and a third layer. The method further includes laminating the layers to form a green stack, wherein the first layer is arranged between the second layer and the third layer, separating the green stack into individual components and compacting the individual components, wherein laminating the layers and compacting the individual components are effected in a single temperature process by co-firing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Döllgast, Georg Kügerl, Markus Puff, Robert Hoffmann, Frank Werner