Patents Assigned to Epcos AG
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Patent number: 10943740Abstract: An electrical connection contact (5) for a ceramic component (2) is specified. The connection contact (5) comprises a first material (M1) and a second material (M2) arranged thereon, wherein the first material (M1) has a high electrical conductivity and the second material (M2) has a low coefficient of thermal expansion.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Epcos AGInventors: Markus Koini, Christoph Auer, Jürgen Konrad, Franz Rinner, Markus Puff, Monika Stadlober, Thomas Wippel
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Patent number: 10923885Abstract: A surge protection component with a main body which has at least one inner electrode arranged between two ceramic layers, wherein the at least one inner electrode is set back from at least one lateral face of the main body, wherein a gas-filled cavity is provided between the at least one inner electrode and the at least one lateral face, and wherein an outer electrode is respectively arranged on two mutually opposite lateral faces of the main body. According to a further aspect, the present invention relates to a method for producing a surge protection component.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2016Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: EPCOS AGInventor: Franz Rinner
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Patent number: 10923269Abstract: An arrangement for compensating disturbance voltages induced in a transformer is disclosed. In an embodiment an arrangement includes a transformer component comprising a transformer winding and an ancillary apparatus, wherein the ancillary apparatus comprises an auxiliary winding, wherein the auxiliary winding is connected in series with the transformer winding, and wherein the ancillary apparatus is arranged and designed such that an interference voltage induced in the transformer component is reduced by a counter-voltage induced in the ancillary apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2016Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: EPCOS AGInventors: Michael Forster, Martin Neudecker
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Patent number: 10908216Abstract: A device for measuring a condition of an electric switch, an electric switch and a method for measuring a condition of an electric switch are disclosed. In an embodiment an apparatus for measuring a state of an electrical switch is configured to tap a voltage at main contacts of the electrical switch.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2017Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: EPCOS AGInventor: Robert Hoffmann
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Patent number: 10908030Abstract: A sensor element and a method for producing a sensor element are disclosed. In an embodiment a sensor element includes a ceramic carrier having a top side and an underside, a respective NTC layer arranged on the top side and on the underside of the carrier and at least one electrode, wherein a resistance of the respective NTC layer depends on a thickness and/or geometry of the respective NTC layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2016Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: EPCOS AGInventors: Jan Ihle, Anke Weidenfelder, Christl Lisa Mead, Gerald Kloiber
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Patent number: 10861624Abstract: A sensor element, a sensor arrangement, and a method for manufacturing a Sensor element are disclosed. In an embodiment, a sensor element includes a ceramic main body and at least one electrode arranged at the main body, wherein the electrode has at least one layer comprising nickel.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2015Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: EPCOS AGInventors: Heinz Strallhofer, Lutz Kirsten, Gerald Kloiber, Danilo Neuber, Jan Ihle
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Patent number: 10856399Abstract: A device for generating an atmospheric-pressure plasma is disclosed. In an embodiment the device includes a piezoelectric transformer comprising an input region and an output region, wherein the input region is designed to convert an applied alternating voltage into a mechanical oscillation, wherein the output region is designed to convert a mechanical oscillation into a voltage, and wherein the output region adjoins the input region in a longitudinal direction, a contact element fastened to the piezoelectric transformer, the contact element being designed to apply the alternating voltage to the input region and a holder, wherein the contact element is connected to the holder by a form-fit connection, in such a manner that a movement of the piezoelectric transformer in the longitudinal direction, relative to the holder, is prevented.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: EPCOS AGInventors: Pavol Kudela, Franz Rinner, Markus Puff
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Patent number: 10854406Abstract: A relay is disclosed. In an embodiment a relay includes a magnet armature including a magnetic core and a permanent magnet secured to the magnet armature for identifying a position of the magnet armature.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2017Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: EPCOS AGInventor: Peter Bobert
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Patent number: 10827599Abstract: The present invention relates to a piezoelectric transformer (1) which is divided in the longitudinal direction (L) into an input region (2) and an output region (3), wherein electrodes (4) and piezoelectric material (5) are alternately stacked in the input region (2) and an alternating voltage can be applied to the electrodes (4) in the input region (2), wherein the output region (3) comprises piezoelectric material (9) which effectuates the build-up of an electrical field when alternating voltage is applied in the input region (2), wherein the piezoelectric transformer (1) has an output-side end face (10) which faces away from the input region (2), and lateral edges (13) which extend in the longitudinal direction (L), and wherein the piezoelectric transformer (1) is designed for ionizing atoms or molecules at the output-side end face (10), thereby avoiding ionization of atoms or molecules at the lateral edges (13).Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2015Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: EPCOS AGInventors: Bernhard Doellgast, Markus Puff, Pavol Kudela, Michael Weilguni
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Patent number: 10818641Abstract: A multi-LED system is disclosed. In an embodiment a multi-LED system includes a ceramic multilayer substrate in which at least two ESD protection structures are integrated, at least two light-emitting diodes arranged on the substrate and at least two capping layers covering one of the light-emitting diodes.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: EPCOS AGInventors: Thomas Feichtinger, Stephan Steinhauser, Günter Pudmich, Edmund Payr, Sebastian Brunner
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Patent number: 10804059Abstract: A microphone having a housing that includes a bottom part and an upper part, and a transducer element arranged in the housing and which is electrically and mechanically connected to the bottom part. For stress-free mounting of the transducer element, a flexible connecting element is proposed, which is pliable and/or compressible, is arranged between the transducer element and the upper part, and connects the transducer element to the upper part. The connecting element includes a plastic, in which gas bubbles are distributed, the gas bubbles having a volume fraction of between 50 and 98% in the connecting element.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2016Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: EPCOS AGInventors: Thomas Westebbe, Frank Werner, Peter Bobert
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Patent number: 10788377Abstract: A sensor element and a method for producing a sensor element are disclosed. In an embodiment a sensor element for temperature measurement includes a ceramic carrier and at least one NTC layer printed on the carrier, wherein the NTC layer covers at least part of a surface of the carrier, and wherein the sensor element is designed for wireless contacting.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2016Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: EPCOS AGInventors: Jan Ihle, Anke Weidenfelder, Christl Lisa Mead, Gerald Kloiber
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Patent number: 10763049Abstract: A capacitor component is disclosed. In an embodiment a capacitor component includes a winding having an oval core hole, which has a maximum diameter and a minimum diameter, wherein the minimum diameter is smaller than the maximum diameter, and wherein the winding is designed such that a deformation of the winding that occurs only locally is producible by a force acting punctiformly on the winding.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2016Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: EPCOS AGInventors: Norbert Will, Fabio Augusto Bueno De Camargo Mello, Igor Peretta, Paulo Faria
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Patent number: 10749316Abstract: A multiple spark-gap arrester is disclosed. In an embodiment the arrester includes a series connection of a plurality of spark gaps between a first potential node and a reference-ground potential node and a trigger circuit having an input and an output, the input being coupled to a second potential node between two adjacent spark gaps of the plurality of spark gaps, and the output being coupled to at least one of the spark gaps between the second potential node and the reference-ground potential node, wherein the trigger circuit is configured, when at least one spark gap between the first potential node and the second potential node is ignited, to supply a trigger signal for the at least one of the spark gaps between the second potential node and the reference-ground potential node.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: EPCOS AGInventors: Peter Bobert, Eduard Dorsch, Frank Werner
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Patent number: 10749491Abstract: The invention specifies an inductive component for a busbar. The inductive component has two air gaps which are arranged on opposite sides of the component, wherein the air gaps are at a distance from one another in a vertical direction of the component.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: EPCOS AGInventors: Jorn Schliewe, Stefan Schefler
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Patent number: 10727008Abstract: A contact device for an electrical switch, and an electrical switch are disclosed. In an embodiment the contact device includes a first connection element, a second connection element, a movable contact bridge, at least two magnets configured to quench arcs which arise during a switching of the electrical switch, wherein the magnets are configured to generate a magnetic field in a first region which comprises at least one first contact region and one second contact region, in which, when the electrical switch is in a closed switching position, the first connection element and the second connection element are in contact with the contact bridge and at least one deflection element configured to distort the magnetic field such that a first arc when formed between the first connection element and the contact bridge, and a second arc when formed between the second connection element and the contact bridge, are forced into different directions, pointing away from each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2016Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: EPCOS AGInventors: Robert Hoffmann, Thomas Westebbe
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Patent number: 10692639Abstract: An inductive component and a method for producing an inductive component are disclosed. In an embodiment, the inductive component includes a first core part having wound first and second wires and a second core part arranged on the first core part. In various embodiments the inductive component has a low mode conversion, a low inductance in differential-mode operation, a high inductance for common-mode signals, a constant characteristic impedance, a low capacitive coupling of the wires, and/or a low leakage inductance.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2015Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: EPCOS AGInventors: Felipe Jerez, Stephan Bühlmaier, Anneliese Drespling, Jörn Schliewe, Stefan Schefler, Joachim Nassal
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Patent number: 10686120Abstract: A method can be used for producing ceramic multilayer components. The method includes providing green layers for the ceramic multilayer components, stacking the green layers into a stack, and subsequently compressing the stack to form a block. Furthermore, the method includes isolating the block into partial blocks that each have a longitudinal direction, thermally treating the partial blocks, subsequently mechanically machining surfaces of the partial blocks, and providing the partial blocks with outer electrodes and isolating the partial blocks in each case transversely to the longitudinal direction into individual ceramic multilayer components.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2014Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: EPCOS AGInventors: Marion Ottlinger, Robert Krumphals, Alexander Glazunov
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Patent number: 10686121Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing piezoelectric multi-layered components (2), which comprises the following steps: applying an electrode material (5) to green sheets (3) containing a piezoelectric material, applying a layer of a first auxiliary material (9) to at least one green sheet (3) containing the piezoelectric material, forming a stack (1), in which the green sheets (3), to which electrode material (5) is applied, are arranged one on top of another, wherein at least one ply of the green sheet (3), to which the layer of the first auxiliary material (9) is applied, is arranged in the stack (1), sintering the stack (1), wherein the layer of the first auxiliary material (9) is thinned, and firing the stack (1), wherein the stack (1) is singulated along the at least one ply into at least two multi-layered components (2).Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2016Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: EPCOS AGInventors: Marion Ottlinger, Peter Windisch
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Patent number: 10670548Abstract: A sensor module has a first sensor element and a second sensor element. The first sensor element and the second sensor element are accommodated in a common housing of the sensor module. The sensor module includes a conductor structure that comprises an electrode structure and a separate connection structure. The connection structure is connected in an electrically conductive manner to the first sensor element and the electrode structure is allocated to the second sensor element.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2014Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: EPCOS AGInventors: Bernhard Ostrick, Peter Balzer