Patents Assigned to Epcos AG
  • Method of manufacturing an electrode for a surge arrester, electrode and surge arrester
    Patent number: 10236094
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing of an electrode of a surge arrester, an electrode and a surge arrester are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes positioning an electrode body in an electrochemical cell with and an electrolyte solution for a nickel deposition. The electrolyte solution includes at least one or more of magnesium sulphate, sodium sulphate and sodium chloride and electrolytically coating the electrode body with a coating to form the electrode for the surge arrester. The coating has nickel and the electrolyte solution is configured such that a surface of the coating includes a reduced wettability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Jiaping Hong, Yu Zhang, Zhipeng Fang, Wolfgang Däumer, Frank Werner
  • Electronic component and use thereof
    Patent number: 10225965
    Abstract: What is specified is an electronic component (100) comprising a functional body (1) provided with a reflection structure (2) wherein the reflection structure (2) is arranged and designed to reflect radiation that impinges on the electronic component (100) from outside away from the functional body (1) and wherein the electronic component (100) is radiation-passive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Oliver Dernovsek, Thomas Feichtinger
  • Ceramic material and capacitor comprising the ceramic material
    Patent number: 10217566
    Abstract: A ceramic material for capacitors using multilayer technology of formula (I): Pb(1?1.5a)AaBb(Zr1?xTix)(1?c?d?e?f)CeSicO3+y·PBO wherein A is selected from the group consisting of La, Nd, Y, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er and Yb; C is selected from the group consisting of Ni and Cu; and 0<a<0.12, 0.05?x?0.3, 0?c<0.12, 0.001<e<0.12 and 0?y<1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Günter Engel, Michael Schossmann, Markus Koini, Andrea Testino, Christian Hoffmann
  • Method for producing a multilayer component
    Patent number: 10217927
    Abstract: A method can be used for producing a fully active stack. A stack has the sides A, B, C and D running along the stacking direction. The method includes combining and temporarily making contact with the internal electrodes that make contact with the respective side on one of the sides B or D, such that the internal electrodes that make contact with the respective side can be electrically driven selectively. The electrically driven internal electrodes are electrochemically coated on the sides A and C. The stack is singulated to form a fully active stack with the electrochemically coated internal electrodes on the sides A? and C?. A method for producing a multilayer component comprising the fully active stack and a fully active multilayer component producible according to the method are furthermore proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Dieter Somitsch, Franz Rinner
  • Surge protection element
    Patent number: 10211603
    Abstract: The invention specifies a surge protection element (100) comprising a first electrode (1), a second electrode (2) and a gas discharge chamber (10). The gas discharge chamber (10) is arranged between the first electrode (1) and the second electrode (2), wherein the surge protection element (100) comprises an intermediate electrode structure (3), which is arranged in the gas discharge chamber (10) and is electrically isolated from the first electrode and the second electrode (1, 2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Eduard Dorsch, Frank Werner, Peter Bobert, Thomas Westebbe
  • Electronic component and method for the production thereof
    Patent number: 10204722
    Abstract: An electronic component and a method for producing an electrical component are disclosed. In an embodiment, the electronic component includes a functional body having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the second surface faces away from the first surface, and a contact electrically linked to the first surface, the contact having an edge region and a central region, wherein the functional body has a first electrical resistance between the first surface and the second surface in a first functional body portion, which overlaps the edge region of the contact as viewed in a plan view of the electronic component, that is greater than a second electrical resistance between the first surface and the second surface in a second functional body portion, which overlaps the central region of the contact as viewed in a plan view of the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Franz Rinner, Yongli Wang
  • Spark gap arrangement
    Patent number: 10186843
    Abstract: A spark gap arrangement is disclosed. In an embodiment the spark gap arrangement includes a hollow body including an insulating material, the hollow body encompassing the main axis of the spark gap and two electrodes arranged on face-side regions of the hollow body so that a discharge space is defined in an interior of a chamber of the hollow body, wherein an inner wall of the hollow body comprises a depression so that the chamber projects radially outwardly over the inner wall of the hollow body on at least one face side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Däumer, Frank Werner
  • Method for Frequency Control of a Piezoelectric Transformer and Circuit Arrangement Comprising a Piezoelectric Transformer
    Publication number: 20190008027
    Abstract: A method for frequency control of a piezoelectric transformer and a circuit arrangement including a piezoelectric transformer are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes exciting a piezoelectric transformer on an input side with an AC voltage of predetermined frequency as input voltage, capturing a phase information for an input impedance of the piezoelectric transformer in a feedback path, evaluating the captured phase information in respect of a predetermined phase criterion, and regulating the frequency of the AC voltage on a basis of the evaluated phase information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Michael WEILGUNI, Markus PUFF
  • Piezoelectric transformer and counter electrode
    Patent number: 10164165
    Abstract: What is specified is a piezoelectric transformer (10) having a surface structure which has at least one protruding surface structure segment (5), wherein the piezoelectric transformer has a contour (3) and is suitable for discharging a gas in conjunction with a counter electrode (10) for generating a plasma, wherein the surface structure is configured such that the gas discharge takes place at a multiplicity of discharge initiation points (6) on the contour (3). A width of the surface structure segment (5) is smaller than the width of the piezoelectric transformer (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Peter Kraxner, Markus Puff
  • Method for producing an electric component and electric component
    Patent number: 10164167
    Abstract: A method for producing an electric component (19) is specified, wherein in a step A) a body (1) having at least one cavity (7, 8) is provided. In a step B), the cavity (7, 8) is at least partly filled with a liquid insulation material (13) by means of capillary forces. Furthermore, an electric component (19) is specified wherein a cavity (7, 8) is at least partly filled with an insulation material (13). The insulation material (13) is introduced into the cavity (7, 8) by means of capillary forces. Furthermore, an electric component (19) is specified wherein a cavity (7, 8) is at least partly filled with an organic insulation material (13) and wherein the cavity is at least partly covered by a fired external contacting (17, 18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Franz Rinner, Dieter Somitsch
  • Electrical Protection Component Having a Short-Circuit Device
    Publication number: 20180351329
    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: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicants: EPCOS AG, EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Lau Kee Khon, Frank Werner
  • Surge arrester having protection against heating
    Patent number: 10148085
    Abstract: A surge arrester is disclosed. In an embodiment the surge arrester includes a first electrode for applying a first voltage potential to the surge arrester, a second electrode for applying a second voltage potential to the surge arrester, and a short-circuiting link for short-circuiting the first and second electrodes. The surge arrester further includes a retaining element for retaining the short-circuiting link, wherein the retaining element is embodied in such a way that it keeps the short-circuiting link at a distance from the first and second electrodes when a temperature is below a threshold value, and it shifts the short-circuiting link such that the short-circuiting link is pressed against the first and second electrodes and a short-circuit is produced between the first and second electrodes when the temperature exceeds the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Peter Bobert, Peter Heide
  • Computer-implementable method for use with a surge arrester
    Patent number: 10140397
    Abstract: A computer-implementable method for simulating the electrical behavior of a surge arrester comprises providing a model of the surge arrester with a switchable current path between an anode and a cathode of the surge arrester, wherein the current path comprises a controllable voltage source. The current path is switched into the conducting or blocked state depending on a determined value of a voltage rise of an input voltage present between the anode and the cathode and a determined level of a response voltage. A level of the voltage of the controllable voltage source is set depending on a level of a current flowing in the current path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventor: Robert Hoffmann
  • Temperature sensor system and method for producing a temperature sensor system
    Patent number: 10132689
    Abstract: The invention relates to a temperature sensor system comprising a temperature probe element and a first ceramic housing part. The temperature probe element comprises a sensor element and electrical feed lines. The first ceramic housing part comprises a sleeve-shaped lower part with a closed lower end and an open upper end, and an upper part connected to the open upper end. The sensor element is arranged in the sleeve-shaped lower part. The upper part has recesses in which the electrical feed lines are partially arranged and guided. The lower part and the upper part form one piece. Also disclosed is a method for producing a temperature sensor system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Jan Ihle, Oliver Bard, Steffen Mehlig, Wolfgang Grundmann
  • SMD INDUCTOR WITH HIGH PEAK CURRENT CAPACITY AND LOW LOSSES, AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20180323002
    Abstract: An SMD inductor as a component and a method for producing an SMD inductor. The inductor simultaneously has low losses and a high peak current-carrying capacity and also a high mechanical stability. To that end, it includes an inner core piece, an outer core piece and a coil having a wire. The inner core piece includes an alloy. The outer core piece includes ferrite. The wire is wound around the inner core piece, and the inner core piece with the wire is arranged in the outer core piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Dirk Beckmann, Anneliese Drespling, Felipe Jerez
  • Sensor Element and Method for Producing a Sensor Element
    Publication number: 20180306647
    Abstract: A sensor element and a method for producing a sensor element are disclosed. In an embodiment the sensor element is configured to be secured on a printed circuit board by pressure sintering, wherein a structural form of the sensor element is designed such that an exposure to pressure of the sensor element during the pressure sintering is compensated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Jan Ihle, Anke Weidenfelder, Christl Lisa Mead
  • Sensor arrangement, sensor arrangement system and set of sensor arrangement elements
    Patent number: 10107694
    Abstract: A sensor arrangement and a set of sensor arrangement elements are disclosed. In an embodiment the sensor arrangement includes a connector piece having a first connection part; and a sensor element having a second connection part, which is connectable to the first connection part or is connected to the first connection part, wherein the sensor arrangement, in case the connector piece and the sensor element are connected to one another, includes a plug-connection part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Oliver Bard, Wolfgang Grundmann
  • Dielectric composition, dielectric element, electronic component and laminated electronic component
    Patent number: 10099964
    Abstract: A dielectric composition, a dielectric element, an electronic component and a laminated electronic component are disclosed. In various embodiment, the dielectric composition includes a main component represented by (BiaNabSrcLnd)TiO3, wherein Ln is at least one element selected from the group consisting of: La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho and Yb, and wherein a, b, c and d satisfy the following: 0<a<0.50, 0<b<0.50, 0<c?0.80, 0<d?0.20, and 0.90?a+b+c+d?1.05.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventor: Goushi Tauchi
  • Method for producing an electric contact connection of a multilayer component
    Patent number: 10090454
    Abstract: A method for producing an electric contact-connection of a multilayer component is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes providing a main body of the multilayer component having internal electrode layers, applying an electrically conductive material and applying a photosensitive material on the electrically conductive material. The method further includes structuring the electrically conductive material via the photosensitive material such that the internal electrode layers alternatingly are covered and uncovered by the electrically conductive material and applying an insulating material after structuring the electrically conductive material such that the internal electrode layers are alternatingly covered by the electrically conductive material and by the insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Dieter Somitsch, Franz Rinner, Martin Galler, Johann Ramler, Reinhard Gabl, Sebastian Brunner
  • Spark gap arrangement
    Patent number: 10084309
    Abstract: A spark gap arrangement includes a triggerable spark gap and a trigger circuit. The spark gap arrangement also includes a first and a second charge storage device, a voltage limiting component, a trigger diode, a triggerable arresting element, and a transformer. The voltage limiting component and the trigger diode are designed to relay an input pulse in a specified voltage range and charge the first charge storage device. Furthermore, the trigger circuit is designed such that the triggerable arresting element is connected via the first charge storage device dependent on the voltage and discharges the second charge storage device via a primary side of the transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Peter Bobert, Eduard Dorsch, Frank Werner