Patents Examined by Joselito Baisa
  • Patent number: 8536971
    Abstract: A magnetic component includes a magnetic component core. The magnetic component core includes a first plate, a second plate, a secondary core post connected between the first plate and the second plate, and a plurality of primary core posts disposed between the first plate and the second plate. Each of the plurality of primary core posts including a first section connected to the first plate and a second section connected to the second plate. The first and second section of each of the plurality of primary core posts is separated by a gap. A secondary winding is formed about the secondary core post. Primary windings are formed about each of the plurality of primary core posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Inventors: Saher Waseem, Sana Waseem, Waseem Ahmed Roshen
  • Patent number: 8525631
    Abstract: An underwater power connection system (10) has at least two separable magnetic cores (40, 50) which are operable when coupled together to form a magnetic circuit, where the at least two cores (40, 50) are provided with respective one or more windings, and said cores (40, 50) include a transverse magnetic member arrangement (60, 80) supporting magnetic limbs (70, 90), where the limbs (70, 90) are elongate and are adapted to intermesh with their lateral sides mutually abutting for providing the magnetic circuit when the system (10) is in its assembled state (210), and where the limbs (70,90) are of tapered form towards their distal ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventor: Georg Balog
  • Patent number: 8508324
    Abstract: A magnetic core includes a first core and a second core made of a material whose magnetic permeability is smaller than that of the first core and having an end. The end of the second core is in contact with the first core so that the first core and the second core cooperate to form a closed magnetic circuit. The area of contact between the end of the second core and the first core is larger than the area of the cross-section of the end as taken perpendicularly to the extending direction of the end of the second core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventor: Sergey Moiseev
  • Patent number: 8502633
    Abstract: There are is a planar transformer and a method of manufacturing the same that can prevent resin being coated from being separated from a conductor during the manufacturing of a transformer by forming a dummy pattern on a board. A planar transformer according to an aspect of the invention may include: a core part having a pair of cores electromagnetically coupled to each other; a board part having a plurality of boards disposed between the pair of cores and stacked upon one another; a pattern part having a power transmission pattern provided on at least one board of the plurality of boards of the board part and transmitting power being input, and a dummy pattern provided on the same board having the power transmission pattern thereon and separated from the power transmission pattern by a predetermined interval; and a resin part being coated over the at least one board of the plurality of boards, the at least one board having the pattern part thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Geun Young Park, Sang Joon Seo, Jin An Jung, Kwang Seung Cho, Deuk Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 8502632
    Abstract: A transformer in this invention comprises substrates constructing a primary winding, substrates constructing the secondary winding, and a core member disposed around the substrates. The substrates defining the primary winding are provided with insertion holes for passing a middle leg portion of the core member, and patterned conductors having one turn. The transformer further comprises an interlayer connection member. The interlayer connection member is located inwardly of the patterned conductors of the substrates defining the primary winding. The interlayer connection member is located on the same side of the patterned conductors defining the primary winding. The interlayer connection member is configured to establish the electrical connection of the patterned conductors defining the primary winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Suganuma, Tomoyuki Nakano, Toshiaki Nakamura, Toshifumi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8493168
    Abstract: An asymmetric differential inductor includes first and second conductive wirings spirally disposed on a substrate having a first input terminal, a second input terminal, a ground terminal, and a central conductive wiring. The central conductive wiring has a central contact connecting the ground terminal and a central end away from the ground terminal. The first conductive wiring extends across the central conductive wiring and has a first contact connecting the first input terminal and a first end connecting the central end. The second conductive wiring extends across the central conductive wiring and interlaces with the first conductive wiring and has a second contact connecting the second input terminal and a second end connecting the central end. Corresponding portions of wiring sections of the first and second conductive wirings at opposite sides of the central conductive wiring are asymmetrical to one another to thereby save substrate space and facilitate circuit layout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Fan Tsai, Kuan-Yu Chen, Bo-Shiang Fang, Hsin-Hung Lee
  • Patent number: 8487733
    Abstract: A composite magnetic core assembly includes an inner magnetic core and an outer magnetic core. The inner magnetic core is made of a high saturation flux density and low permeability material. The outer magnetic core is made of a low saturation flux density and high permeability material. The outer magnetic core includes a ring-shaped wall and a receptacle. The inner magnetic core is accommodated within the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jiang Chu, Wei Chen, I-Chi Cheng, Yi-Fan Wu, Zhi Huang
  • Patent number: 8477005
    Abstract: A transformer capable of maintaining its height is provided. The transformer is formed on a circuit board having a receiving hole. The transformer comprises a winding module, two magnetic core modules contacting and holding the winding module, a plurality of pins and at least one supporting means. The winding module comprises a winding baseboard and a winding pillar where a winding structure is formed thereon. The winding pillar is received in the receiving hole. Each of the pins comprises a first bent part separating the corresponding pin into a first portion connected to the winding baseboard and a second portion connected to the circuit board around the receiving hole. The supporting means is formed between the first portion of at least one of the pins and the circuit board to contact the first portion and the circuit board to maintain the distance between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yi Tseng, Ching-Hsiang Tien, Yi-Lin Chen, Hsin-Wei Tsai, Chun-Song Ming
  • Patent number: 8471664
    Abstract: A transformer without coil racks includes a winding set, multiple conductive plates and an insulation mounting sheet. The winding set includes a coil portion and a magnetic core set running through the coil portion. The magnetic core set includes at least one inner magnetic core portion and at least two outer magnetic core portions that are spaced from each other by a gap. Each conductive plate includes a connecting section and two extended arms connected to two ends of the connecting section and running through the gap. The insulation mounting sheet includes multiple retaining slots corresponding to the gap to allow the extended arms to pass through and multiple retaining portions each being formed between two neighboring retaining slots to prevent the extended arms from contacting each other. The conductive plates run through the retaining slots and are confined by the retaining portions from moving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Zippy Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Yung-Hsin Huang, Tzung-Han Lee, Yun-Chen Chen
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8456264
    Abstract: In a stationary induction apparatus, an inter-partial-coil insulating plate and a plurality of inter-partial-coil spacer insulators form a refrigerant flow path in conjunction with each other. A space having an inter-partial-coil insulation dimension for withstanding an abnormal voltage is formed between a pair of partial coils. The inter-partial-coil insulating plate and the inter-partial-coil spacer insulators support both the pair of partial coils at an insulated state so as to maintain the inter-partial-coil insulation dimension. The insulators are arranged so as to be overlapped with each other in the direction in which mutually adjacent partial coils are opposed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Soichiro Kainaga, Takao Tsurimoto, Takahiko Ishikura, Hirotaka Muto, Hiroki Otera, Tetsuya Matsuda, Koji Kise, Noboru Hosokawa, Kiyoyuki Ishikawa, Koji Shinya, Ryuichi Nishiura
  • Patent number: 8456267
    Abstract: A composite transmission line transformer includes at least one core, a first port, a second port, and one or more pairs of transmission lines wound about the core(s). Each transmission line is in signal communication with the first port and the second port. For each pair, the transmission lines are interconnected in series at the first port and at the second port such that the first port and the second port are DC-isolated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael J. Schoessow
  • Patent number: 8446244
    Abstract: An integrated magnetic element includes a conductive base, a bobbin, a winding coil, a first magnetic core assembly and a second magnetic core assembly. The conductive base includes a first conductive unit including a plurality of first conductive winding parts, a second conductive unit including at least one second conductive winding part, and a connecting part. The bobbin includes a bobbin body, a winding section, a channel and a plurality of insertion slots. The first conductive winding parts are inserted into corresponding insertion slots of the bobbin. The first magnetic core assembly is sheathed around the bobbin and partially embedded into the channel of the bobbin and the first holes of the first conductive winding parts. The second magnetic core assembly is sheathed around the second conductive unit of the conductive base and partially embedded into the second hole of the second conductive winding part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liangtang Kuang, Yani Zhang
  • Patent number: 8446243
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention relates to an apparatus including a magnetic device and a related method. A multilayer substrate is constructed with a winding formed in a metallic layer, an electrically insulating layer above the metallic layer, and a via formed in the electrically insulating layer to couple the winding to a circuit element positioned on the multilayer substrate. A depression is formed in the multilayer substrate, and a polymer solution, preferably an epoxy, containing a ferromagnetic component such as nanocrystaline nickel zinc ferrite is deposited within a mold positioned on a surface of the multilayer substrate above the winding and in the depression. An integrated circuit electrically coupled to the winding may be located on the multilayer substrate. The multilayer substrate may be a semiconductor substrate or a printed wiring board, and the circuit element may be an integrated circuit formed on the multilayer substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Strzalkowski, Marco Seibt, Ulrich Schwarzer
  • Patent number: 8436711
    Abstract: An ignition transformer (80) for generating an ignition voltage for a high-pressure gas discharge lamp (5) which has a high-pressure gas discharge lamp burner (50), comprising a ferrite core (81) and at least one primary winding (86) and at least one secondary winding (87), the at least one secondary winding (87) being formed from an insulated metal strip that is disposed on the ferrite core (81) in such a way that the end of the at least one secondary winding (87) that carries the high-voltage is disposed on the inside, wherein the ferrite core has the form of a film reel, and the secondary winding (87) is wound onto the ferrite core like a film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Manfred Röhl, Bernhard Siessegger
  • Patent number: 8436706
    Abstract: A pumped loop cooling system is provided to cool a hollow winding of a transformer utilizing a two phase vaporizable dielectric refrigerant. A liquid refrigerant pump circulates the refrigerant into a transformer and through a copper tube winding of the transformer where the refrigerant at least partially vaporizes in removing heat from the transformer. The refrigerant is then circulated to a condenser and then back to the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Abhijit Ashok Sathe, David Scott Gill, Robert Dale Thompson
  • Patent number: 8432244
    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: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    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
  • Patent number: 8427272
    Abstract: An amorphous alloy-based magnetic core with reduced audible noise and a method of making the amorphous alloy-based magnetic core emanating low audible noise, including: placing the core with multiple layers of high strength tape on the core legs, wherein the tapes have a high tensile strength, high dielectric strength and high service temperature, resulting in reduced level of audible noise. When operated under optimum condition, the reduced level of audible noise is 6-10 dB less when compared with a same-size core that has been coated with resin instead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Metglas, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Robert Columbus, Robert Brown, Kengo Takahashi, Ryusuke Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 8421572
    Abstract: A bobbin used in a transformer is disclosed. The bobbin includes a main body, two side walls, two wire collecting bases and at least one extension wire collecting base. The main body has a tunnel. The two side walls are disposed on the two ends of the main body, respectively. The tunnel passes through the two ends of the main body and the two side walls. The two wire collecting bases are disposed on the two side walls respectively or on one of the two side walls. Each wire collecting base has at least one wire collecting part. The extension wire collecting base has at least one extension wire collecting part. The extension wire collecting base can couple with the wire collecting base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: I-Chi Cheng, Yi-Fan Wu, Cheng-Yi Lo, Ming-Cheng Lee, Kuo-Jung Lin
  • Patent number: 8421578
    Abstract: A magnetic device includes two symmetric magnetic cores, each of which includes a base, a first protruding portion and second protruding portions. The first protruding portion and the second protruding portions are formed on the base separately along two edges of the base. The two symmetric magnetic cores are assembled such that a gap is formed between the first protruding portion of one of the two symmetric magnetic cores and the first protruding portion of the other one of the two symmetric magnetic cores. A method for generating inductance is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhi Huang, Jiang Chu, Zeng Li