Patents Examined by Malcolm Barnes
  • Patent number: 12731722
    Abstract: A coil component includes a body including a first surface and a second surface disposed to oppose each other in a first direction, a first coil unit disposed in the body, and including a support member and a coil pattern disposed on at least one surface of the support member, a second coil unit disposed in the body, and including a wire-wound type coil; and a plurality of external electrodes connected to the first and second coil units, wherein a core axis of the first coil unit is not parallel to a core axis of the second coil unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chan Yoon, Dong Hwan Lee, Dong Jin Lee, Boum Seock Kim
  • Patent number: 12731715
    Abstract: A transformer includes a core group and a winding group. Each of a plurality of winding layers penetrates through a plurality of closed magnetic circuits formed by a plurality of cores. When viewed from the top, the cores are disposed with spacing along conductor wires through which current of the winding layers flows, and the winding layers are disposed side by side from the inside to the outside with spacing along a direction intersecting the direction of current. With this configuration, a coil device with good heat dissipation performance, compact size, high efficiency, and low costs can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Nunome Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Kumagai, Kazuaki Fukui, Yoshiaki Yamamoto, Kazufumi Tanaka, Kenji Asai, Kazuya Ohashi, Koji Ishihara
  • Patent number: 12725730
    Abstract: An electronic component includes an insulator portion in which insulating layers are laminated; inner conductors each having a strip shape and embedded in the insulator portion; and first and second external electrodes which face an outer surface of the insulator portion and are electrically connected to the inner conductors. Also, from 3 to 5 of the inner conductors are provided and the inner conductors being laminated with the insulating layers interposed therebetween, a total sectional area of the inner conductors is from 0.1 mm2 to 0.5 mm2, and when a thickness and a width of the inner conductor are designated as t1 and w4, respectively, a distance between the inner conductors is designated as t2, t1/w4 is designated as x, and t2/t1 is designated as y. When the number of the inner conductors is 3, (x,y) is a region surrounded by A(0.051,1.0), B(0.051,5.9), C(0.2,5.9), D(0.2,4.4), and E(0.1,1.4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Maasa Nakano
  • Patent number: 12725729
    Abstract: A coil component includes a body including first to sixth surfaces, a first coil portion disposed in the body, and including a first winding portion and first and second extension portions, a second coil portion disposed in the body, and including a second winding portion, and third and fourth extension portions, first and second external electrodes disposed on the body and respectively connected to the first and second extension portions, and third and fourth external electrodes disposed on the body and respectively connected to the third and fourth extension portions. The first and third extension portions include first and third lead-out portions extending from the first surface, respectively, and the second and fourth extension portions include second and fourth lead-out portions extending from the second surface, respectively. The first and second lead-out portions are shifted from each other, and the third and fourth lead-out portions are shifted from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chan Yoon, Dong Hwan Lee, Dong Jin Lee, Boum Seock Kim
  • Patent number: 12718980
    Abstract: A coil component includes a body having first to fourth side surfaces, a coil disposed in the body, and an insulating member disposed on at least one of the first to fourth side surfaces of the body and including first to third insulating layers. The insulating member may include first and second insulating members respectively disposed on the third and fourth side surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Ji Kim, Jin Ho Ku, Min Jeong Kim
  • Patent number: 12718981
    Abstract: This application provides an isolation transformer. The isolation transformer is applicable to a power converter, the power converter further includes a first power conversion circuit and a second power conversion circuit, the isolation transformer includes a high-voltage winding, a low-voltage winding, and a solid insulation housing. The high-voltage winding has a solid insulation layer and the solid insulation housing has an opening surface, the opening surface faces the second power conversion circuit, the solid insulation housing covers the low-voltage winding and the high-voltage winding that has the solid insulation layer, a conducting layer or a semi-conducting layer is disposed on the solid insulation housing, and the conducting layer or the semi-conducting layer of the solid insulation housing is grounded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Peng Shuai, Xiaoqing Hu, Zhuyong Huang
  • Patent number: 12712112
    Abstract: A laminated coil component including a body in which insulating layers are laminated in a laminating direction; a coil in the body; and an outer electrode on a surface of the body and electrically connected to the coil. The coil includes coil conductors laminated in the laminating direction that are electrically connected by a via conductor that penetrates the insulating layers in the laminating direction. The coil conductors include a first laminated part including adjacent coil conductors including an outermost coil conductor at an outermost position in the laminating direction. The first laminated part has first parallel sections in which all of the coil conductors of the first laminated part overlap each other when viewed in the laminating direction. The first parallel sections are connected in parallel by the via conductor, and the outermost coil conductor is electrically connected to the same outer electrode by first and second lead-out conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoyo Yamada, Reiji Ozawa
  • Patent number: 12695024
    Abstract: A coil component includes a body including a first surface and a second surface opposing each other in a first direction, a third surface and a fourth surface opposing each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a fifth surface and a sixth surface opposing each other in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, and including a recess in the third surface, a support member disposed in the body, a coil disposed on the support member and including first and second lead-out portions extending to the third surface of the body, and first and second external electrodes disposed on the sixth surface of the body, extending into the recess and connected to the first and second lead-out portions, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soon Kwang Kwon, Tae Hyun Kim, Dong Hwan Lee, Byeong Cheol Moon, Boum Seock Kim
  • Patent number: 12695018
    Abstract: A coil component includes an element body, a conductor, and at least one outer electrode. The element body has a first face and a second face. The first face is adjacent or continuous to the second face. The conductor is provided inside and/or on a surface of the element body. The outer electrode is electrically connected to the conductor. The outer electrode includes a first base electrode layer, a second base electrode layer, and a metal layer. The first base electrode layer is formed on the first face of the element body. The second base electrode layer is formed on the second face of the element body and at least partly spaced apart from the first base electrode layer. The metal layer continuously covers the first base electrode layer and the second base electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirotaka Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 12695026
    Abstract: An inner core portion includes an inner gap having a length in the first direction larger than that of the outer gap in a center in the first direction. A control device is configured to switch between a one-phase operation of causing a current to flow through any one of the first outer coil, the second outer coil, and the inner coil to operate, a two-phase operation of causing a current to flow through any two of the first outer coil, the second outer coil, and the inner coil to operate, and a three-phase operation of causing a current to flow through all of the first outer coil, the second outer coil, and the inner coil to operate. The control device selects the inner coil in the one-phase operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Shindo, Ryota Kitamoto
  • Patent number: 12683062
    Abstract: An inductor device includes a first wire and a second wire. The first wire includes a first sub-wire and a second sub-wire. The first sub-wire is disposed in a first area. The second sub-wire is disposed in a second area, and the first sub-wire and the second sub-wire are located on different layers. The second wire includes a third sub-wire and a fourth sub-wire. The third sub-wire is disposed in the second area, and located below the second sub-wire. The fourth sub-wire is disposed in the first area, the third sub-wire and the fourth sub-wire are located on different layers, and the fourth sub-wire is located above the first sub-wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Chieh-Pin Chang, Cheng-Wei Luo
  • Patent number: 12683060
    Abstract: This wound core is a wound core including a wound core main body obtained by stacking a plurality of polygonal annular grain-oriented electrical steel sheets in a side view, and the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet has planar portions and bent portions that are alternately continuous in a longitudinal direction, and in at least one bent portion, the crystal grain size Dpx (mm) of the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet is FL/4 or more. Here, FL the an average length (mm) of the planar portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Kawamura, Takahito Mizumura
  • Patent number: 12683068
    Abstract: A coil device includes a bobbin, a main core, and wires. A connection portion located between a first bobbin flange portion and a second bobbin flange portion includes a raised portion protruding along a direction perpendicular to a first axis more than the connection portion located between a first terminal block and a first bobbin flange portion. Communication wire portions connecting first wires of a proximal first coil and first wires of a distal first coil are arranged in a wiring space formed between second wires wound in contact with an upper end of the raised portion and an outer surface of the winding core portion or the bobbin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignees: TDK CORPORATION, TDK XIAMEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Maeda, Shoichi Tani, Takahiro Hirai, Xiao Jie, Danling Luo, Xuesong Guo
  • Patent number: 12671025
    Abstract: A coil component including: a body; a coil portion including first and second lead-out terminals and disposed in the body; an insulating film disposed between the coil portion and the body and containing a thermosetting resin having a vinyl group; and an external electrode portion disposed on the body and connected to each of the first and second lead-out terminals of the coil portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ju Hwan Yang, Yoon Mi Cha, Mi Geum Kim, Tai Yon Cho, Byeong Cheol Moon
  • Patent number: 12665113
    Abstract: An inductor includes: a magnetic core; a coil element including a coil portion and a drawn portion; an electrode member located on a side surface and a bottom surface; and a connection portion connecting the drawn portion and the electrode member. The electrode member includes a bottom plate portion located along the bottom surface, a side plate portion located along the side surface, and a first protruding plate portion connected to the side plate portion and protruding in a direction away from the side surface. The drawn portion extends along the side plate portion or the side surface. The first protruding plate portion includes an edge in contact with the drawn portion in an extending direction of the drawn portion. The connection portion includes a first connection portion in which the drawn portion and the edge of the first protruding plate portion are welded together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mutsuyasu Otsubo
  • Patent number: 12658820
    Abstract: A power supply module includes a power supply submodule, a plurality of pins, and a second winding unit. The power supply submodule includes a switch, a magnetic core assembly, and a first winding unit including a first winding portion and a second winding portion. The second winding unit includes a third winding portion connected to the first winding portion via some of the plurality of pins to form a first winding, and a fourth winding portion connected to the second winding portion via some of the plurality of pins to form a second winding. The magnetic core assembly, at least the first winding, and the second winding form a magnetic element. The switch is disposed on and electrically connected to the magnetic element. At least one of the plurality of pins is an output pin via which the power supply module powers an intelligent IC load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pengkai Ji, Yuan Zhou
  • Patent number: 12646650
    Abstract: An instrument transformer for high current and/or high voltage conversion includes a housing and at least an active part, which is electrically insulated by an isolation material. The isolation material includes or is a paste and/or pulp. A method for producing the instrument transformer includes the filling of a housing of the instrument transformer with paste and/or pulp, particularly with paste and/or pulp including paper material and/or cellulose, solved in a solvent, particularly at least one ionic liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: HSP Hochspannungsgeräte GMBH
    Inventor: Fabrizio Negri
  • Patent number: 12640299
    Abstract: An electronic component, such as, for example, a transformer, includes a core, a first wire, and a second wire. The first wire is wound at least in part about at least a portion of the core in a first winding. The second wire is wound at least in part about at least a portion of the core in a second winding such that the first winding and the second winding alternate at least in part along at least a portion of the core. The electronic component includes windings that are intertwined about the core to form an intertwined spiral winding. Such a configuration can both improve electrical characteristics of the electronic component while reducing a height of the electronic component. Further, methods of manufacturing such components and customizing same are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Coilcraft, Incorporated
    Inventors: Andrew Klesyk, Lawrence B. Lestarge, Scott Hess, Hyeonchul Park
  • Patent number: 12640305
    Abstract: A coil component includes a coil part having a structure in which interlayer insulating films 51 to 55 and coil patterns CP1 to CP4 are alternately stacked in the coil axis direction and magnetic element bodies M1 to M4 embedding therein the coil part. A radial width of a part of the interlayer insulating film that is positioned between the magnetic element body M1 positioned in the inner diameter area of the coil part and the innermost turn of the coil pattern CP4 is larger than radial widths L11, L21, and L31 of parts of the interlayer insulating films 52 to 54 that are positioned between the magnetic element body M1 and the innermost turns of the coil patterns CP1 to CP3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Suzuki, Nobuya Takahashi, Akira Motohashi, Naoaki Fujii, Masaki Yoneyama, Tomonaga Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 12640304
    Abstract: To prevent a short-circuit failure by controlling the flow of a solder in a surface-mount type coil component. A coil component includes a coil part in which conductor layers and interlayer insulating layers are alternately stacked. The conductor layers respectively have coil conductor patterns embedded in the coil part and electrode patterns exposed from the coil part. The interlayer insulating layers each protrude from the plurality of electrode patterns at a part between the electrode patterns, and the flow of a solder in the stacking direction is suppressed by the protruding parts. This makes it possible to prevent a short-circuit failure due to the flow of a solder in the stacking direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Yuuichi Kawaguchi, Naoaki Fujii, Tomonaga Nishikawa