Patents Examined by Mang Tin Bik Lian
  • Patent number: 11664850
    Abstract: A coil for transfer of information or energy is described. The coil includes an electrically conductive magnetically insulative first layer and a magnetically conductive second layer bonded to the first layer along the length of the first layer. The first and second layers are wound to form a plurality of substantially concentric loops. A width and a length of the second layer may be substantially co-extensive with a respective width and length of the first layer so as to expose opposing longitudinal edge surfaces of the first layer along the length of the first layer. At least one of the opposing longitudinal edge surfaces may include a regular pattern extending substantially along a same first direction and across substantially the entire coil. A method of making the coil is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Seong-Woo Woo, Jinwook Kim, Charles L. Bruzzone, Jennifer J. Sokol, Matthew R. C. Atkinson
  • Patent number: 11664156
    Abstract: A coil component includes a support substrate, a coil portion disposed on at least one surface of the support substrate, a body, in which the support substrate and the coil portion are disposed, having one surface and the other surface opposing each other, a first external electrode and a second external electrode disposed on the other surface of the body to be spaced apart from each other and connected to the coil portion, a marking portion disposed on the one surface of the body, and a first insulating layer disposed on the one surface of the body and having an opening exposing the marking portion. The marking portion has a thickness less than or equal to a thickness of the first insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: No Il Park, Seung Mo Lim, Byung Soo Kang, Byeong Cheol Moon
  • Patent number: 11664153
    Abstract: A coil component includes a body having one surface and the other surface opposing each other and including a magnetic metal powder particle and an insulating resin; a coil portion embedded in the body and having end portions respectively exposed from end surfaces of the body; first and second external electrodes arranged to be spaced apart from each other on the one surface and extending to the end surfaces to be connected to the end portions, respectively; and an external insulating layer disposed between each of the first and second external electrodes and the one surface of the body. A magnetic metal powder particle exposed on the wall surface of the body, among the magnetic metal powder particle, has a plating prevention film disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the exposed magnetic metal powder particle and including metal ions of the magnetic metal powder particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ju Hwan Yang, Byeong Cheol Moon, Byung Soo Kang, Yoon Mi Cha
  • Patent number: 11657957
    Abstract: An inductor includes a core made from a metallic magnetic material, a wire wound around the core, a pair of outer electrodes coupled to respective end portions of the wire, a shielding member arranged so as to cover a top face and three or more side faces of the core, and an insulating member arranged between the core and the shielding member and having thermal conductivity. The thickness of the shielding member is set by applying the electric resistivity and permeability of the shielding member and the frequency of noise desired to be shielded to an expression for determining the depth of a skin of skin effect. The thickness of the insulating member is set according to the breakdown voltage of the insulating member and the voltage with which insulation is desired to be ensured under a use environment of the inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Takatsuji
  • Patent number: 11657945
    Abstract: A laminated inductor component includes a multilayer body which includes a first side surface, a second side surface and a bottom surface, and in which a plurality of insulator layers is laminated in a lamination direction; a coil conductor in helical form including a plurality of coil conductor layers wound on the insulator layers, and having a coil length parallel to the lamination direction; a first outer conductor electrically connected to a first end of the coil conductor and exposed from the first side surface and the bottom surface in the multilayer body; and a second outer conductor electrically connected to a second end of the coil conductor and exposed from the second side surface and the bottom surface in the multilayer body. A width along the lamination direction of each of the first outer conductor and the second outer conductor is shorter than the coil length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kido, Shimpei Tanabe, Yoshiyuki Oota
  • Patent number: 11651888
    Abstract: A flange portion includes a projecting surface that is positioned in a leading end of a projection projecting toward a mounting substrate and that faces the mounting substrate, and a principal surface that extends in a direction crossing the projecting surface and that faces a direction in which the pair of flange portions are aligned. A metal terminal includes a mounting portion opposed to the projecting surface and an end surface portion opposed to the principal surface. An angle ? between the mounting portion and the end surface portion satisfies the relationship 85 degrees??<90 degrees. The angle ? between the mounting portion and the end surface portion is smaller than an angle ?1 between the projecting surface and the principal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Igarashi, Kazuhiko Takenaka, Shigeto Yamamoto, Ryota Hashimoto, Yuki Kanbe
  • Patent number: 11651886
    Abstract: A multilayer coil component 1 includes an element 2 having a plurality of stacked insulator layers 6 and a coil 8 disposed in the element 2. The coil 8 has a plurality of coil conductors and a connection conductor interconnecting one of the coil conductors and another of the coil conductors. A plurality of the connection conductors are spaced apart only in a direction intersecting with an extension direction of the coil conductors at a position of the connection by the connection conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youichi Kazuta, Kazuya Tobita, Yuto Shiga, Noriaki Hamachi
  • Patent number: 11646151
    Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes a multilayer body formed by stacking a plurality of insulating layers and including a coil built therein, and first and second outer electrodes electrically connected to the coil. The coil is formed by electrically connecting a plurality of coil conductors stacked together with the insulating layers. The multilayer coil component further includes, inside the multilayer body, first and second connecting conductors. The first connecting conductor connects between a portion of the first outer electrode covering the first end face, and a coil conductor facing the portion. The second connecting conductor connects between a portion of the second outer electrode covering the second end face, and a coil conductor facing the portion. With respect to the length direction, the coil has a length from about 85.0% to about 94.0% of the length of the multilayer body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Atsuo Hirukawa
  • Patent number: 11636969
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes a winding core part and first and second wires wound around the winding core part. The first and second wires constitute at least three winding layers on the winding core part. The same turns of the first and second wires are positioned in mutually different winding layers over a plurality of turns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hanako Yoshino, Hiroshi Suzuki, Daisuke Urabe, Keigo Higashida, Tomokazu Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 11631525
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes a winding core part and a wire wound around the winding core part. An i-th turn (i is an integer equal to or larger than 1) to a j-th turn (j is an integer equal to or larger than (i+2)) of the wire are wound in this order around the winding core part in an aligned state. A (j-th+1) turn of the wire is wound around a valley line formed by the i-th turn and a (i-th+1) turn. A (j-th+2) turn of the wire is wound adjacent to the j-th turn around the winding core part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hanako Yoshino, Hiroshi Suzuki, Daisuke Urabe, Keigo Higashida, Tomokazu Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 11631526
    Abstract: An inductor component that includes an element body; a coil wiring line that is arranged parallel to a first main surface of the element body inside the element body; and a first vertical wiring line and a second vertical wiring line that are buried inside the element body so that end surfaces thereof are exposed from the first main surface of the element body and that are electrically connected to the coil wiring line. In a first cross section that is perpendicular to a direction in which the coil wiring line extends and intersects the first vertical wiring line, a top surface of the coil wiring line contacts a bottom surface of the first vertical wiring line and the top surface of the coil wiring line is substantially shaped like a convex surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuichiro Tominaga, Yoshimasa Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 11626232
    Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes a multilayer body formed by stacking a plurality of insulating layers on top of one another and that has a coil built thereinto, and a first outer electrode and a second outer electrode that are electrically connected to the coil. The coil is formed by electrically connecting a plurality of coil conductors to one another. A first main surface of the multilayer body is a mounting surface. A stacking direction of the multilayer body and an axial direction of the coil are parallel to the mounting surface. The insulating layers between the coil conductors are composed of a material containing at least one out of a magnetic material and a non-magnetic material. A content percentage of the non-magnetic material in the insulating layers changes in a direction from a first end surface toward a second end surface of the multilayer body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Atsuo Hirukawa
  • Patent number: 11626243
    Abstract: A coil component in which a terminal electrode includes a bottom surface electrode portion that is positioned along a bottom surface of a flange part, an end surface electrode portion that is positioned along an outer end surface of the flange part, and a plating film that covers the bottom surface electrode portion and the end surface electrode portion in a continuous manner. The bottom surface electrode portion contains Ag and Si. The end surface electrode portion is composed of a metal film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaori Takezawa, Kohei Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11621118
    Abstract: A coil device includes a core including a winding core portion and a flange portion provided in an end portion of the winding core portion in an X-axis direction, a coil portion formed by a first wire and a second wire being wound around the winding core portion, and a first terminal electrode formed on one end side of the flange portion in a Y-axis direction, a first lead portion of the first wire being connected to the first terminal electrode, and a second terminal electrode formed on the other end side of the flange portion in the Y-axis direction, a second lead portion of the second wire being connected to the second terminal electrode. The width of the flange portion along X-axis-direction is different between one end and the other end of the flange portion in the Y-axis-direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Munehito Nishimura, Yoshihiro Kawasaki, Masato Otsuka, Taishi Kitamura
  • Patent number: 11615915
    Abstract: A coupled inductor includes a ladder magnetic core including (a) a first rail and a second rail separated from each other in a first direction and (b) a plurality of rungs separated from each other in a second direction. The second direction is orthogonal to the first direction, and each rung of the plurality of rungs is disposed between the first rail and the second rail in the first direction. The coupled inductor further includes a plurality of windings, where each winding of the plurality of windings is partially wound around a respective one of the plurality of rungs such that each winding of the plurality of windings does not overlap with itself when the coupled inductor is viewed cross-sectionally in a third direction. The third direction is orthogonal to each of the first direction and the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Ilija Jergovic, Alexandr Ikriannikov, Di Yao
  • Patent number: 11610726
    Abstract: A coil device having high bonding strength and bonding reliability has a core member including a winding core and a flange, wires wound around the winding core and one end being positioned at the flange, and terminal electrodes provided to the flange. Each of the terminal electrodes has a wire connecting part where one ends of the wires are connected, and a mounting part continuously formed with the wire connecting part at the side close to the winding core with respect to the wire connecting part along the axis direction of the winding core. The wire connecting part is provided at a position lower than the mounting part along the height direction of the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tasuku Mikogami, Kouyu Ohi, Yusuke Kimoto
  • Patent number: 11605497
    Abstract: A transformer includes first and second primary windings serially electrically connected in a primary-side series combination. The transformer further includes a secondary winding disposed between the first primary winding and the second primary winding. The transformer further includes first and second shielding windings serially electrically connected in a shielding series combination. The first shielding winding is disposed between the first primary winding and the secondary winding, and the second shielding winding is disposed between the second primary winding and the secondary winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Silanna Asia Pte Ltd
    Inventor: Ningliang Mi
  • Patent number: 11605501
    Abstract: The present invention refers to HV apparatus, in particular a HV dry current transformer, insulated with an insulating gel, or a voltage transformer, insulated with an insulating gel. The dry HV current transformer comprises at least two electrically conductive elements i.e. a head transformer cover, a head housing base, a core casing and a primary conductor. In the dry HV current transformer at least one of the electrically conductive elements has a coating made of solid insulating material separating the surface of the conductive elements from the insulating gel and adapted for limiting the electron emission from the conductive elements into the insulating gel. The voltage transformer comprises a bottom external housing, a bottom support flange, a core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Energy Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Jedrzej Banaszczyk, Jan Czyzewski, Bartlomiej Adamczyk, Lukasz Bachorz, Wojciech Wysocki, Marcin Tarnowski, Roger Hedlung, Peter Sjoberg, Jan Ostlund
  • Patent number: 11600436
    Abstract: An ignition coil for an internal combustion engine is provided. The ignition coil includes: a primary coil and a secondary coil magnetically coupled to each other; a second spool which the secondary coil is wound around; and a connection terminal connected to a high voltage side of the secondary coil and supported by a terminal support portion provided at the second spool. The terminal support portion includes an insertion hole portion allowing the connection terminal to be inserted in an insertion direction as a coil radial direction. The connection terminal includes a protrusion protruding outside the connection terminal in a direction orthogonally crossing the insertion direction. The protrusion is engaged to the insertion hole portion from inward in the coil radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masafuyu Sano
  • Patent number: 11587713
    Abstract: An inductor component includes a core including a substantially column-shaped shaft and a pair of supports provided at both ends of the shaft; terminal electrodes provided on the supports; a wire wound around the shaft and including end portions connected to the terminal electrodes; and a bottom cover member that covers a boundary portion between the shaft and one of the supports at a bottom of the shaft. The wire is exposed at a side of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Tanaka