Patents Examined by Ronald Hinson
  • Patent number: 12040125
    Abstract: A thin resonant transformer includes a wire bobbin having a spool, an inner winding wound around the spool, a magnetic plate mounted in the wire bobbin, an outer winding wound in the wire bobbin and encompassing the inner winding and the magnetic plate, and two symmetric magnetic cores mounted on the wire bobbin. The wire bobbin has a top provided with a top plate and a bottom provided with a bottom plate. The magnetic plate is arranged between the inner winding and the outer winding. The inner winding, the outer winding, and the two magnetic cores generate a first magnetic circuit. The magnetic plate, the inner winding, and the outer winding generate a second magnetic circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: YU JING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sen-Tai Yang
  • Patent number: 12033788
    Abstract: An electronic component includes an element body including two end surfaces opposite to each other and a bottom surface connected between the two end surfaces. A coil is provided in the element body and an external electrode is provided in the element body. In a first cross-section intersecting with the two end surfaces and the bottom surface of the element body, the external electrode has a first portion extending along a first surface that is one of the end surface and the bottom surface of the element body. The coil is disposed such that an outer circumferential edge of the coil faces the first surface of the element body. A shortest distance between the outer circumferential edge of the coil and the first surface of the element body is smaller than a minimum width of the first portion in a direction orthogonal to the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuta Shimoda, Mitsuru Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 12033782
    Abstract: In a stacked core (1, 21) for a stationary induction apparatus according to an embodiment, joint surfaces where yoke portions (2, 3, 12, 22, 23) and leg portions (4, 5, 6, 11, 24, 25, 26) are joined have protrusions (8, 13) formed from a plurality of magnetic members (7), and recesses (9, 14) formed from a plurality of magnetic members alternately, and the yoke portions and the leg portions are configured to be butted in such a form that the protrusions and the recesses mesh with each other, sheet-like magnetic insulators (10, 15) are each disposed in a butt-joint portion between the protrusions and the recesses in such a form as to bend in a bellows shape along a butt line, and an air gap is provided, and in a relationship between the number of the stacked magnetic members forming each of the protrusions and the number of the stacked magnetic members forming each of the recesses, the number of the stacked magnetic members forming each of the protrusions is made smaller than the number of the stacked magnetic
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Toshiba Industrial Products and Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Yuusuke Shima, Hiromu Shiota
  • Patent number: 12027296
    Abstract: An inductor component includes a core having an annular shape; an insulating member that covers a portion of the core; a coil wound around the core and the insulating member; and a buffer member that is elastic. The core has a first face, a second face that crosses the first face, and a third face that faces the second face and crosses the first face. The insulating member is provided to cover the first face, a portion of the second face, and a portion of the third face. The core and the insulating member are bonded to each other with the buffer member interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Tamura, Tatsuya Sasaki, Shin Hasegawa, Ikuno Sugiyama, Shinya Hirai, Yuuji Igarashi
  • Patent number: 12027305
    Abstract: An openable toroidal current transformer is intended to close over at least one electrical conductor in which an electrical current to be measured circulates. The current transformer includes a magnetic circuit, and an electrically conducting coil wound around the magnetic circuit and electrically insulated from the magnetic circuit. The coil comprises a single winding or several distinct windings coupled in series. The magnetic circuit comprises a set of wires of magnetic material assembled in the form of a strand, allowing having uniform flexibility in all directions for the magnetic circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: SOCOMEC
    Inventors: Dominique Gautard, Thierry Save, Vincent Begotto
  • Patent number: 12020859
    Abstract: A high-voltage column current transformer comprising a column insulating body and a head arranged thereon is disclosed, whereby the head defines a volume and comprises arranged therein a primary winding conductor, a secondary winding core assembly having secondary winding leads and a conical insulator spacer tapered from a base to an apex with a lateral face therebetween, the conical insulator spacer is arranged with its base on a bottom of the head facing the column insulating body and its apex holds the secondary winding core assembly distant from a wall of the head, the conical insulator spacer comprises at least one ring-shaped electrode embedded in and surrounding the base and another flat, circular shaped electrode embedded in and surrounded by the apex, and the conical insulator spacer comprises at least one opening in the lateral face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ENERGY LTD
    Inventors: Yury Solovyev, Olof Hjortstam, Orlando Girlanda, Liliana Arevalo
  • Patent number: 12014862
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a coil (100) comprising: a multi-part conductor (110) having a long extension (in relation to its cross-section), the multi-part conductor comprising two or more conductors (A,B) being electrically insulated from each other, wherein, in a cross-section of the multi-part conductor (110), at least two of said two or more conductors (A,B) are arranged adjacent to each other in the direction of the central axis (120), wherein said multi-part conductor (110) is wound around the central axis (120) in more than one circumferential turn, such that a first portion (130) of the multi-part conductor (110) is arranged adjacent to a second portion (132) of the multi-part conductor (110) in the direction of the central axis (120), and wherein said adjacent arrangement of said two or more conductors (A,B) is the same in relation to each other and in relation to the direction of a central axis (120) of the coil (100) for each circumferential turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Comsys AB
    Inventor: Tord Cedell
  • Patent number: 12014865
    Abstract: An inductor includes a body including a magnetic portion and a coil embedded in the magnetic portion and outer electrodes. The coil includes a wound portion formed by winding a conductive wire having a pair of wide surfaces in upper and lower layers and first and second lead-out portions extending from end portions of the wound portion at outermost peripheries of the upper and lower layers. One wide surface of a distal end portion of the first lead-out portion is exposed at a mounting surface of the body, a first surface adjacent to the mounting surface, and a corner portion therebetween. One wide surface of a distal end portion of the second lead-out portion is exposed at the mounting surface, a second surface adjacent to the mounting surface, and a corner portion therebetween. The outer electrodes cover the exposed wide surfaces of the first and second lead-out portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Okuizumi, Kozo Sato
  • Patent number: 12014858
    Abstract: A reactor includes a coil, a magnetic core, and a resin molded portion. The coil includes two winding portions and a linking portion connecting the two winding portions to each other. The magnetic core includes inner core portions disposed inside the winding portions, and outer core portions disposed outside the winding portions. At least one of the two outer core portions includes a composite core. The composite core has a portion protruding upward in the height direction relative to a virtual surface obtained by extending an outer circumferential surface of the inner core portions, and includes a first composite core in which the compact made of the composite material is disposed on an upper side in the height direction, and the powder compact is stacked on a lower side in the height direction. The resin molded portion includes a first outer resin portion covering the first composite core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Inaba
  • Patent number: 12009141
    Abstract: An inductor component includes a base having a columnar shape and including a mounting surface parallel with a length direction being a longitudinal direction of the columnar shape and with a width direction orthogonal to the length direction, inductor wiring arranged inside the base, a first outer electrode connected to the inductor wiring and disposed on the mounting surface, and a second outer electrode connected to the inductor wiring and disposed on the mounting surface, the first outer electrode and the second outer electrode arranged in the length direction. When a maximum dimension of the mounting surface in the length direction is L, a maximum dimension of the first outer electrode in the width direction is a, and a maximum dimension of the second outer electrode in the width direction is b, a?L/2<W and b?L/2<W.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Fujita, Yasuo Matsumoto, Hiromi Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 12009130
    Abstract: A reactor includes: a coil including a pair of winding portions arranged in parallel via a coupling portion; a magnetic core including inner core portions arranged inside the winding portions and a pair of outer core portions arranged outside the winding portions; a pair of holding members arranged so as to face end faces of the winding portions; and a molded resin portion covering at least a portion of outer peripheral surfaces of the outer core portions and fills spaces between inner peripheral surfaces of the winding portions and the inner core portions. The coil is a single continuous winding wire, the coupling portion is formed by bending back a portion of the winding wire, and one of the holding members on a side on which the coupling portion is arranged includes a recessed portion housing the coupling portion and an inward projection is arranged inside the coupling portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Shitama, Akinori Ooishi, Kohei Yoshikawa, Naotoshi Furukawa, Kazuhiro Inaba
  • Patent number: 12002616
    Abstract: A coil device includes a bobbin, a terminal, and a terminal block. The bobbin includes a winding portion for winding a wire around an outer circumference of the winding portion. The terminal is connectable with an end of the wire. The terminal block holds the terminal. The terminal is movable both in a first axis and a second axis of the bobbin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Horikawa, Masaaki Iwakura, Masaru Kumagai, Shoichi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 12002612
    Abstract: A reactor includes an assembly formed by assembling a coil and a magnetic core, a case for accommodating the assembly inside, a grip member for sandwiching the assembly from the bottom plate portion side and the opening side inside the case, and a screw member for fixing the grip member to the bottom plate portion by penetrating into the case from outside of the bottom plate portion. The grip member includes a first piece to be held in contact with a surface of the assembly on the opening side, a second piece to be held in contact with a surface of the assembly on the bottom plate portion side, and a third piece connecting the first piece and the second piece in a depth direction of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takehito Kobayashi, Kohei Yoshikawa, Takashi Misaki, Seiji Shitama, Kazuhiro Inaba, Naotoshi Furukawa
  • Patent number: 11990266
    Abstract: New types of circuit elements for integrated circuits include structures wherein a thickness dimension is much greater than a width dimension and is more closely spaced than the width dimension in order to attain a tight coupling condition. The structure is suitable to form inductors, capacitors, transmission lines and low impedance power distribution networks in integrated circuits. The width dimension is on the same order of magnitude as skin depth. Embodiments include a spiral winding disposed in a silicon substrate formed of a deep, narrow, conductor-covered spiral ridge separated by a narrow spiral trench. Other embodiments include a wide, thin conductor formed in or on a flexible insulative ribbon and wound with turns adjacent one another, or a conductor in or on a flexible insulative sheet folded into layers with windings adjacent one another Further, a method of manufacture includes directional etching of the deep, narrow spiral trench to form a winding in silicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: nanoHenry, Inc.
    Inventor: Osman Ersed Akcasu
  • Patent number: 11972893
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a shielded coil assembly is provided that includes (1) a coil having an outer surface, an inner surface, an upper end surface and a lower end surface and a first insulating material formed over the outer surface, inner surface, upper end surface and lower end surface of the coil; and (2) a conductive shield comprising a conductive paint applied along the first insulating material so that the conductive paint extends over at least a portion of each of the outer surface, inner surface, upper end surface, and lower end surface of the coil. In one or more embodiments, a dry-type transformer may be formed using the shielded coil assembly. Numerous other embodiments are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Haoning Liang, Martin Alsina Navarro, Andre Luiz Moreno, Ming Zhang, Yong Guo
  • Patent number: 11972887
    Abstract: An inductor component that includes a core that includes a substantially column-shaped shaft part and a pair of support parts at both ends of the shaft part; terminal electrodes that are respectively provided on the pair of support parts; and a wire that is wound around the shaft part and has end portions that are respectively connected to the terminal electrodes on the pair of support parts. The inductor component exhibits an impedance value of 2100? or higher for an input signal having a frequency of 500 MHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sunao Noya, Akira Tanaka, Koji Okuda, Tomotaka Gotohda
  • Patent number: 11961653
    Abstract: An electronic component includes an element body including two end surfaces opposite to each other and a bottom surface connected between the two end surfaces. A coil is provided in the element body and an external electrode is provided in the element body. In a first cross-section intersecting with the two end surfaces and the bottom surface of the element body, the external electrode has a first portion extending along a first surface that is one of the end surface and the bottom surface of the element body. The coil is disposed such that an outer circumferential edge of the coil faces the first surface of the element body. A shortest distance between the outer circumferential edge of the coil and the first surface of the element body is smaller than a minimum width of the first portion in a direction orthogonal to the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuta Shimoda, Mitsuru Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 11948717
    Abstract: A coil device includes: a drum core having first and second flange portions and a winding core portion therebetween; a coil wound around the core portion; a plate core connected to first and second flange portions first and second flange surfaces at a first direction side; a first electrode terminal on the first flange portion, one coil end portion electrically connected on the first electrode terminal; and a second electrode terminal on the second flange portion, the other coil end portion electrically connected on the second electrode terminal. The plate core has a first and second projecting portions respectively protruding toward the first and second flange surfaces and having first and second flat surfaces facing the first and second flange surfaces. The drum core and the plate core are connected by abutting and bonding the first and second flange surfaces against the first and second flat surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoei Shinohara, Takashi Arasawa, Yoshihiro Kawasaki, Munehito Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11942255
    Abstract: An inductor component includes an element body including a magnetic layer containing a resin and a magnetic powder; a coil wiring line arranged inside the element body; and an insulating coating film covering the coil wiring line and not including a magnetic material. In a cross section perpendicular to an extension direction of the coil wiring line, a top surface thickness of a part of the insulating coating film covering the top surface of the coil wiring line and a side surface thickness of parts of the insulating coating film covering side surfaces of the coil wiring line are less than or equal to 10 ?m, and a corner thickness of parts of the insulating coating film that cover corners of the coil wiring line interposed between the top surface and the side surfaces is at least half of the top surface thickness and/or the side surface thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuichiro Tominaga, Koichi Yamaguchi, Akinori Hamada, Isamu Miyake, Shinya Hirai
  • Patent number: 11942251
    Abstract: A reactor includes a coil having a winding portion; a magnetic core; and a case. The magnetic core includes a plurality of core pieces forming a closed magnetic circuit. The core pieces include two outer core pieces having a portion disposed outside the winding portion. The case includes a first and a second opposing faces are respectively opposed to outer edge faces of the outer core pieces, and a case inclined surface provided on at least one of the first and the second opposing faces. The case inclined surface is inclined such that a distance between the first opposing face and the second opposing face decreases from an opening side of the case toward an inner bottom face of the case, and a core inclined surface on the outer edge face side of the outer core piece is in surface contact with the case inclined surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehito Kobayashi, Seiji Shitama, Kohei Yoshikawa