Patents Examined by Shawki S. Ismail
  • Patent number: 11804324
    Abstract: A coil component includes a body including a coil having a top coil and a bottom coil connected to each other through a via and an external electrode disposed on an external surface of the body to be connected to the coil. A first insulating layer is disposed on a surface of the top coil, and a second insulating layer is disposed on a surface of the bottom coil. The first and second insulating layers are disposed to extend between the top coil and the bottom coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Hun Kim, Byeong Cheol Moon
  • Patent number: 11804327
    Abstract: A coil component includes: a body including a magnetic material and a coil of which both ends are externally exposed; intermetallic compounds disposed on the exposed both ends of the coil; and external electrodes disposed on the body to cover the intermetallic compounds. The external electrodes include: conductive resin layers disposed on outer surfaces of the body to contact the exposed both ends of the coil and including base resins, a plurality of metal particles disposed in the base resins, and conductive connecting parts surrounding the plurality of metal particles and contacting the intermetallic compounds. The coil component further includes electrode layers disposed on the conductive resin layers and contacting the conductive connecting parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoon Hee Lee, Bon Seok Koo, Yeon Tae Kim, Chang Hak Choi, Jung Min Kim
  • Patent number: 11798717
    Abstract: An R-T-B-based rare earth permanent magnet in which the composition formula is represented by (R11-x-ySmxR2y)aTbBcMd, wherein: R1 is one or more rare earth elements not including Sm and Y; R2 is one or more rare earth elements from among Y, Ce, and La; T is Fe, etc.; M is Ga, etc.; x and y are in the region indicated in FIG. 1; the relationships 0.16?a/b?0.28, 0.050?c/b?0.075, and 0.005?d/b?0.028 are satisfied; the R-T-B-based rare earth permanent magnet includes a grain boundary phase and a main phase comprising an R2T14B compound; the average crystal grain diameter of the main-phase crystal grains is D50?4.00 ?m; the granularity distribution is (D90?D10)/D50?1.60; and the coverage of the grain boundary phase is at least 70.0%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji Takeda, Shota Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 11800292
    Abstract: A sound producing device in which an adhesive layer between a piezoelectric element and a metal plate has sufficient electrical conductivity includes: a metal plate; a piezoelectric ceramic including a first adhesion surface, the first adhesion surface being a surface bonded to the metal plate; an alternating current power supply that applies an alternating voltage to the piezoelectric ceramic; and an adhesive layer formed from conductive adhesive and thermosetting adhesive which are spread over the first adhesion surface, the conductive adhesive being applied in a center portion of the first adhesion surface and the thermosetting adhesive being applied at three or more locations in a periphery of the first adhesion surface. An adhesion surface of the metal plate that is bonded to the piezoelectric ceramic is a second adhesion surface, and the first adhesion surface and the second adhesion surface are bonded together by the adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: HOSIDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Inoue, Tadashi Hanai, Satoru Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 11798771
    Abstract: Frequency adjustable quarter-wavelength resonators have a movable end wall defined by a surface of a sphere that is moved within the resonator tube. The sphere can be ferromagnetic, enabling it to be moved by magnetic interactions with moving external magnetic elements, or by a variable external magnetic field, controlled by power modulation to external electromagnets. The resonators can optionally be helical or otherwise curved, and the spherical shape of the structure forming the end wall enables it to navigate curves in the resonator tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Taehwa Lee, Hideo Iizuka, Ryohei Tsuruta
  • Patent number: 11798767
    Abstract: An electrical overload protection device for readily identifying and resetting a tripped circuit breaker includes a button, which is retained in depressed and extended configurations by a biaser. A first end and a second end of a plate spring are attached to the housing and the biaser, respectively. A bimetal strip, which is attached to and positioned in the housing, is reversibly deformable and thus bendable upon exposure to a specified current. Depressing the button contacts the biaser with the bimetal strip to complete an electrical circuit, which, should it exceed the specified current, bends the bimetal strip to actuate the plate spring to extend a shaft from the housing. The bending also disengages the biaser from the bimetal strip and breaks the electrical circuit. Depressing the shaft reverses deformation of the bimetal strip and reextends the button so it is again depressible to complete the electrical circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventor: Xu Jie
  • Patent number: 11799370
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a series resonant converter and its corresponding control method. In one aspect, the series resonant converter includes m (m=1,2,3, . . . ) sets of primary side stages in parallel, wherein each primary side stage is identical and includes n (n=2,3, . . . ) stacked element circuits, where the primary side stages receive an input voltage; n×m resonant networks coupled to the primary side stages; n×m transformers having n×m primary side windings and n×m secondary side windings, where the primary side windings are coupled to the n×m resonant networks; p (p=1,2,3, . . . ) sets of secondary side stages in parallel, wherein each secondary side stage is identical and includes q (q=n×m/p) stacked element circuits, where the secondary side stages are coupled to n×m secondary side windings; and a control block controlling the primary side switches according to the output voltage, input voltage and input capacitor voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chi Zhang, Zhiyu Shen, Ruxi Wang, Peter Mantovanelli Barbosa
  • Patent number: 11798725
    Abstract: A magnetic laminate having further suppressed magnetic saturation and higher DC superposition characteristics, a magnetic structure including the same, and an electronic component including the magnetic laminate or the magnetic structure. A magnetic laminate in which magnetic metal layers and non-magnetic metal layers are alternately laminated, wherein the non-magnetic metal layer is disposed between the magnetic metal layers; the magnetic metal layer contains an amorphous material; and the non-magnetic metal layer contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of Cr, Ru, Rh, Ir, Re, and Cu, and has an average thickness of 0.4 nm or more and 1.5 nm or less (i.e., from 0.4 nm to 1.5 nm).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kojiro Komagaki, Kenji Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 11800808
    Abstract: There is provided a piezoelectric stack, including: a substrate; an electrode film; and a piezoelectric film which is comprised of alkali niobium oxide of a perovskite structure represented by a composition formula of (K1-xNax)NbO3 (0<x<1), wherein the piezoelectric film comprises crystals having a grain size with a standard deviation of 0.42 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenji Shibata, Kazutoshi Watanabe, Toshiaki Kuroda
  • Patent number: 11800803
    Abstract: A hybrid structure for a surface acoustic wave device comprises a useful layer of piezoelectric material having a first free surface and a second surface disposed on a support substrate that has a lower coefficient of thermal expansion than that of the useful layer, wherein the useful layer comprises an area of nanocavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SOITEC
    Inventor: Marcel Broekaart
  • Patent number: 11791080
    Abstract: A superconducting coil of embodiments includes a substrate having a curved surface, a superconducting wire wound on the curved surface, the superconducting wire having a first region and a second region facing the first region, a first resin layer surrounding the superconducting wire and including a plurality of first particles and first resin surrounding the first particles, and a second resin layer positioned between the first region and the second region, the second resin layer covering the first resin layer and including a plurality of second particles and second resin surrounding the second particles and being made of material different from material of the first resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Mariko Hayashi, Takashi Kuboki
  • Patent number: 11791090
    Abstract: A coil component includes an element body and a coil conductor provided inside the element body, in which the element body has a substantially rectangular shape and has upper and lower surfaces facing each other in a winding axis direction of the coil conductor and first to fourth side surfaces. The element body includes a first magnetic body portion and a second magnetic body portion provided on a main surface of the first magnetic body portion. The coil conductor includes a winding portion and first and second extended portions extended to any side surface of the element body. The first magnetic body portion includes on the main surface thereof an outer convex portion and an inner convex portion provided outside and inside the winding portion, respectively. The outer convex portion is exposed only on one side surface or two adjacent side surfaces of the element body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Kawachi, Hiroshi Okuizumi
  • Patent number: 11791119
    Abstract: First and second movable contacts are connected to a first movable contact piece. A second movable contact piece is provided separately from the first movable contact piece. Third and fourth movable contacts are connected to the second movable contact piece. A drive device moves the first movable contact piece and the second movable contact piece by moving a movable iron core by a magnetic force generated from a coil. In a state where the first to fourth movable contacts are contacts the first to fourth fixed contacts, respectively, the first movable contact piece and the second movable contact piece are electrically connected in parallel with the first fixed terminal and the second fixed terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayaka Miyake, Koichiro Matsushima, Yuji Kozai, Taira Minamizaki
  • Patent number: 11786263
    Abstract: A sound wave treatment device for medical treatment using compression waves, in particular for lithotripsy, includes a sound wave generator, a plurality of piezo elements that are coupled to the sound wave generator, and, an electrical high voltage unit that is set up for supplying the piezo elements with high electrical voltage. The high voltage unit has a blocking converter unit having a transformer, wherein the transformer has a primary coil, a high voltage coil, and spacers, wherein the high voltage coil has a plurality of high voltage windings that are embedded in an insulating mass and are positioned using the spacers such that adjacent high voltage windings are at a defined distance (a) from one another due to the spacers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: RICHARD WOLF GMBH
    Inventors: Dominic Valet, Alexander Wössner
  • Patent number: 11791117
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes a base, a first terminal, a fixing member, and a first adhesive. The base includes a first hole. The base is made of a thermosetting resin. The first terminal extends through the first hole. The fixing member is a separate body from the base. The fixing member has higher elasticity than the thermosetting resin. The fixing member fixes the first terminal to the base. The fixing member includes a first support wall and a first recess. The first support wall is disposed between an inner surface of the first hole and the first terminal. The first support wall extends upward along the first terminal. The first recess is disposed on an upper surface of the first support wall and faces the first terminal. The first adhesive is filled in the first recess. The first adhesive adheres the first terminal and the first support wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayaka Miyake, Shinya Yamamoto, Daisuke Otsubo
  • Patent number: 11791085
    Abstract: An inductor component comprising a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer containing a resin, a substrate of a sintered body having a first principal surface in close contact with the first magnetic layer and a second principal surface above which the second magnetic layer is disposed, and a spiral wiring disposed between the second magnetic layer and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Yoshioka, Mizuho Katsuta, Kouji Yamauchi, Ryo Kudou, Naoya Noo
  • Patent number: 11791120
    Abstract: A switchgear assembly includes an indicator assembly to indicate whether a movable contact is in an open or a closed position. The indicator assembly includes an indicator body having first and second sections. The indicator body is rotatable to display the first section in the open position and the second section in the closed position. The indicator assembly also includes a drive gear having a first helical spline and coupled to an actuator of the switchgear assembly such that operation of the actuator moves the drive gear, and an elongated driven gear having a second helical spline extending along a length of the driven gear and engaged with the first helical spline of the drive gear such that movement of the drive gear rotates the driven gear. The driven gear is coupled to the indicator body such that rotation of the driven gear causes rotation of the indicator body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: G&W Electric Company
    Inventors: James K. Simonelli, Sean G. Murphy, Arturas Dauksas, Blair S. Kerr
  • Patent number: 11783986
    Abstract: A resonant coil with integrated capacitance includes at least one separation dielectric layer and a plurality of conductor layers stacked in an alternating manner. Each of the plurality of conductor layers includes a first conductor sublayer and second conductor sublayer having common orientation and a sublayer dielectric layer separating the first and second conductor sublayers, each conductor layer having multiple discontinuities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
    Inventors: Phyo Aung Kyaw, Aaron Stein, Charles R. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11785854
    Abstract: A film structure includes a substrate (11) which is a silicon substrate including an upper surface (11a) composed of a (100) plane, an alignment film (12) which is formed on the upper surface (11a) and includes a zirconium oxide film which has a cubic crystal structure and is (100)-oriented, and a conductive film (13) which is formed on the alignment film (12) and includes a platinum film which has a cubic crystal structure and is (100)-oriented. An average interface roughness of an interface (IF1) between the alignment film (12) and the conductive film (13) is greater than an average interface roughness of an interface (IF2) between the substrate (11) and the alignment film (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: I-PEX PIEZO SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kijima, Yasuaki Hamada
  • Patent number: 11783980
    Abstract: A solenoid actuator includes a housing assembly, a bobbin assembly, a coil, an armature, an actuation rod, a guide ring, a lower spring guide, an upper spring guide, and a spring. The actuation rod is fixedly coupled to the armature, and the guide ring, the lower spring guide, the upper spring guide, and the anti-rotation structure all comprise a non-metallic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: David J. Pantier, Kevin A. K. Jones, Joseph C. Wagner, Mitchell McGinty, Zachary Sherwin