Patents Examined by Tuyen Nguyen
  • Patent number: 9875844
    Abstract: A winding component includes a core; a frame disposed near the core; and a winding. The frame includes two frame members, which are joined and have openings for inserting the core and guards that face each other. A barrel, which is disposed on an edge of an opening and has the core inserted thereinto, is formed on one frame member, which also includes a separation restricting portion that restricts separation of the frame members and includes: a plate that protrudes from the barrel toward the other frame member and elastically deforms relative to a center of the opening; and a hook which is formed on the plate, protrudes away from the center, and engages the other frame member. When the core is inside the barrel, the plate and the core remain adjacent or in contact, and elastic deformation of the plate toward the center is restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventor: Yuka Komuro
  • Patent number: 9875840
    Abstract: A chip coil component may include: a ceramic body including a plurality of first to fourth insulating layers, and an internal coil including a first internal pattern part having the plurality of first insulating layers on which first pattern portions are disposed and a second internal pattern part having the plurality of second insulating layers on which second pattern portions are disposed. The first pattern portions disposed on the plurality of first insulating layers are disposed to correspond to each other and are connected to each other by two first connection terminals each having one via electrode, and the second pattern portions disposed on the plurality of second insulating layers are disposed to correspond to each other and are connected to each other by two second connection terminals each having one via electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jung Chul Lee
  • Patent number: 9872410
    Abstract: An inductor includes a first core, a conducting wire, a second core and a first lead frame. There is an accommodating space formed on a first side of the first core and there is a recess portion formed on a second side of the first core, wherein the first side is opposite to the second side. The first core has a first height. The conducting wire is disposed in the accommodating space. The second core is disposed on the first side of the first core and covers the accommodating space. The first lead frame has an embedded portion embedded in the recess portion. The embedded portion has a second height. After embedding the embedded portion in the recess portion of the first core, a total height of the embedded portion and the first core is smaller than the sum of the first height and the second height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: CYNTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsung-Chan Wu
  • Patent number: 9865386
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes a drum-shaped core having a first flange part provided at one end of a winding core part, first to fourth terminal metal fittings formed on the first flange part so as to be arranged in this order in a second direction, and first to fourth wires wound around the winding core part. One ends of the first to fourth wires are connected to different ones of the first to fourth terminal metal fittings. A distance between the first and second terminal metal fittings is larger than the distance between the third and fourth terminal metal fittings. An amount of an adhesive used to bond each of the third and fourth terminal metal fittings is greater than an amount of an adhesive used to bond each of the first and second metal fittings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo Takagi, Kouyu Ohi, Tasuku Mikogami, Setu Tsuchida
  • Patent number: 9859048
    Abstract: The sum of the area of a region occupied by a top surface of a first flange portion and the area of a region occupied by a top surface of a second flange portion is ? or larger the area of an imaginary quadrangle defined by two vertices on the side of the outer periphery of the top surface of the first flange portion, and two vertices on the side of the outer periphery of the top surface of the second flange portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akio Igarashi
  • Patent number: 9852840
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a winding-type coil component, wherein at the time of manufacturing the winding-type coil component, the method can efficiently form an inclined external electrode, can change inclination of an external electrode, and can satisfy a demand for the manufacture of plural kinds of winding-type coil components provided with external electrodes having different inclination angles respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 9852839
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes: a drum core that includes first and second flange portions having wire connection portions and a winding core portion located between the first and second flange portions; a coated conductive wire that is wound around the winding core portion, each end of the coated conductive wire being connected to respective one of the wire connection portions; and a resin coating layer that covers at least the coated conductive wire located in a first layer in the winding core portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo Takagi, Tasuku Mikogami, Setu Tsuchida, Hiroyuki Abe
  • Patent number: 9853483
    Abstract: A wireless charging coil is provided herein. More specifically, provided herein is a wireless charging coil comprising a first stamped coil having a first spiral trace, the first spiral trace defining a first space between windings, and a second stamped coil having a second spiral trace, the second spiral trace defining a second space between windings, the first stamped coil and second stamped coil in co-planar relation, the first stamped coil positioned within the second space of the second stamped coil, and the second stamped coil positioned within the first space of the first stamped coil, the first and second coils electronically connected and an adhesive covering and surrounding the first stamped coil and the second stamped coil to bond the coils together and to insulate the coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: A.K. Stamping Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur Kurz, Bernard Duetsch, Joshua Kurz
  • Patent number: 9842681
    Abstract: Disclosed is a litz wire coil that is configured by spirally winding a litz wire on one plane by a predetermined number of turns. The litz wire is configured by twisting together a plurality of enameled wires formed by baking an insulating film on a conducting body. Pressure shaping is performed such that the litz wire has a substantially rectangular shape in cross section, and the flatness ratio of the litz wire in cross section (long side/short side) is controlled at 1.10 to 1.60, preferably 1.20 to 1.40, more preferably 1.25 to 1.35.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: SWCC SHOWA CABLE SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shirou Hasegawa, Masahiro Mori, Tatsuya Iijima, Kiyoshi Miura, Kenji Kamiya, Masahiro Ichikawa, Hiroto Nozaki
  • Patent number: 9842688
    Abstract: The disclosure features systems for wireless power transfer that include a resonator featuring a coil with at least two windings and at least one inductor having an inductance value, where the at least one inductor is connected in series to at least one of the windings, and where the inductance value is selected so that when the coil carries a current during operation of the system, the at least one inductor maintains a distribution of current flows among the at least two windings such that for each of the at least two windings, an actual current flow in the winding differs from a target current flow for the winding by 10% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: WiTricity Corporation
    Inventors: Andre B. Kurs, Guillaume Lestoquoy, Morris P. Kesler
  • Patent number: 9842680
    Abstract: A printed circuit board, and more particularly, a printed circuit board that provides a variable inductance. A printed circuit board includes: an inductor positioned between an input terminal and an output terminal; a switch connected to the inductor; and a controller connected to the output terminal and the switch and outputting a control signal for controlling the switch to the switch, wherein the inductor is formed of a plurality of circuit patterns having different plating thicknesses and signal paths for the plurality of circuit patterns are selectively connected by operation of the switch according to the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Sin Kim, Sung Geun Kim, Jong Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 9837202
    Abstract: Each of a plurality of electrostatic shields includes an insulator portion and a conductor portion. The conductor portion includes a flat portion formed in an annular shape and a pair of protruding portions. The insulator portion is provided with a first housing portion housing the flat portion and a pair of second housing portions each housing a corresponding one of the pair of protruding portions. Each of the pair of protruding portions includes: a protruding end portion located along an inner surface of a corresponding one of the pair of second housing portions, and a center portion located adjacent to the protruding end portion. In each of the pair of protruding portions, the protruding end portion and the center portion are electrically connected to each other and are equal in electric potential to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Soichiro Kainaga, Takahiro Umemoto, Takao Tsurimoto
  • Patent number: 9837200
    Abstract: A micromagnetic device includes a first insulating layer formed above a substrate, a first seed layer formed above the first insulating layer, a first conductive winding layer selectively formed above the first seed layer, and a second insulating layer formed above the first conductive winding layer. The micromagnetic device also includes a first magnetic core layer formed above the second insulating layer, a third insulating layer formed above the first magnetic core layer, and a second magnetic core layer formed above the third insulating layer. The micromagnetic device still further includes a fourth insulating layer formed above the second magnetic core layer, a second seed layer formed above the fourth insulating layer, and a second conductive winding layer formed above the second seed layer and in vias to the first conductive winding layer. The first and second conductive winding layers form a winding for the micromagnetic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Ashraf W. Lotfi, Trifon M. Liakopoulos, Robert W. Filas, Amrit Panda
  • Patent number: 9831198
    Abstract: An active component of an integrated voltage regulator (IVR) circuit is deployed within an IC device for regulating an operating voltage thereof. An interposer interconnects the IC device with a power source. A passive inductive component of the IVR circuit is deployed upon a surface of the IC device or the interposer. The inductive component has a magnetic core and a winding (e.g., wire-bond), wound about the magnetic core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
    Inventors: Yaping Zhou, Huabo Chen, Wenjie Mao
  • Patent number: 9831032
    Abstract: A gas-insulated measurement transformer for measuring high voltages has a plurality of transformer arrays arranged in a fluid-tight housing for transforming a high voltage to a measurement voltage. Each of the arrays has an active part, a high voltage contact guided through the housing, a fixed contact that is electrically connected to the active part, a movable contact that is electrically connected to the fixed contact, and a separating device, which can be operated from outside the housing, for establishing or separating a connection between the movable contacts and the high voltage contacts. The separating device has a connecting element connecting the movable contacts to one another, and an adjustment device for moving the connecting element in an actuating direction, wherein the fixed contact is configured as a guiding device for the movable contact in an actuating direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Wolfgang Knab
  • Patent number: 9831021
    Abstract: A conductor assembly and method for making an assembly of the type which, when conducting current, generates a magnetic field or which, in the presence of a changing magnetic field, induces a voltage. In one series of embodiments the assembly comprises a spiral configuration, positioned along paths in a series of concentric cylindrical planes, with a continuous series of connected turns, each turn including a first arc, a second arc and first and second straight segments connected to one another by the first arc. Each of the first and second straight segments in a turn is spaced apart from an adjacent straight segment in an adjoining turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Inventors: Rainer Meinke, Gregory J Shoultz, Gerald M Stelzer
  • Patent number: 9824791
    Abstract: A multilayer electronic component may include a multilayer body including a plurality of magnetic material layers, and an internal electrode disposed in the multilayer body. The internal electrode may contain a conductive metal and glass, and the glass contains a vanadium (V) oxide. Also, a conductive paste composition for an internal electrode includes a conductive metal and glass, wherein the glass contains a vanadium (V) oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Il Lee, So Yeon Song, Soo Hwan Son
  • Patent number: 9824806
    Abstract: A coil includes a wound body and a resin covering. The wound body is configured by winding a conductor. The wound body is pressure-molded. The resin covering covers a surface of the wound body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nonaka, Masayuki Hirayama, Haruki Yahara
  • Patent number: 9825604
    Abstract: Disclosed are a line filter and a power supply apparatus including the line filter. The line filter includes a first inductor having a first coil wound around a first bobbin; and a second inductor having a second coil wound around a second bobbin, the second inductor being induced by the first inductor to flow current, wherein the first bobbin and the second bobbin are physically separated from each other. The power supply apparatus includes such a line filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jong Jun Park
  • Patent number: 9824812
    Abstract: An integrated stacked transformer includes a primary winding, a secondary winding and a plurality of bridges, wherein the primary winding is formed by a first metal layer and includes a plurality of segments that are not electrically connected to each other; the secondary winding is form by a second metal layer and includes a plurality of segments that are not electrically connected to each other; the plurality of bridges are formed by a third metal layer. A portion of the bridges is connected to the segments of the primary winding respectively to make the segments of the primary winding form a primary inductor; and another portion of the bridges is connected to the segments of the secondary winding respectively to make the segments of the secondary winding form a secondary inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Kai-Yi Huang, Hsiao-Tsung Yen, Yuh-Sheng Jean, Ta-Hsun Yeh