Patents by Inventor Alan Lindner

Alan Lindner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • SUBSTRATE INDUCTIVE DEVICES AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20130033353
    Abstract: Methods and Apparatus for providing a low-cost and high-precision inductive device. In one embodiment, the inductive device comprises a plurality of vias having extended ends which replace windings disposed around a magnetically permeable core. In another embodiment, the inductive device comprises a wired center core as well as a plurality of vias having extended ends which act as windings disposed around a magnetically permeable core. In a second aspect of the invention, a method of manufacturing the aforementioned inductive devices as well as the wired core centers is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventors: Christopher P. Schaffer, Aurelio J. Gutierrez, Alan Lindner
  • Substrate inductive devices and methods
    Patent number: 8234778
    Abstract: Methods and Apparatus for providing a low-cost and high-precision inductive device. In one embodiment, the inductive device comprises a plurality of vias having extended ends which replace windings disposed around a magnetically permeable core. In another embodiment, the inductive device comprises a wired center core as well as a plurality of vias having extended ends which act as windings disposed around a magnetically permeable core. In a second aspect of the invention, a method of manufacturing the aforementioned inductive devices as well as the wired core centers is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Pulse Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher P. Schaffer, Alan Lindner
  • SUBSTRATE INDUCTIVE DEVICES AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20120011709
    Abstract: Methods and Apparatus for providing a low-cost and high-precision inductive device. In one embodiment, the inductive device comprises a plurality of vias having extended ends which replace windings disposed around a magnetically permeable core. In another embodiment, the inductive device comprises a wired center core as well as a plurality of vias having extended ends which act as windings disposed around a magnetically permeable core. In a second aspect of the invention, a method of manufacturing the aforementioned inductive devices as well as the wired core centers is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Christopher P. Schaffer, Alan Lindner
  • Substrate inductive devices and methods
    Patent number: 7982572
    Abstract: Methods and Apparatus for providing a low-cost and high-precision inductive device. In one embodiment, the inductive device comprises a plurality of vias having extended ends which replace windings disposed around a magnetically permeable core. In another embodiment, the inductive device comprises a wired center core as well as a plurality of vias having extended ends which act as windings disposed around a magnetically permeable core. In a second aspect of the invention, a method of manufacturing the aforementioned inductive devices as well as the wired core centers is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Pulse Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher P. Schaffer, Aurelio J. Gutierrez, Alan Lindner
  • SUBSTRATE INDUCTIVE DEVICES AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20100013589
    Abstract: Methods and Apparatus for providing a low-cost and high-precision inductive device. In one embodiment, the inductive device comprises a plurality of vias having extended ends which replace windings disposed around a magnetically permeable core. In another embodiment, the inductive device comprises a wired center core as well as a plurality of vias having extended ends which act as windings disposed around a magnetically permeable core. In a second aspect of the invention, a method of manufacturing the aforementioned inductive devices as well as the wired core centers is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: Christopher P. Schaffer, Aurelio J. Gutierrez, Alan Lindner