Patents by Inventor Dan Soule

Dan Soule 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).

  • Patent number: 5731666
    Abstract: A two-winding, integrated-magnetic EMI filter provides damped common-mode and differential-mode inductances. The preferred embodiment of the filter has a magnetic core structure that incorporates a high-permeability C-core, a high-permeability I-core, and a low-permeability, lossy shunt. The three core pieces are assembled so as to form a structure that, similar to an E-I configuration, has two winding windows. The loss in the shunt aids in dissipating noise and it diminishes the effects of unwanted parasitic resonances by providing damping for the differential-mode inductance. Damping for the common-mode inductance is provided by losses in the C and I core pieces. Varying the reluctance of the shunt allows the differential-mode inductance to be adjusted separately from the common-mode inductance in order to tune the filter to remove desired noise frequencies. Another embodiment of the invention incorporates a high-permeability toroid core and a low-permeability, lossy shunt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: Magnetek Inc.
    Inventors: Don V. Folker, Bryce L. Hesterman, Dan Soule, George W. Mortimer