Core (e.g., Compressed Powder) Patents (Class 336/233)
  • Publication number: 20150061593
    Abstract: A coil unit for an electric vehicle for the inductive transfer of electrical energy between the coil unit and a stationary charging station. The coil unit includes at least one coil and a flux guide unit for guiding a magnetic flux occurring during operation of the coil. Also disclosed is an electric vehicle having a coil unit for the inductive transfer of electrical energy between a secondary coil of the coil unit and a primary coil of a charging station. The disclosed coil solves the problem of allowing the safe use of the inductive electrical energy transfer in electric vehicles, in particular motor vehicles, by proposing a coil unit, in which the flux guide unit has material weakenings, and an electric vehicle having such a coil unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Mathias Wechlin, Pascal Asselin, Andrew Green
  • Patent number: 8952776
    Abstract: A multi-phase coupled inductor includes a powder core material magnetic core and first, second, third, and fourth terminals. The coupled inductor further includes a first winding at least partially embedded in the core and a second winding at least partially embedded in the core. The first winding is electrically coupled between the first and second terminals, and the second winding electrically is coupled between the third and fourth terminals. The second winding is at least partially physically separated from the first winding within the magnetic core. The multi-phase coupled inductor is, for example, used in a power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Volterra Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Alexandr Ikriannikov
  • Publication number: 20150015359
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a soft magnetic composite including an insulating layer formed along an inter-particle boundary of a soft magnetic core metal powder, a method for preparing the same, and electronic components including the same as a core material. The soft magnetic composite according to the present invention may include the insulating layer formed along the inter-particle boundary of the soft magnetic core metal particles, such that damage to a coating film caused by a molding of the existing soft magnetic powder having the insulation coating film formed therein may be prevented, whereby an eddy current loss may be minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Hak Kwan KIM, Sang Kyun KWON, Sung Jae LEE, Sung Yong AN
  • Patent number: 8932517
    Abstract: A process for production of a packed soft magnetic component, comprises the steps of:—preparing a rotational mold, consisting of at least one mold cavity connected to a driven rotational axle, arranging a coil in the mold, filling the at least one mold cavity with a binder and a soft magnetic, metallic material in the form of a powder,—driving the axle for rotation of said at least one mold, whereby the soft magnetic, metallic material is packed by centrifugal forces to one side of said at least one mold cavity, mixed with the binder, thus forming a component comprising a soft magnetic composite with a coil embedded therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Magnetic Components Sweden AB
    Inventor: Mats Alaküla
  • Patent number: 8928447
    Abstract: A reactor 1? includes one coil 2, a magnetic core 3 to which the coil 2 is arranged, and a case 4 containing an assembly 10 of the coil 2 and the magnetic core 3. The magnetic core 3 includes an inner core portion 31 inserted into the coil 2, and a coupling core portion 32 disposed around the coil 2. The coupling core portion 32 is made of a mixture of magnetic powder and resin. The coil 2 is covered with the coupling core portion 32 and is enclosed within the case 4 in a sealed state. The reactor 1? includes, in an outermost surface region exposed at an opening of the case 4, a magnetic shield layer 5 made of non-magnetic powder, having smaller specific gravity than the magnetic powder and having electrical conductivity, and the resin. A small reactor capable of reducing magnetic flux leaked to the outside is thereby provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Inaba
  • Patent number: 8928442
    Abstract: The object of the invention is an inductive component equipped with a liquid cooling and a method for manufacturing an inductive component. The inductive component comprises at least a core (2) assembled from separate structural elements (8, 8a, 8b), a winding (5), and connection means (7) as well as ducts (9) integrated into the core (2) for the purpose of liquid cooling. Each structural element (8, 8a, 8b) comprises an aperture (9a, 13, 18) made in the manufacturing phase of the structural element (8, 8a, 8b), which aperture extends through the structural element and is a short part of the duct (9) intended for the purpose of liquid cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Earl Energy, LLC
    Inventor: Jarkko Salomäki
  • Publication number: 20150002255
    Abstract: Provided is a composite for manufacturing a chip part for a high frequency, and the composite includes a magnetic powder having a relatively spherical shape, and a metal magnetic body particle having a relatively more amorphous shape than that of the magnetic powder and a lower hardness than that of the magnetic powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Hak Kwan KIM, Sung Yong AN, Jae Yeong KIM, Jung Wook SEO
  • Patent number: 8922323
    Abstract: When an outer core that is to be mounted on a reactor is seen in plan, the outer core is a compact that has a plan-view shape in which a side of the outer core that is opposite to a facing side of the outer core, which faces the inner cores, has a smaller dimension in a width direction, which is parallel to a facing surface, than the facing side of the outer core. A method of manufacturing such an outer core includes a preparing step and a compacting step. In the preparing step, coated soft magnetic powder including multiple coated soft magnetic particles formed by coating soft magnetic particles with insulating coated films is prepared as raw-material powder of the outer core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Sintered Alloy, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Uozumi, Atsushi Sato, Kazushi Kusawake
  • Patent number: 8922327
    Abstract: A reactor 1? includes a coil 2 formed by winding a wire 2w, a magnetic core 3 that is disposed inside and outside of the coil 2 and forms a closed magnetic circuit, and a case 4 that has an opening portion and a bottom surface 40 that opposes the opening portion and that houses an assembly 10 of the coil 2 and the magnetic core 3. At least the opening portion of the case 4 side of the magnetic core 3 is formed of a molded solid body that contains magnetic powder and resin. A surface layer 5, which prevents the magnetic powder from rusting, is provided on a surface of the magnetic core 3 on the opening portion of the case 4 side. The surface layer 5 has a resin portion formed of resin similar to the resin contained in the magnetic core 3. The resin portion is formed so as to be continuous with the resin contained in the magnetic core 3 without an interface formed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Inaba
  • Patent number: 8922326
    Abstract: A laminated electronic component includes a first magnetic material portion, a low-magnetic-permeability portion laminated on the first magnetic material portion, a second magnetic material portion laminated on the low-magnetic-permeability portion, at least one annular or spiral coil disposed within the low-magnetic-permeability portion, and a plurality of columnar magnetic material portions disposed within the low-magnetic-permeability portion so as to extend through inside of the coil and connecting the first magnetic material portion to the second magnetic material portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Murata Manufactring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Inui, Hiromu Fukushima
  • Patent number: 8922325
    Abstract: A coil component comprising a first split magnetic core and a second split magnetic core, each having an outer core leg, an inner core leg and a back yoke connecting the outer core leg and the inner core leg, and a coil block mounted to the inner core leg, wherein the outer core leg has a sectional area smaller than a sectional area of the inner core leg, a density of magnetic body in the outer core leg is different from a density of the magnetic body in any of the inner core leg and the back yoke, and the first split magnetic core and the second split magnetic core are butted against each other to form a magnetic core of a closed magnetic circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori Shibuya, Tsunetsugu Imanishi
  • Publication number: 20140375410
    Abstract: A transformer includes a magnetic core assembly, a bobbin, and a winding coil assembly. The magnetic core assembly includes a first magnetic core and a second magnetic core. Each of the first magnetic core and the second magnetic core includes a magnetic plate, a center leg, a first lateral leg, and a second lateral leg. The first lateral leg and the second lateral leg are disposed on two opposite edges of the magnetic plate. The magnetic plate has a thinned region. The thinned region is defined by the first lateral leg, the second lateral leg and the center leg collaboratively. The bobbin has an engaging structure corresponding to the thinned region. When the bobbin is arranged between the first magnetic core and the second magnetic core, the engaging structure of the bobbin is engaged with the thinned region. The winding coil assembly is wound on the bobbin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chun-Ching Yen, Hsien-Chun Peng, Yue Tsao, Po-Yu Wei
  • Publication number: 20140375414
    Abstract: An open type stereoscopic triangle amorphous alloy reel iron core comprises an iron core body wherein a three-phase round core column combined by three identical closed iron core single frames, and the combined round core column is arranged in a stereoscopic equilateral triangle shape. Each iron core single frame comprises iron yokes arranged on an upper end and a lower end of the iron core single frame, the iron yoke on one side of each iron core single frame is provided with an opening, and the iron core single frame can be assembled or disassembled at the opening. By providing the opening, on the iron yoke on one side of each stereoscopic triangle amorphous alloy iron core single frame, coils can be independently wound in the production process of a transformer, and the finished coils are directly sleeved on the three core columns, improving production efficiency and saving production cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Kaixuan Xu, Xianqing Guo
  • Publication number: 20140375413
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a metal magnetic powder, and the metal magnetic powder according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a soft magnetic core particle and a multilayer coating film covering the core particle and having a multilayer structure, the multilayer coating film including an oxide film formed by heat treating the core particle and an insulation film formed by coating a coating particle with respect to the core particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hak Kwan Kim, Sung Yong An, Sung Jae Lee, Jung Wook Seo
  • Patent number: 8896407
    Abstract: An inductor comprises a magnetic core and a coil. The magnetic core has a wound portion around which the coil is wound, and a peripheral portion. The magnetic core is formed from two or more preliminarily-formed-bodies which are pressure-molded in a state where the coil winds one or more preliminarily-formed-bodies which form the wound portion. The preliminarily-formed-bodies include at least one preliminarily-formed-body which forms the peripheral portion while not form the wound portion. Each of the preliminarily-formed-bodies is made of a mixture of flat magnetic powders and an organic binder so as to have a plate-like shape. The flat magnetic powders are oriented so as to be parallel to the preliminarily-formed-body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: NEC TOKIN Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Chatani, Naoharu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8896405
    Abstract: A coil-type electronic component having a coil inside or on the surface of a base material, characterized in that the base material of the coil-type electronic component is constituted by a group of soft magnetic alloy grains whose main ingredients are iron, silicate and chromium, and that an oxide layer is formed on the surface of each soft magnetic alloy grain, where the oxide layer is produced as a result of oxidization of the grain and has more chromium than the alloy grain, and this oxide layer has a two-layer structure constituted by an inner layer whose main ingredient is chromium oxide and an outer layer whose main ingredient is iron-chromium oxide, and the outer layers of soft magnetic alloy grains are inter-bonded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Hachiya, Atsushi Tanada, Kenji Otake, Kiyoshi Tanaka, Tetsuyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8890647
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a multilayer type inductor including a magnetic layer composition including NiZn ferrite, a multilayer type coil component including a magnetic layer prepared therefrom, and a method for manufacturing the same. According to the present invention, a copper electrode can be used as an internal electrode of a multilayer type coil product, by including NiZn ferrite in the magnetic layer. As copper is used for the internal electrode, material costs can be significantly reduced. Furthermore, the present invention can improve the maximum saturation magnetization value against the NiCuZn ferrite by about 10%, due to exclusion of Cu having weak magnetism, and can be more desirably used in a product employing high current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byeong Cheol Moon, So Yeon Song, Soo Hwan Son
  • Patent number: 8889029
    Abstract: A ferrite sintered body having an improved strength and a noise filter including the same are provided. A ferrite sintered body includes 1 mol % to 10 mol % Cu on CuO basis, a spinel-structured crystal containing Fe, Zn, Ni, Cu and O as a main phase, and Cu compound particles present at a grain boundary, having an average particle diameter of 0.5 ?m to 10 ?m. The ferrite sintered body includes the Cu compound particles present at a grain boundary. It is thereby possible to suppress the grain growth of the crystals serving as the main phase to attain a morphology formed of fine crystals, and also inhibit the propagation of destruction of the grain boundary, thus making it possible to achieve a ferrite sintered body with an improved strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Hidehiro Takenoshita
  • Publication number: 20140327391
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for charging pads for use with wireless power systems. In one aspect a vehicle charging pad having a reduced thickness is provided. A charging pad may include multiple wire coils and a ferrite block backing. By forming a longitudinally extending slot in the ferrite block, a portion of the wires extending from the coils can be routed through the slot in the ferrite block to decrease the overall thickness of the charging pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: STEVEN DANIEL NIEDERHAUSER, NICHOLAS ATHOL KEELING, HANSPETER WIDMER, MARKUS BITTNER
  • Patent number: 8878642
    Abstract: There are provided a dust core in which, even if the surface of a heat-treated compact is ground, the insulation between soft magnetic particles on the ground surface can be ensured in the grinding step, and a method for producing the dust core. The method includes a preparation step of preparing a heat-treated compact 100 by compacting soft magnetic particles having an insulation coating and heating the resultant compact to a predetermined temperature; and a machining step of removing part of the heat-treated compact 100 using a working tool 2. The machining step is performed while an electric current is supplied with a conductive fluid 7L between the heat-treated compact 100 serving as an anode and a working tool 2 that machines the heat-treated compact 100 or a first counter electrode 5 that faces the working tool 2 with a distance therebetween, the working tool 2 or the first counter electrode 5 serving as a cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Ueno, Takao Nishioka
  • Publication number: 20140320255
    Abstract: A magnetic core and a magnetic component using the same are disclosed. The magnetic core has a first magnetic material and a non-uniform filling section in connection; also, the magnetic core has a magnetic flux direction, for which the non-uniform filling section perpendicular to the magnetic flux direction contains at least two kinds of magnetic material. Comparing to a conventional uniform-filling magnetic core, the non-uniform filling section within the magnetic component of the magnetic core can provide higher initial inductance and better DC-bias characteristics; this improved magnetic component can provide higher inductance in specific mandatory loads, or less efficiency loss in a condition of the same inductance provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Teng LIU, Ke DAI, Ming-Hui DAI
  • Patent number: 8854173
    Abstract: An Fe-based amorphous alloy powder of the present invention has a composition represented by (Fe100-a-b-c-x-y-z-tNiaSnbCrcPxCyBzSit)100-?M?. In this composition, 0 at %?a?10 at %, 0 at %?b?3 at %, 0 at %?c?6 at %, 6.8 at %?x?10.8 at %, 2.2 at %?y?9.8 at %, 0 at %?z?4.2 at %, and 0 at %?t?3.9 at % hold, a metal element M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti, Al, Mn, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Mo, and W, and the addition amount ? of the metal element M satisfies 0.04 wt %???0.6 wt %. Accordingly, besides a decrease of a glass transition temperature (Tg), an excellent corrosion resistance and high magnetic characteristics can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Alps Green Devices Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiko Tsuchiya, Jun Okamoto, Hisato Koshiba
  • Patent number: 8847724
    Abstract: There is provided a laminated inductor including: a body in which a plurality of magnetic layers are stacked; at least one non-magnetic layers interposed between the magnetic layers and including a Al2O3 dielectric material and a K—B—Si-based glass; and a plurality of internal electrodes formed on the magnetic layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myeong Gi Kim, Sung Yong An
  • Publication number: 20140266556
    Abstract: A core tube for a transformer is disclosed. The core tube includes a first half portion and a second half portion. The first half portion includes a first side portion, a first joining portion, and a second side portion. The first side portion is coupled to the second side portion via the first joining portion. The first side portion is longer than the second side portion or vice versa. The second half portion includes a third side portion, a second joining portion, and a fourth side portion. The third side portion is coupled to the fourth side portion via the second joining portion. The third side portion is longer than the fourth side portion or vice versa. The first half portion is coupled to the second half portion in an interleaved manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: John Raymond Krahn, Manoj Ramprasad Shah, Oscar Ruiz Martinez
  • Publication number: 20140266558
    Abstract: A magnetic core is provided. The magnetic core includes a magnetic base and a magnetic plate. The magnetic base includes a first U-core, a second U-core, and a spacing member. The first U-core has a relatively high magnetic permeability, and includes a first surface having a first winding channel defined therein. The second U-core has a relatively high magnetic permeability, and includes a second surface having a second winding channel defined therein. The first and second surfaces are substantially coplanar with one another. The spacing member is connected to the first and second U-cores such that a gap having a relatively low magnetic permeability is formed between the first and second U-cores. The magnetic plate is coupled to the magnetic base such that the magnetic plate substantially covers the first and second surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventor: Robert James Catalano
  • Publication number: 20140266530
    Abstract: An integrated magnetic assembly includes a magnetic core, an input winding inductively coupled to the magnetic core, a first output winding inductively coupled to the magnetic core, and a second output winding inductively coupled to the magnetic core. The magnetic core includes first and second non-winding legs, and first and second winding legs. The first and second non-winding legs are spaced apart from one another, and the magnetic core defines an opening between the first and second non-winding legs. The input winding extends through the opening between the first and second non-winding legs, and is wound around each of the first and second winding legs. The first output winding is wound around the first winding leg. The second output winding is wound around the second winding leg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Joao Luiz Andres, Jouni Timo Uusitalo, Arturo Silva
  • Publication number: 20140266559
    Abstract: An improved structure of transformer's iron core mainly has an iron core main body, having a salient main core part with a rectangular horizontal cross-section, furnished at the center part thereof. The main core part has a pair of oppositely configured side wing parts furnished at the outside thereof. A containing circumferential channel formed between the main core part and the side wing parts has a pair of oppositely configured side openings making the containing circumferential channel form communicative exits toward the outside through the two side openings. By employing the salient main core part with a rectangular-shaped horizontal cross-section, the invention is capable of forming longer outer circumference to effectively increase the area of the magnetic flux thereof under the premise of same bobbin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: YUJING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sen-Tai Yang
  • Patent number: 8830022
    Abstract: Provided is a reactor including a core; and a case housing the coil and the core, the core including an inner core portion arranged inside the coil and an outer core portion partly or entirely covering the outside of the coil, the outer core portion being formed of a mixture of a magnetic material and a resin. The coil is arranged such that the axial direction of the coil is substantially parallel to a bottom surface of the case. The difference in concentration of the magnetic material in the outer core portion in the axial direction of the coil is smaller than the difference in concentration of the magnetic material in the outer core portion in a direction along a side wall of the case. With the reactor, even if the outer core portion covering the outside of the coil is formed of the mixture of the magnetic material and the resin, a desirable inductance value can be easily achieved and the reactor can have good heat radiation performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Inaba, Miki Kitajima, Shinichiro Yamamoto, Hajime Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20140240078
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a ferrite powder having a core-shell structure, the core being made of iron (Fe) or iron-based compounds comprising iron (Fe) and the shell being made of metal oxides, a ferrite material comprising the ferrite powder and the glass, and multilayered chip components including the ferrite layer using the ferrite material, inner electrodes, and outer electrodes. According to the exemplary embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to provide the ferrite material capable of improving the change in the inductance L value in response to applied current by suppressing magnetization at high current. The multilayered chip components including the ferrite material according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention can also be used in a band of MHz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Yong An, Myeong Gi Kim, Ic Seob Kim
  • Publication number: 20140240077
    Abstract: An amorphous alloy powder is composed of an amorphous alloy material containing Fe, Cr, Mn, Si, B, and C as constituent components, and in the amorphous alloy material, Fe is contained as a main component, the content of Cr is 0.5 at % or more and 3 at % or less, the content of Mn is 0.02 at % or more and 3 at % or less, the content of Si is 10 at % or more and 14 at % or less, the content of B is 8 at % or more and 13 at % or less, and the content of C is 1 at % or more and 3 at % or less. By using such an amorphous alloy powder, a dust core which reduces iron loss and decreases magnetostriction can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventors: Isamu OTSUKA, Yu MAEDA, Toshikuni SATO
  • Publication number: 20140232508
    Abstract: A reactor 1A of the present invention includes a sleeve-like coil 2, a magnetic core 3 disposed inside and outside the sleeve-like coil 2 to form a closed magnetic path, and a case 4A storing the coil 2 and the magnetic core 3. At least part of the magnetic core 3 (herein, an outer core portion 32 provided on the outer circumferential side of the coil 2) is formed by a composite material containing magnetic substance powder and resin. The case 4A is formed by a bottom plate portion 40 and a wall portion 41 each being an independent member. In the reactor 1A, the coil 2 and the bottom plate portion 40 that is made of a non-magnetic metal material are integrally retained by a resin mold portion 21 formed by an insulating resin. Since the resin mold portion 21 fixes the coil 2 and the bottom plate portion 40, the heat of the coil 2 can be efficiently transferred to the installation target. Accordingly, the reactor 1A has an excellent heat dissipating characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Inaba
  • Publication number: 20140232384
    Abstract: A magnetic core flux sensor assembly may include a flux sensor core portion and an elongated opening for receiving a conductor winding through the flux sensor core portion. The flux sensor core portion may include a width from a perimeter edge of the flux sensor core portion to the elongated opening that is constant. An electrical current flowing through the conductor winding generates a magnetic field about the conductor winding and a magnetic flux flow in the flux sensor core portion. One or more sensor holes may be positioned relative to the elongated opening for sensing the magnetic flux flow at different distances from the elongated opening. A sensor conductor winding may extend through each pair of sensor holes. The magnetic flux flow generates an electrical signal in each sensor conductor winding. The electrical signal corresponds to the magnetic flux flow at a location of the particular sensor conductor winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: James Leo Peck, JR.
  • Publication number: 20140232507
    Abstract: A production method for a powder magnetic core includes: mixing soft-magnetic metal powder with silicone resin including at least one functional group selected from carboxyl groups, mercapto groups, amino groups, and silanol groups for forming a mixture in which a surface of the soft-magnetic metal powder is coated with the silicone resin; drying the mixture for forming dry powder; pressurizing the dry powder for forming a compact; and heat-treating the compact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shota Nishio, Takeshi Takahashi, Junichi Kotani
  • Patent number: 8810353
    Abstract: In a first mixing process, soft magnetic powders and inorganic insulative powders of 0.4-1.5 wt % relative to the soft magnetic powders are mixed. In the heating process, a mixture through the first mixing process is heated at a temperature of 1000° C. or more and below the sintering temperature of the soft magnetic powders under a non-oxidizing atmosphere. In the granulating process, a silane coupling agent of 0.1-0.5 wt % is added to form an adhesiveness enhancing layer. A silicon resin of 0.5-2.0 wt % is added to the soft magnetic alloy powders having the adhesiveness enhancing layer formed by the silane coupling agent to form a binding layer. A lubricating resin is mixed, and a mixture is pressed and molded to form a mold. In an annealing process, the mold is annealed under a non-oxidizing atmosphere to form a dust core which is used to form a reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Tamura Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Oshima, Susumu Handa, Kota Akaiwa, Taichi Tamura
  • Patent number: 8797136
    Abstract: A laminated common-mode choke coil offering higher insulation reliability has a glass ceramic layer, two spiral internal conductors facing each other and sandwiching the glass ceramic layer in between, and insulation layers sandwiching the two internal conductors, wherein the glass ceramic layer contains segregated Al regions and the maximum dimension t1 of each segregated Al region in the glass ceramic layer, in the layer-thickness direction, is no more than 80% of the distance t0 between the two internal conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Nakajima, Mika Tamanoi, Kenji Otake
  • Patent number: 8797137
    Abstract: Provided is a soft magnetic powder used for obtaining a dust core having a low hysteresis loss, in particular, in a high temperature range. A soft magnetic powder includes an aggregate of composite magnetic particles, each including a soft magnetic particle containing Fe, Si, and Al, and an insulating coating film disposed on the surface thereof, and satisfies the expressions (1) and (2) below: Expression (1) . . . 27?2.5a+b?29 and Expression (2) . . . 6?b?9, where a represents the Si content (mass %) and b represents the Al content (mass %). The soft magnetic powder is capable of reducing the hysteresis loss, in a high-temperature environment, of a dust core obtained using the soft magnetic powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Asako Watanabe, Toru Maeda
  • Patent number: 8779884
    Abstract: There is provided a multilayered inductor, including: an inductor body; a coil part formed on the inductor body and having a conductive circuit and a conductive via; and external electrodes formed on both end surfaces of the inductor body, wherein the inductor body includes 65 to 95 wt % of a metallic magnetic material and 5 to 35 wt % of an organic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myeong Gi Kim, Sung Yong An
  • Publication number: 20140191839
    Abstract: A compact 10 is obtained by compression-molding coated soft magnetic particles covered with insulating coatings, and is a modified frustum body having, as a main body, a frustum portion 113 sandwiched between plate-shaped portions 111 and 112 arranged in opposing relation. A vertical cross-section of the compact 10 is made up of a trapezoidal surface 113s, a long-side rectangular surface 111s joining to a long side of the trapezoidal surface 113s, and a short-side rectangular surface 112s joining to a short side of the trapezoidal surface 113s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC SINTERED ALLOY, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Sato, Masato Uozumi, Koji Yamaguchi, Kazushi Kusawake
  • Patent number: 8771436
    Abstract: An electronic device including a magnetic body and a wire is provided. The magnetic body has a first magnetic powder and a second magnetic powder mixed with the first magnetic powder. The Vicker's Hardness of the first magnetic powder is greater than that of the second magnetic powder and the mean particle diameter of the first magnetic powder is greater than that of the second magnetic powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Cyntec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Hsiung Liao, Roger Hsieh, Hideo Ikuta, Yueh-Lang Chen
  • Publication number: 20140176291
    Abstract: A choke coil of the present invention employs a dust core as a material for each core, and includes an outer core having a quadrangular frame shape, a bobbin on which a coil is wound and which is mounted in the frame of the outer core, and an inner core which serves as a magnetic core of the bobbin and which has a core-rod-like shape having a central axis parallel to the winding axial direction of the coil. The inner core is interposed between two flat surfaces facing each other in the inner face of the outer core such that the central axis extends in a direction orthogonal to the two flat surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoguang Zheng, Shingo Ohashi
  • Patent number: 8754639
    Abstract: A method of testing a transformer prior to installation in a high-pressure environment wherein the transformer comprises a transformer core comprising a stack of a plurality laminations, is provided. The method comprises applying a mechanical compression force to the stack, the force being at least equivalent to the ambient pressure of the high-pressure environment; and testing the electrical efficiency of the transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Vetco Gray Controls Limited
    Inventors: Silviu Puchianu, Steven Lewis Simpson, Graham Thomas Morley
  • Patent number: 8749339
    Abstract: A coil-type electronic component has a coil inside or on the surface of its base material wherein the base material in the coil-type electronic component is constituted by a group of grains of a soft magnetic alloy containing iron, silicon and other element that oxidizes more easily than iron; the surface of each soft magnetic alloy grain has an oxide layer formed on its surface as a result of oxidization of the grain; this oxide layer contains the other element that oxidizes more easily than iron by a quantity larger than that in the soft magnetic alloy grain; and grains are bonded with one another via this oxide layer. The coil-type electronic component can be produced at low cost and combines high magnetic permeability with high saturation magnetic flux density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Ogawa, Atsushi Tanada, Hitoshi Matsuura, Kiyoshi Tanaka, Hiroshi Kishi, Kenji Kawano
  • Publication number: 20140152416
    Abstract: A magnetic core, such as for an interphase transformer, made of a nanocrystalline alloy, which consists of Fe100-a-b-c-d-x-y-zCuaNbbMcTdSixByZz and up to 1 at. % of impurities, whereby M is one or more of the elements Mo, Ta or Zr; T is one or more of the elements V, Cr, Co or Ni; and Z is one or more of the elements C, P or Ge, and 0 at. %?a<1.5 at. %, 0 at. %?b<4 at. %, 0 at. %?c<4 at. %, 0 at. %?d<5 at. %, 12 at. %<x<18 at. %, 5 at. %<y<12 at. %, and 0 at. %?z<2 at. %, the core having a saturation magnetostriction of <2 ppm and a permeability between 100 and 1,500, wherein the alloy has been exposed to a heat treatment at a temperature between 450 and 750° C. under a tensile stress between 30 and 500 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Giselher HERZER, Christian POLAK, Klaus REICHERT
  • Patent number: 8736413
    Abstract: In a laminated inductor element, a magnetic ferrite layer sandwiched between two conductor patterns is thinner than other magnetic ferrite layers. Therefore, a crack occurs in the magnetic ferrite layer due to firing. As a result of the occurrence of this crack, a stress applied to each layer is relaxed, and it becomes possible to avoid warpage, a crack, or the like. In addition, in the laminated type inductor element, the two conductor patterns are electrically connected by two via holes, and subjected to a same potential. Since the two conductor patterns correspond to a same wiring pattern and a coil of coil conductor is defined by the two conductor patterns, even if upper and lower coil conductors are electrically in contact with each other due to the crack, the two conductor patterns are not put into a short-circuited state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Yokoyama, Tetsuya Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20140138569
    Abstract: A composite particle includes: a first particle composed of a soft magnetic metallic material; and second particles composed of a soft magnetic metallic material having a different composition from that of the first particle and adhered to the first particle so as to cover the first particle, wherein when the Vickers hardness of the first particle is represented by HV1 and the Vickers hardness of the second particle is represented by HV2, HV1 and HV2 satisfy the following relationships: 250?HV1?1200, 100?HV2<250, and 100?HV1?HV2, and when the projected area circle equivalent diameter of the first particle is represented by d1 and the projected area circle equivalent diameter of the second particle is represented by d2, d1 and d2 satisfy the following relationships: 30 ?m?d1?100 ?m and 2 ?m?d2?20 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Isamu OTSUKA, Yu MAETA, Toshikuni SATO
  • Patent number: 8730000
    Abstract: Divided cores 11, 12 includes left and right leg portions and a yoke portion and formed by molding a yoke portion side core material within resin. The leg portions of the divided core are formed by tubular core mounting portions 41, 42. I-shaped leg portion side core materials 51-53 and spacers 6 are mounted in the tubular core mounting portions. A ring-shaped molded core 1 is formed by abutting and integrating the respective leg portions of two divided cores, and a coil 100 is wound around the molded core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Tamura Corporation
    Inventors: Kotaro Suzuki, Kensuke Maeno, Ryo Nakatsu
  • Patent number: 8729999
    Abstract: There is provided a multi-layered chip electronic component, including: a multi-layered body including a plurality of first magnetic layers on which conductive patterns are formed; and second magnetic layers interposed between the first magnetic layers within the multi-layered body, wherein the conductive patterns are electrically connected to form coil patterns in a stacking direction, and when a thickness of the second magnetic layer is defined as Ts and a thickness of the conductive pattern is defined as Te, 0.1?Ts:Te?0.3 is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Woo Hahn, Sung Yong An, Soo Hwan Son, Ic Seob Kim, Byeong Cheol Moon
  • Patent number: 8730001
    Abstract: Provided is a reactor and a reactor component that can prevent cracking of a resin portion that is interposed between a coil and an internal core portion. The reactor includes a coil 10 and a core that includes an internal core portion 22 and a couple core portion 24. The coil 10 is formed by helically winding a wire. The internal core portion 22 is disposed inside the coil and forms a part of a closed magnetic path. The couple core portion 24 is joined to the internal core portion 22 and forms the remaining part of the closed magnetic path. The reactor includes a resin portion (internal resin portion 30) including a region that is interposed between the coil 10 and the internal core portion 22, and a cushioning member 70 that is interposed between the resin portion and the internal core portion 22 and that does not cover the couple core portion 24. It is preferable that the material of the cushioning member 70 has a Young's modulus that is smaller than a resin material of the resin portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouhei Yoshikawa, Masayuki Katou
  • Patent number: 8723634
    Abstract: A coil-type electronic component has a coil inside or on an outer surface of its base material and is characterized in that: the base material is constituted by a group of grains of a soft magnetic alloy containing iron, silicon and other element that oxidizes more easily than iron; the surface of each soft magnetic alloy grain has an oxide layer formed on its surface as a result of oxidization of the grain; the oxide layer contains the other element that oxidizes more easily than iron by a quantity larger than that in the soft magnetic alloy grain; and grains are bonded with one another via the oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Ogawa, Atsushi Tanada, Hitoshi Matsuura, Kiyoshi Tanaka, Hiroshi Kishi, Kenji Kawano
  • Patent number: 8723629
    Abstract: A magnetic device includes a T-shaped magnetic core, a wire coil and a magnetic body. The T-shaped magnetic core includes a base and a pillar, and is made of an annealed soft magnetic metal material, a core loss PCL (mW/cm3) of the T-shaped magnetic core satisfying: 0.64×f0.95×Bm2.20?PCL?7.26×f1.41×Bm1.08, where f (kHz) represents a frequency of a magnetic field applied to the T-shaped magnetic core, and Bm (kGauss) represents the operating magnetic flux density of the magnetic field at the frequency. The magnetic body fully covers the pillar, any part of the base that is located above the bottom surface of the base, and any part of the wire coil that is located directly above the top surface of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Cyntec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Tiao Liu, Lan-Chin Hsieh, Tsung-Chan Wu, Chi-Hsun Lee, Chih-Siang Chuang