Heat Exchanging Surfaces Patents (Class 336/61)
  • Patent number: 12260979
    Abstract: A two-card assembly includes: a first printed wiring board; a second printed wiring board; a first stiffener secured to the first printed wiring board, the first stiffener interposed between the first printed wiring board and the second printed wiring board; a second stiffener secured to the second printed wiring board, the second stiffener interposed between the first stiffener and second printed wiring board; a transformer mounting plate interposed between the first stiffener and the second stiffener; and a planar transformer secured to the transformer mounting plate. The transformer mounting plate dissipates heat from the planar transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hebri Vijayendra Nayak, Scott C. Wohlfarth
  • Patent number: 12243672
    Abstract: Coil formers having flanges selectedly removed at interface areas with a core can provide advantages of increase a winding window and better heat transfer. The coil former can also have added flanged adjacent to the core to provide added protection to the core. Examples of e-cores and PQ cores are shown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: ALPITRONIC SRL
    Inventors: Andreas Oberrauch, Bernhard Kofler, Tizian Senoner
  • Patent number: 12191777
    Abstract: This power conversion device includes a magnetic core which has a gap formed by cutting out a part of an annular shape, a resin primary molded body configured to hold the magnetic core by covering a first end portion and a second end portion of the magnetic core that are arranged opposite to each other with the gap therebetween from outside of the magnetic core in a radial direction, and a resin secondary molded body which has an exposed portion in which a surface of a portion of the primary molded body that covers the first end portion and the second end portion is exposed, and contains the primary molded body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Shirai, Takuya Yagi, Shinichiro Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 12119156
    Abstract: In various embodiments, an inductor thermal management system includes an inductor, and a heat sink. The heat sink includes a cavity and a spacer adapted to situate the inductor within the cavity and separate the inductor from at least one wall of the cavity such that heat is transferred from the inductor into the heat sink multi-directionally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Lunar Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Ingalz, Gargi Kailkhura, Mark Daniel Goldman, Bozhi Yang, Christopher McCarthy, Peter H. J. How, Xu She
  • Patent number: 12106886
    Abstract: An object is to increase an inductance value without blocking a leakage magnetic flux and improve cooling performance by directly cooling a coil and a core by a cooler via cooling members. Winding cooling portions for cooling the coil are in contact with a cooler via coil cooling members formed by non-fluid material, core cooling portions for cooling the core are in contact with the cooler via core cooling members formed by non-fluid material, and a resin mold member covering the coil and the core retains the coil and the core and fixes the coil and the core to the cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Tatsuro Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 12062477
    Abstract: A reactor includes an assembly of a coil and a magnetic core; a case that houses the assembly; and a sealing resin portion that seals a portion of the assembly. The reactor further includes a heat dissipation member interposed between the coil and the case. The case has an inner bottom surface and the pair of coil facing surfaces have inclined surfaces that are inclined away from each other. The coil includes a first winding portion and a second winding portion disposed opposite of the inner bottom surface with respect to the first winding portion. The first winding portion and the second winding portion are parallel with each other, and have the same width. The heat dissipation member includes a first heat dissipation portion interposed between at least one of the inclined surfaces and the second winding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Inaba
  • Patent number: 12014858
    Abstract: A reactor includes a coil, a magnetic core, and a resin molded portion. The coil includes two winding portions and a linking portion connecting the two winding portions to each other. The magnetic core includes inner core portions disposed inside the winding portions, and outer core portions disposed outside the winding portions. At least one of the two outer core portions includes a composite core. The composite core has a portion protruding upward in the height direction relative to a virtual surface obtained by extending an outer circumferential surface of the inner core portions, and includes a first composite core in which the compact made of the composite material is disposed on an upper side in the height direction, and the powder compact is stacked on a lower side in the height direction. The resin molded portion includes a first outer resin portion covering the first composite core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Inaba
  • Patent number: 11718706
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a curable mixture for use in impregnation of paper bushings comprising a resin mixture of a bisphenol-A-diglycidylether (BADGE) and a bisphenol-F-diglycidylether (BFDGE), methyltetrahydrophthalic anhydride (MTHPA) as hardener, and an accelerator selected from the group consisting of tertiary alkylamine aminoethylalcohols and corresponding ethers thereof as well as paper bushings impregnated with such mixture and uses of such mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: HUNTSMAN ADVANCED MATERIALS Licensing (Switzerland) GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Beisele, Hubert Wilbers, Daniel Baer
  • Patent number: 11699968
    Abstract: A fan heater (1) has a motor (M) with motor windings (W) and a rotor that is connected to a fan (V) for delivering ambient air at least partially along the motor windings (W). At least one motor winding is configured as a heater winding (HW) for generating a specific heat output or amount of heat as intended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ralph Wystup, Philip Kemmet
  • Patent number: 11621113
    Abstract: An electromagnetic device and method for cooling the electromagnetic device comprising a permeable magnetic core having a plurality of legs, a former located adjacent the permeable magnetic core wherein the former is thermally conductive, and at least one winding configured to conduct an electrical current there through wound on the former, the at least one winding including a coil having a plurality of turns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems Limited
    Inventors: Peter James Handy, Michael James Smith
  • Patent number: 11611281
    Abstract: A multiple output isolated power supply for the usage as a floating V/I source in an automated test equipment. The multiple output isolated power supply includes a multi-layer printed circuit board. Furthermore the multiple output isolated power supply includes a planar transformer, which includes a plurality of secondary windings associated with different output channels, arranged on or in the multi-layer PCB. At least two output channels out of the output channels of the multiple output isolated power supply includes a rectifier and a voltage regulator or a current regulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Advantest Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Nakamura, Anton Thoma
  • Patent number: 11610723
    Abstract: A transformer includes a primary winding and a secondary winding, which are flat, and a magnetic core that has a middle leg that passes through the primary and secondary windings, a first core that is connected to one end along the length direction of the middle leg, and a second core that is connected to the other end along the length direction. A first wall surface on the side of the first core where the middle leg is positioned and a second wall surface on the side of the second core which faces the first wall surface are formed so as to be parallel, the primary winding is fixed to the first wall surface, the secondary winding is fixed to the second wall surface, and the distance between the primary winding and the secondary winding is kept constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Ishizawa, Ken Takayama, Masayoshi Ono, Jyunya Hiura
  • Patent number: 11469035
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a heat dissipation structure for a magnetic component and a magnetic component having the same. The magnetic component includes a plurality of heat dissipation pins, which are disposed on the winding of the magnetic component, wherein the magnetic component has one or more windings. The heat dissipation structure includes a circuit board on which a plurality of heat dissipation channels are disposed, and the heat dissipation pins of the windings are in contact with the heat dissipation channels; a plurality of heat conduction portions are disposed correspondingly under the heat dissipation channels of the circuit board; a heat conduction layer is arranged under the heat conduction portions and contacts with the heat conduction portions; and a heat dissipation layer is arranged under the heat conduction layer and contacts with the heat conduction layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Chao Yan, Zejun Wang, Yiwen Lu, Zhihua Li
  • Patent number: 11365779
    Abstract: A magnetic liquid damping shock absorber includes a housing, a thermal insulating material layer, a mass block and a magnetic liquid. The housing defines a sealed cavity, the sealed cavity has a first wall face and a second wall face opposite in a first direction and a circumferential wall face located between the first wall face and the second wall face in the first direction. The thermal insulating material layer is provided on an outer surface of the housing, on a wall face of the sealed cavity or in a housing wall of the housing. The mass block is located in the sealed cavity, and the mass block and the housing define a magnetic liquid cavity therebetween. The magnetic liquid is filled in the magnetic liquid cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Decai Li, Yanwen Li, Sijie Ren
  • Patent number: 11342104
    Abstract: A inductor arrangement has a toroidal core with a central opening, a winding which is arranged around the core and has two winding ends, and an electrically insulating insert which is inserted into the central opening in a clamping manner. Here, the winding ends are inserted into the insert in a clamping manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SMA Solar Technology AG
    Inventors: Mariusz Gwadera, Jakub Hachlowski, Mariusz Walczak, Zajac Tomasz
  • Patent number: 11342113
    Abstract: A reactor including: a coil having a winding portion; a magnetic core having a plurality of core pieces; and an inner interposed member interposed between the winding portion and an inner core portion of the magnetic core. An inner resin portion fills an internal space of the winding portion, the inner interposed member includes core holding portions holding the core pieces to be decentered relative to the inner interposed member when seen in the axial direction of the winding portion, a separation distance between the inner circumferential surface of the winding portion and the outer circumferential surface of the inner interposed member on a displacement direction side is longer than a separation distance between the inner circumferential surface of the winding portion and the outer circumferential surface of the inner interposed member on the side that is opposite the displacement direction side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Hirabayashi, Takashi Misaki, Seiji Shitama, Shinichiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11305373
    Abstract: A method of forming a cooling structure for a heat-dissipating surface includes arranging a heat spreader layer adjacent the heat-dissipating surface, bonding a coldplate directly to the heat spreader layer opposite the heat-dissipating surface, and forming an intermetallic bond between the heat spreader layer and the coldplate. The coldplate is bonded to the heat spreader layer using ultrasonic additive manufacturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Travis L. Mayberry, Craig H. McCordic, Joseph R. Ellsworth
  • Patent number: 11282916
    Abstract: Various magnetic thin film inductor structures are disclosed that include one or more magnetic thin film (MTF) materials. During operation, an electric field passes through one or mare conductive windings which, in turn, generates a magnetic field for storing energy within these magnetic thin film inductor structures. The magnetic thin film (MTF) materials within these magnetic thin film inductor structures effectively attract magnetic flux lines of this magnetic field. As a result, any magnetic leakage resulting from the magnetic field generated by these magnetic thin film inductor structures onto nearby electrical, mechanical, and/or electro-mechanical devices is lessened when compared to magnetic leakage resulting from the magnetic field generated by other inductor structures not having the one or more MTF materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Inventors: Alan Roth, Eric Soenen, Paul Ranucci
  • Patent number: 11282639
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a base, a coil conductor, and a heat dissipation conductor. The coil conductor is provided on the base and wound in a spiral shape. The heat dissipation conductor is connected to the coil conductor. The heat dissipation conductor includes a connection end and an open end. The connection end is connected to the coil conductor. The open end is an end different from the connection end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keiichi Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 11271435
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission device for a vehicle is provided. A wireless power transmission device for a vehicle comprises: a magnetic field shielding sheet; at least one wireless power transmission antenna directly attached to one surface of the magnetic field shielding sheet; and at least one wireless communication antenna arranged at the same plane as the wireless power transmission antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: AMOSENSE CO., LTD
    Inventor: Kil Jae Jang
  • Patent number: 11139107
    Abstract: A reactor includes a coil having a pair of wound portions that are arranged side-by-side; a magnetic core having inner core portions that are disposed inside the wound portions and outer core portions that are exposed from the wound portions; and gap portions each constituted by a portion of respective insulating members that are disposed between the coil and the magnetic core, the gap portions dividing the outer core portions in a direction in which the wound portions are arranged side-by-side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouhei Yoshikawa, Kazuhiro Inaba
  • Patent number: 11095137
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission device for a vehicle is provided. A wireless power transmission device for a vehicle comprises: a magnetic field shielding sheet having a plate shape and a predetermined area, at least one wireless power transmission antenna disposed on a first surface of the magnetic field shielding sheet, and a wireless communication antenna formed in an antenna pattern on at least one surface of a circuit board, wherein the circuit board is disposed on a second surface of the magnetic field shielding sheet which is a surface opposite to the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: AMOSENSE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kil Jae Jang, Beom Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 11049647
    Abstract: A tap changer assembly of a dry-type transformer. The tap changer assembly includes a first molding including multiple taps, a semi-conductive coating applied to the first molding, a conductive shield provided overtop some of the semi-conductive coating, a grounding member comprising a ring of bosses interconnected by a grounding conductor connected to the conductive shield, a second molding applied over at least a portion of the conductive shield and the grounding conductor, the second molding forming a molded sealing surface, a conductive cover coupled to the ring of bosses; and a sealing member sealing a space between the molded sealing surface and the conductive cover. Dry-type transformers and methods of forming a tap changer assembly of a dry-type transformer are provided, as are numerous other aspects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignees: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG, HAINAN JINPAN SMART TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD
    Inventors: Martin Alsina Navarro, Andre Luiz Moreno, Yaoqiang Wang, Yuqian Zhang, Xiaofeng Lu
  • Patent number: 10923312
    Abstract: A magnetic lens is disclosed, which includes: a magnetic yoke, an exciting coil and a power supply controlling system. The magnetic yoke is at outside of the exciting coil and surrounds the coil; the exciting coil is made up of litz wires; the power supply controlling system is arranged to supply power to the exciting coil and control the flow directions and magnitudes of the currents in the exciting coil. A method for controlling the magnetic lens is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignees: FOCUS-EBEAM TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD., ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Wei He, Shuai Li
  • Patent number: 10839996
    Abstract: A multilayered electromagnetic assembly. The assembly has a plurality of substantially planar substrate layers, each substrate layer having a cutaway portion. An insulated electrically conductive material is provided, arranged in a spiral configuration on at least two of the substrate layers. The spiral configuration is formed from adjacent the cutaway portion to the edges of the substrate layer. The electrically conductive material is formed substantially on and/or partially recessed or beneath the surface of the substrate layer. The spiral configurations have first and second electrical contacts that are operable to pass electric current to electrical contacts of spiral configurations on other substrate layers. A ferromagnetic core is located through the cutaway portions of the substrate layers. The substrate layers are stacked and an electrical current is passed sequentially through the two or more spiral configurations, thereby generating a magnetic field in the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Inventor: Arthur L. Jenkins, III
  • Patent number: 10748695
    Abstract: A coil device of solenoid type includes a coil portion having a bobbin and a conductive wire wound around the bobbin, a housing for accommodating the coil portion, and at least one fastener for fastening the bobbin and the housing. The conductive wire includes a plurality of extending portions extending along a wound wire direction on the bobbin and having gaps in a winding axis direction. The fastener is provided between the plurality of extending portions and is obliquely disposed with respect to a plane orthogonal to the winding axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Susumu Tokura, Akio Ueda, Jun Araki
  • Patent number: 10748699
    Abstract: A coil device of solenoid type includes a coil portion having a bobbin and a conductive wire wound around the bobbin, a housing for accommodating the coil portion, and at least one fastener for fastening the bobbin and the housing. The conductive wire includes a plurality of extending portions extending along a wound wire direction on the bobbin and having gaps in a winding axis direction, and the coil portion includes an enlarged portion in which a gap between extending portions adjacent to each other in the winding axis direction is wider than a gap between other extending portions. The fastener is provided in the enlarged portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Susumu Tokura, Akio Ueda, Jun Araki
  • Patent number: 10714248
    Abstract: A reactor includes a core body. The core body includes an outer peripheral iron core composed of a plurality of outer peripheral iron core portions, at least three iron cores coupled to the plurality of outer peripheral iron core portions, and coils wound around the at least three iron cores. The reactor includes an end plate fastened to at least one end of the core body. The end plate includes a plurality of fasteners for fastening the plurality of outer peripheral iron core portions to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomokazu Yoshida, Masatomo Shirouzu, Kenichi Tsukada
  • Patent number: 10681829
    Abstract: An electrical assembly may include an enclosure having a base portion to attach the enclosure to a panel and a heat dissipating portion opposite the base portion, a circuit board having a first thermal interface on a first side of the board, a second thermal interface on a second side of the board, and a thermally conductive portion to provide enhanced thermal conduction between the first thermal interface and the second thermal interface, a power electronic device having a thermal interface coupled to the first thermal interface of the circuit board, a heat spreader arranged to transfer heat to the heat dissipating portion of the enclosure, and a thermally conductive pad coupled between the second thermal interface of the circuit board and the heat spreader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: SunPower Corporation
    Inventors: James Dorenkamp, Henry F. Pruett, Ravindranath Naiknaware
  • Patent number: 10224139
    Abstract: A coil device includes two core members, one of which is E-shaped. The E-shaped core member has left and right side faces, and a center leg that extends in a vertical direction. A conducting wire is wound around a core, the core being composed of the two core members arranged to face each other in the vertical direction with a gap between the two core members. The conducting wire is wound around the center leg. First and second heat-sinking plates made of metal are bent so as to be in contact with upper and side faces of the core. The first and second plates are arranged so that first edges of the plates are placed left-right symmetrically with respect to the core with a gap between the edges. Second edges of the plates are in contact with a metal heat-sinking board where the core is placed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: FDK Corporation
    Inventors: Yuko Kanazawa, Masaru Shinoda, Kiyoto Ono, Tetsu Yamanaka, Mikio Kitaoka
  • Patent number: 10204729
    Abstract: Inductor cooling systems and methods are disclosed. A vehicle may include a transmission case including a coolant inlet and an inductor assembly having a flange extending around a periphery thereof. A thermally conductive cover having a sealing surface may form a seal with the flange. A cavity may be defined between the cover and the inductor assembly and configured to receive coolant from the coolant inlet. A thermal interface material (TIM) may be in contact with a surface of the cover and a surface of the transmission case. The TIM may be a solid or a paste-like substance. If the TIM is solid, it may be in a state of compression between a bottom surface of the cover and the surface of the transmission case. The TIM may transfer heat from coolant in the cavity to the transmission case while the coolant is not being circulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Serdar Hakki Yonak, Kevin Lloyd Newman, Vincent Skalski
  • Patent number: 9959470
    Abstract: A system and method for contextually interpreting image sequences are provided. The method comprises receiving video from one or more video sources, and generating one or more questions associated with one or more portions of the video based on at least one user-defined objective. The method further comprises sending the one or more portions of the video and the one or more questions to one or more assistants, receiving one or more answers to the one or more questions from the one or more assistants, and determining a contextual interpretation of the video based on the one or more answers and the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rajaraman Hariharan, Sri Ramanathan, Karthik Subbian, Matthew B. Trevathan
  • Patent number: 9862282
    Abstract: A device having a winding configuration, especially a layer-type device having a winding configuration, the winding configuration being accommodated in a winding carrier, the winding carrier being situated between a cover part, particularly by which the winding carrier is covered, and a ferrite layer that has openings, especially gaps, the ferrite layer being mounted on a support that is situated on a base part, support domes being provided, especially being integrally molded and/or shaped, on the base part, which protrude through the openings in the ferrite layer and contact and/or support the winding carrier and/or the cover part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Böser, Thomas Krempel, Josef Schmidt, Detlev Schroeder
  • Patent number: 9786433
    Abstract: First and second divisional cores each including right and left leg portions and a yoke interconnecting those together are formed by molding respective yoke-side core members in a resin. Cylindrical core mounting portions extending from the outer circumference of the surface of the yoke-side core member are formed integrally with the respective right and left leg portions of the first divisional core. I-shaped leg-portion-side core members and spacers are attached in the cylindrical core mounting portion formed in each of the right and left leg portions. The surface of the yoke-side core member molded in the resin and the surface of the leg-portion-side core member are disposed so as to have a spacer therebetween. The two divisional cores are joined together by butting respective leg portions of the two divisional cores with each other to form an annular mold core, and a coil is wound around the mold core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: TAMURA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kotaro Suzuki, Kensuke Maeno, Ryo Nakatsu
  • Patent number: 9763360
    Abstract: An electrical assembly may include an enclosure having a base portion to attach the enclosure to a panel and a heat dissipating portion opposite the base portion, a circuit board having a first thermal interface on a first side of the board, a second thermal interface on a second side of the board, and a thermally conductive portion to provide enhanced thermal conduction between the first thermal interface and the second thermal interface, a power electronic device having a thermal interface coupled to the first thermal interface of the circuit board, a heat spreader arranged to transfer heat to the heat dissipating portion of the enclosure, and a thermally conductive pad coupled between the second thermal interface of the circuit board and the heat spreader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: SunPower Corporation
    Inventors: James Dorenkamp, Henry F. Pruett, Ravindranath Naiknaware
  • Patent number: 9614390
    Abstract: A wireless charging apparatus provided in an electronic device is provided. The wireless charging apparatus includes a charging resonance unit for wireless charging; a driving circuit unit to which the charging resonance unit is connected and to which an internal circuitry is mounted; a shield member mounted to a rear surface of the charging resonance unit; and a heat dispersion member mounted to the driving circuit unit and the shield member to disperse heat generated by the driving circuit unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ki-Hyun Kim, Kil-Soo Ko, Sung-Kweon Park
  • Patent number: 9484139
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reactor with which a sensor for measuring the physical quantity (temperature or the like) of the reactor and an external apparatus can be connected to each other in a stable manner. The reactor 1A of the present invention includes a coil 2, a magnetic core 3 at which the coil 2 is disposed, and a case 4 storing a combined product 10 made up of the coil 2 and the magnetic core 3. The case 4 includes a bottom plate portion and a side wall portion 41 surrounding the combined product 10. The side wall portion 41 is made of an insulating resin. A connector hooking portion 44 on which a connector portion 72, which is coupled via a line 71 to a sensor such as a temperature sensor for measuring the physical quantity of the reactor 1A is hooked is integrally molded with the side wall portion 41 by the resin structuring the side wall portion 41.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukinori Yamada, Hajime Kawaguchi, Kouhei Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 9396865
    Abstract: An auxiliary winding circuit board includes one or more auxiliary conductive windings. The auxiliary winding circuit board is positioned at an axial end of a bobbin, and a core leg extends through an opening in the auxiliary winding circuit board. A main conductive winding is positioned on the bobbin. The auxiliary winding disposed on the auxiliary printed circuit board has enhanced voltage-isolation from the main winding positioned on the bobbin, allowing both a high-voltage main winding and a low-voltage auxiliary winding to be located on one magnetic component. The magnetic component is configured for mounting on a printed circuit board for an electronic device such as a power supply. A modular magnetic component apparatus includes a bobbin with main winding assembly and multiple auxiliary winding circuit boards that may be interchangeably mounted between the bobbin and core for desired applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Universal Lighting Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Folker, Mike LeBlanc, David Blevins
  • Patent number: 9251947
    Abstract: The object of the invention is a liquid cooling arrangement of an inductive component and a method for manufacturing the inductive component. The inductive component comprises at least a core (1) assembled from separate structural elements (7, 7a, 7b) as well as liquid cooling ducts (8a) integrated into the core (1) for the purpose of liquid cooling and a winding structure (3) around the core (1). The core (1) is assembled from subassemblies formed from structural elements (7, 7a, 7b), which subassemblies are separately composed of e.g. vertical pillars (35), a top horizontal beam (36) and a bottom horizontal beam (37), and cooling liquid ducts (8a) or cooling liquid pipes (10) are placed in at least a part of the subassemblies before final assembly of the core (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: FLEXGEN POWER SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Jarkko Salomäki
  • Patent number: 9177711
    Abstract: A heat dissipation structure of transformer includes a bobbin formed with a hollow shape and wound with a primary coil and a secondary coil. A core surrounds an inside and an outside of the bobbin by combining a pair of upper cores with a pair of lower cores. A heat dissipating plate is disposed between the pair of upper cores and the pair of lower cores. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, heat generated inside of the core can be effectively exhausted outside by a heat dissipating plate disposed in the center of the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Woo Young Lee, Jin Young Yang, Byeong Seob Song, Dae Woo Lee, Inyong Yeo
  • Patent number: 9148913
    Abstract: A backlight module is provided, which includes a first coil, a first driving circuit, a second coil, a rectifying circuit and a light emitting unit. The first driving circuit is electrically connected to the first coil for controlling the first coil to produce a first magnetic field. The second coil is disposed on a transmission direction of the first magnetic field corresponding to the first coil for receiving the first magnetic field and providing a first induction voltage according to the first magnetic field. The rectifying circuit is electrically connected to the second coil for converting the first induction voltage into a first driving voltage. The light emitting unit is electrically connected to the rectifying circuit to provide a backlight according to the first driving voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Tsung-Shiun Lee, Huang-Ti Lin, Bing-Shiang Hsu
  • Patent number: 9106130
    Abstract: A magnetic device and power converter employing the same. In one embodiment, the magnetic device includes a first L-core segment including a first leg and a second leg extending therefrom, and an opposing second L-core segment including a first leg and a second leg extending therefrom. The magnetic device also includes a winding formed around at least one of the first leg and the second leg of the first L-core segment or the second L-core segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Power Systems Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Sriram Chandrasekaran
  • Patent number: 9041501
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an amorphous transformer core including at least one transformer core disc with a plurality of layers of strip-like amorphous core material arranged concentrically around at least one winding window. At least one heat dissipating plate extends into an interior of the amorphous transformer core and is fed from there into at least one heat exchange region outside the amorphous transformer core. This can enhance dissipation of heat energy which is produced inside the amorphous transformer core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: ABB TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Martin Carlen, Marcos Bockholt, Benjamin Weber
  • Patent number: 9041502
    Abstract: An electromagnetic device arrangement includes a transformer assembly having a core, windings, and a housing disposed around at least a portion of the core and windings. An enclosure at least partially encloses the transformer assembly. The transformer assembly is mounted to a first portion of the enclosure such that heat is transferred from the transformer assembly to the first portion of the enclosure. A second portion of the enclosure has an extension extending therefrom such that the extension is placed in thermal contact with the transformer assembly to transfer heat from the transformer assembly to the extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Ajmal Ansari, Nadir Sharaf, Slobodan Pavlovic
  • Publication number: 20150137925
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a contactless power transfer transformer includes a both-sides wound coil. The both-sides wound coil includes an inter-magnetic-pole core portion between two magnetic pole portions. The winding wire is wound around a wound region of the inter-magnetic-pole core portion. The inter-magnetic-pole includes: a plurality of separate magnetic members that connect to each of the two magnetic pole portions, and are arranged with a spacing therebetween and in parallel with each other; and a heat conductor that is alternately arranged with respect to the separate magnetic members on a plane formed by the separate magnetic members so as to be in contact with the separate magnetic members. Heat generated by the separate magnetic members is guided to the outside of the wound region of the inter-magnetic-pole core portion through the heat conductor, and is dissipated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: TECHNOVA INC.
    Inventors: Shigeru Abe, Yasuyoshi Kaneko, Tomio Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20150116064
    Abstract: An example inductor housing includes, among other things, a base, a plurality of walls extending from the base to provide a cavity that receives an inductor, and a plurality of extensions of the base to communicate thermal energy from the base and the plurality of walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Sudhir Kumar, Behzad Vafakhah, Shahram Zarei, Tienli Wang, Edward Chan-Jiun Jih
  • Publication number: 20150070120
    Abstract: A coil component has a wound coil, a coil magnetic body, and an exterior body. The coil magnetic body has a magnetic core inside winding of the wound coil. The exterior body covers a surface of the coil magnetic body. This coil component has a mount surface, and a thermal conductivity in a direction parallel to a surface of the exterior body is greater than a thermal conductivity in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the exterior body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: SHOTA NISHIO, NOBUYA MATSUTANI, TAKESHI TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20150061804
    Abstract: A reactor unit comprises a reactor and a base to which the reactor is attached. The base has base-side bonding surfaces to be bonded to a bonding surface of the reactor. A base connector, which does not include the base-side bonding surfaces, is configured to have a thickness smaller than those of first and second bases, which include the base-side bonding surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Katano, Hiroyuki Sekine, Ikuhiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20150042431
    Abstract: A coiled electronic power component configured to be mounted on a base, the component including an axially extending magnetic core around which a plurality of turns are wound to form a magnetic coil, and at least one bracket for mounting on the base. The mounting bracket includes at least one drain surface in thermal contact with the magnetic core and/or the plurality of turns to drain calories from the magnetic core and/or from the plurality of turns to the base during operation of the component. The mounting bracket has an equivalent thermal conductivity of greater than 400 W·m?1·K?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: HISPANO SUIZA
    Inventors: Nicolas Delalandre, Yannick Collin, Stephane Malet, Jacques Salat
  • Publication number: 20150042432
    Abstract: A coiled electronic power component configured to be mounted on a base, the component including an axially extending magnetic core around which a plurality of turns are wound to form a magnetic coil, and at least one bracket for mounting on the base. The mounting bracket includes a first drain surface in thermal contact with the magnetic core and a second drain surface in thermal contact with the plurality of turns to drain calories from the magnetic core and from the plurality of turns to the base during operation of the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: HISPANO SUIZA
    Inventors: Nicolas Delalandre, Alain Guerber, Jacques Salat, Jean-Jacques Simon