With Mounting Or Supporting Means (e.g., Base) Patents (Class 336/65)
  • Patent number: 8742663
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a lamp base element for holding a transformer is provided. The lamp base element may include a transformer chamber which holds the transformer, wherein the transformer is held completely in the transformer chamber, and wherein the contact pins of the transformer are passed through a contact-making face of the transformer chamber, which contact-making face is opposite an opening face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung
    Inventor: Frank Sroka
  • Patent number: 8732939
    Abstract: An electronic component capable of preventing the occurrence of magnetic saturation due to a magnetic flux surrounding each coil conductor and a method of manufacturing the electronic component are provided. The electronic component includes a laminate formed by stacking unit layers, where each unit layer includes a first insulating layer, and a coil conductor and second insulating layer formed on the first insulating layer. Each second insulating layer has a Ni content greater than a Ni content of each first insulating layer. Portions of the first insulating layers have a Ni content lower than a Ni content of the second portions after the laminate is calcined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Iwai
  • Patent number: 8736412
    Abstract: A magnetic element may include a first core member, a second core member facing the first core member along an entire outer periphery thereof, a coil, and a base shaped body on which the first core member and the second core member are placed. The base shaped body is provided with a base member and a terminal member, and the terminal member is provided with a binding terminal part, which projects outward in a first corner part of the base member and projects from the base member on a side lower than a portion of a winding frame part side of one flange part. The second core member is provided with a cutout part at a portion corresponding to the first corner part of the base member for allowing insertion of an end drawn out from the winding frame part in a state of not contacting the second core member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Sumida Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsumi Nishino, Masahiko Ono
  • Publication number: 20140125440
    Abstract: An inductor that has the following: an inductor core comprising a plurality of core members arranged in a ring with gaps therebetween; primary insert-molded resin parts comprising a thermoplastic resin covering the outside surface of the inductor core, excluding the surfaces of the core members that face each other; coils disposed around the aforementioned gaps and the primary insert-molded resin parts on the inductor core; and secondary insert-molded resin parts comprising a thermoplastic resin insert-molded around the coils to affix said coils to the inductor core. This allows high-cycle manufacturing of inductors without a thermosetting-resin potting step in a vacuum furnace or a heat curing treatment in a heating furnace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ueno, Fumio Nomizo
  • Publication number: 20140092575
    Abstract: An inductor assembly includes an inductor body including an inductor core and a mounting bracket that includes a first leg, a second leg, and a third leg. A portion of the mounting bracket passes through the inductor body, at least one of the first leg and the second leg of the mounting bracket is arranged to be mounted on a substrate, and the third leg of the mounting bracket is arranged to be mounted on an electrical component mounted on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyon K. LEE, Daniel P. BRENNAN, Richard Paul CORMIER
  • Publication number: 20140084790
    Abstract: There are provided an electromagnetic interference filter for removing common mode electromagnetic interference, in which electromagnetic interference of a low frequency band and a high frequency band is removed in a single filter because of a wide block frequency band, a power supply apparatus including the electromagnetic interference filter, and a display apparatus including the electromagnetic interference filter. The electromagnetic interference filter includes a core part including at least two legs electromagnetically coupled and forming a closed magnetic circuit; a coil part including first and second rectangular copper wires respectively wound in a single layer around the at least two legs and removing common mode electromagnetic interference included in power transferred from a power line; and a support part having a mounting area in which the core part having the coil part wound therearound is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Sun WON, Jong Hae KIM, Seung Wan YU, Myung Chul LEE, Seung Ho HAN, Hyeong Kyu JEONG, Hwa Hun CHIN
  • Patent number: 8661654
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a spiral coil, the method including: forming a solenoid having a diameter larger than a length by spirally winding an insulated electric wire; forming a spiral coil having folded corners by folding four corners in a circumference direction with respect to the solenoid; fixing the folded corners of the spiral coil; and fixing two terminal portions corresponding to start and end points of the spiral coil to a fixing module. According to the method, a thin and long spiral coil having folded corners is easily manufactured by using a general insulated electric wire. In addition, the spiral coil manufactured by using such a method is applicable to a surface radio frequency (RF) coil optimized for various applications of an electro-magnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) and enables easy access to an optimized transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yeungnam University
    Inventors: Myoung Seon Choi, Sung Joon Kim, Won Nyoung Heo
  • Patent number: 8665047
    Abstract: A transformer system includes a cabinet and at least one toroidal transformer with each toroidal transformer being supported in a cradle. Each cradle is mounted in the cabinet and supports its toroidal transformer in a vertical or horizontal orientation such that a central air-filled region thereof is arranged in a substantially horizontal or vertical orientation, respectively. The cradle supports active and passive cooling arrangements for the toroidal transformer, while also providing modular attributes for the transformer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Marina Electrical Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Dively, Barry J. Sharp
  • Patent number: 8652023
    Abstract: An electrical system having an underlying structure resembling the double helix most commonly associated with DNA is used to produce useful electromagnetic fields for health applications and/or medical applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: LifeWave, Inc.
    Inventor: David G. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8653924
    Abstract: The invention provides a reactor to be built in a power converter. In the reactor, an induction component composed of a coil being a winding of a conductor wire, a core in which interior a magnetic path is formed and an insulation bobbin positioning and engaging a wire wound part of the coil is housed in a case to be soaked with a mold resin. Inner bottom face of the case has a plurality of surfaces having not less than two different heights letting the outside bottom of the case a reference surface, and the lower end face of the core is in contact with any of the case inner bottom surfaces excluding the lowest inner bottom surface. As a result, the reactor is suitable for on-vehicle applications to achieve reduced article variation as well as a longer service life, a shorter operation time and decreased cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Kobayashi, Takao Mitsui, Matahiko Ikeda, Naoki Moritake, Hirotoshi Maekawa, Ryuichi Ishii, Kenji Matsuda, Toshinori Yamane
  • Publication number: 20140028428
    Abstract: An amorphous transformer which includes an amorphous core formed of an amorphous material with a lap provided at an upper portion and allowed to stand in substantially a vertical direction while being supported at a core support member, and a coil which is fitted with the amorphous core. The core support member is formed by integrating a core support member for supporting a side surface of the amorphous core and a corner support member for supporting a corner portion of the core. The core support member is provided in substantially a vertical direction along at least one of the side surfaces of the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke MIKOSHIBA, Hiroyuki ENDO, Kenji NAKANOUE, Toshiaki TAKAHASHI, Tooru HONMA
  • Patent number: 8610524
    Abstract: A transformer includes a base, a magnetic core unit and a winding assembly. The base includes a base body and a pin disposed on the base body. The magnetic core unit is disposed in the base body, and the winding assembly is disposed in the magnetic core unit. A winding of the winding assembly is connected to the pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chun-Ching Yen, Yu-Jen Huang
  • Patent number: 8581097
    Abstract: A transformer enclosure has a hood and sill attached to a tank. The hood is retractable upon hinges connected to the top face of the tank. The sill is attached to the front face of the tank near the base and has a gate that drops down to an expanded position. When the enclosure is in a closed position, the hood and sill meet with the sill gate fully retracted along a tamperproof interface. A tamperproof interface is formed at the side of the enclosure by a flange on the side panels of the sill and a baffle on the bottom edges of the hood. A tamperproof interface is formed at the front of the enclosure by a bend and lip formed in the front panel of the hood in cooperation with a recessed portion formed in the gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: ABB Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Alan Ward, Virgil Bryan Zweifel
  • Patent number: 8582257
    Abstract: An ultra-low sensitivity ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) device and a method for manufacturing the device is disclosed. The GFCI device detects an unbalanced current between line and return conductors that results from an unintended path to ground. The GFCI device disconnects the current source when a leakage current is detected. The GFCI device includes a current transformer that has its core wrapped with the line and return conductors. The line and return conductors are secured around the core in a fixed position. During manufacture of the GFCI device an amplifier of the GFCI can be adjusted so that the GFCI device disconnects the current source when a leakage current exceeds a desired level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Inventors: Christopher Love, Wei Wang, Jeffrey George Dayman
  • Patent number: 8572838
    Abstract: Embodiments of a high temperature electromagnetic coil assembly are provided, as are embodiments of a method for fabricating such a high temperature electromagnetic coil assembly. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of applying a high thermal expansion ceramic coating over an anodized aluminum wire, coiling the coated anodized aluminum wire around a support structure, and curing the high thermal expansion ceramic coating after coiling to produce an electrically insulative, high thermal expansion ceramic body in which the coiled anodized aluminum wire is embedded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: James Piascik, Eric Passman, Reza Oboodi, Robert Franconi, Richard Fox, Gary J. Seminara, Gene Holden, Jacob Harding
  • Patent number: 8558651
    Abstract: A core fixing member including: a core fixing part that has a plate-like shape and is to be fixed to a core; a case fixing part that has a plate-like shape and is to be fixed to a case; and at least one an arm part connecting the case fixing part with the core fixing part, and wherein the core fixing part and the case fixing part are arranged in a same plane, and the at least one arm part is formed in a shape of a letter ‘U’, and one end of the at least one arm part is connected to the core fixing part and the other end of the at least one arm part is connected to the case fixing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Tamura Corporation
    Inventor: Kotaro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8547194
    Abstract: An inductance module includes a base holder and an inductance element. The inductance element is installed on a bottom base of the base holder and then a coil of the inductance element is electrically connected to the conductive pins of the bottom base. A positioning element of the base holder is fabricated on the bottom base to fix the inductance element and then the bottom base is installed in an opening of a circuit board, thus reducing the height of installing the inductance module on the circuit board after fabricating the base holder and the circuit board. The positioning element is designed like a barb to increase strength of fabricating the positioning element on the bottom base instead of using an adhesive, thus reducing working hours and simplifying working process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yi Tseng, Ching-Hsiang Tien
  • Patent number: 8547193
    Abstract: In a stationary induction apparatus, an inter-partial-coil insulating plate and a plurality of inter-partial-coil spacer insulators form a refrigerant flow path in conjunction with each other. A space having an inter-partial-coil insulation dimension for withstanding an abnormal voltage is formed between a pair of partial coils. The inter-partial-coil insulating plate and the inter-partial-coil spacer insulators support both the pair of partial coils at an insulated state so as to maintain the inter-partial-coil insulation dimension. The insulators are arranged so as to be overlapped with each other in the direction in which mutually adjacent partial coils are opposed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Soichiro Kainaga, Takao Tsurimoto, Takahiko Ishikura, Hirotaka Muto, Hiroki Otera, Tetsuya Matsuda, Koji Kise, Noboru Hosokawa, Kiyoyuki Ishikawa, Koji Shinya, Ryuichi Nishiura
  • Publication number: 20130249659
    Abstract: A transformer structure includes a bobbin, a conductive base, a first winding coil, plural second winding coils, and a magnetic core assembly. The bobbin includes a main body and a channel. The main body has a first winding section and plural first pins. The plural first pins are located at bilateral sides of the main body. The channel runs through the main body. The conductive base is disposed on a bottom side of the bobbin, and includes at least one connecting part. Through the connecting part of the conductive base, at least a portion of the plural first pins are electrically connected with each other. The first winding coil is wound around the first winding section. The second winding coils are connected with corresponding first pins. The magnetic core assembly is partially embedded into the channel of the bobbin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yi Tseng, Hsin-Wei Tsai, Ching-Hsiang Tien, Han-Hsing Lin, Yi-Lin Chen
  • Publication number: 20130207764
    Abstract: An inductor includes a base device having a parallelepiped chamber formed by two side surfaces and two end surfaces, a parallelepiped conductive device engaged into the parallelepiped chamber of the base device and having a parallelepiped compartment and having two terminals engaged onto an upper surface of the base device, and a core engaged into the parallelepiped compartment of the conductive device. The conductive device is planar and includes a rectangular cross section having a reduced dimension or structure for allowing the inductor to be easily and quickly and attached onto the surfaces of the electric circuit boards with surface mount devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Hsiu Fa YEH, Pin Yu CHEN, Hang Chun LU, Chen Kuo WEN
  • Patent number: 8508322
    Abstract: Disclosed is a magnetic element that makes it possible to prevent a coil terminal from being positioned on a ring mount. The magnetic element comprises a first core member, coils, which are disposed in a second core member and a bobbin, and a first mount, on which the first core member is mounted, and possesses a second mount, which is disposed rising up from, and positioned between both edges of, the first mount, and on which the second core member is mounted, and is further equipped with a base, with multiple terminals disposed protruding from the sides thereof. Furthermore, a protrusion is disposed at the edge of the second mount, extending in the direction moving away from said second mount, and this protrusion is smaller than the thickness dimension of the base, and a terminal is positioned on the back surface of the protrusion on the opposite side from the side on which the second core member is mounted, and then bound to the terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Sumida Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Yamada, Takayuki Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 8505193
    Abstract: Integrated high frequency balanced-to-unbalanced transformers and inductors suitable for operation in high frequencies, such as radio frequencies. Embodiments disclosed give consideration to issues related to the layout of the top and bottom inductors for the minimization of capacitive effects between layers and methods of manufacturing thereof. The manufacturing process comprises forming of a first winding in a first metal layer; forming an insulating layer over at least the first metal layer; forming of a second winding in a second metal layer such that the second winding path has both a vertical and a horizontal displacement to the first conductive path, preferably with an overlap that is less than a full overlap; and forming shunts to ensure continuity of each of the first and second windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Theta Microelectronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Yannis Papananos
  • Publication number: 20130201645
    Abstract: An inductor assembly comprising a first magnetic core and an electrically conductive material configured to wind around at least a portion of the first magnetic core. The electrical conductive material has one or more support structures that extend beyond an outside boundary of the first magnetic core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventor: Robert Catalano
  • Publication number: 20130194059
    Abstract: A modular skid frame and device to reduce the potential for harm and injury from arc flashes. The modular skid frame comprises a plurality of frame members secured together to form the skid frame, and one or more hook members formed on one or more of the frame members to permit the receipt of a bucket or blade from a loader, scoop tram or other construction or mining equipment into the bowl portion and behind the bill portion of the hook member to facilitate the lifting and moving of the skid frame. Also disclosed is a device for racking a circuit breaker into and out of a circuit breaker cradle. The device comprises an actuator operatively connected to the circuit breaker cradle to permit the circuit breaker to be racked into and out of the cradle without direct or indirect contact on the part of an operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventor: William R. Parr
  • Publication number: 20130181798
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus is configured to supply power to a load mounted on a vehicle. The power supply apparatus includes a case and a transformer disposed inside the case in a fixed manner. The transformer includes a base made of a resin and fixed to the case, a core attached to the base, a winding wound on the core, and a metal terminal attached to the base. The metal terminal has a solder connection portion to which an end portion of the winding is soldered. The base has a resin melted portion adhered, after being melted, to a portion of the metal terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventors: Akitaka KANAMORI, Takahiro KADOWAKI
  • Publication number: 20130170258
    Abstract: An electromagnetic connector is disclosed that is configured to form a first magnetic circuit portion comprising a first core member and a first coil disposed of the first core member. The electromagnetic connector is configured to mate with a second electromagnetic connector, where the second electromagnetic connector is configured to form a second magnetic circuit portion comprising a second core member and a second coil disposed of the second core member. The first core member and the second core member are configured to couple the first coil to the second coil with a magnetic circuit formed from the first magnetic circuit portion and the second magnetic circuit portion when the electromagnetic connector is mated with the second electromagnetic connector. The magnetic circuit is configured to induce a signal in the first coil when the second coil is energized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
    Inventors: James Calvin, Albert Rooyakkers
  • Patent number: 8477005
    Abstract: A transformer capable of maintaining its height is provided. The transformer is formed on a circuit board having a receiving hole. The transformer comprises a winding module, two magnetic core modules contacting and holding the winding module, a plurality of pins and at least one supporting means. The winding module comprises a winding baseboard and a winding pillar where a winding structure is formed thereon. The winding pillar is received in the receiving hole. Each of the pins comprises a first bent part separating the corresponding pin into a first portion connected to the winding baseboard and a second portion connected to the circuit board around the receiving hole. The supporting means is formed between the first portion of at least one of the pins and the circuit board to contact the first portion and the circuit board to maintain the distance between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yi Tseng, Ching-Hsiang Tien, Yi-Lin Chen, Hsin-Wei Tsai, Chun-Song Ming
  • Patent number: 8471669
    Abstract: In a disc-type coil that enables assuring a sufficiently high value of a flowing current to increase an output and comprises: a discoid insulating substrate 1; a conductor pattern 2 that is provided on each of both surfaces of the insulating substrate 1 so that through hole lands 22 and 23 are position on the outer circumferential side and the inner circumferential side of the insulating substrate 1, and that is arranged to be alternately folded back on both the surfaces of the insulating substrate 1; and through holes that are formed in the insulating substrate 1 and connect the through hole lands 22 and 23 of the conductor pattern 2, the plurality of through holes 6 are aligned and arranged in a radial direction c in each through hole land 23 on the inner circumferential side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Cosmo Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kimiaki Iwaya
  • Patent number: 8461954
    Abstract: A reactor-securing structure includes, one end of a first-side stay and one end of a second-side stay that are connected to portions of a reactor which are separated from each other at the two sides of a coil axial direction. The other end of the first-side stay and the other end of the second-side stay are fastened in states overlapping the inverter case. A first-side overlapping portion is formed by having the other end of the first-side stay overlap the inverter case, and a second-side overlapping portion is formed by having the other end of the second-side stay overlap the inverter case. A portion of the first-side overlapping portion and a portion of the second-side overlapping portion, when seen from a plan view, are provided in the same range relating to the length direction of the I-shaped section forming the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ken Asakura
  • Patent number: 8456264
    Abstract: In a stationary induction apparatus, an inter-partial-coil insulating plate and a plurality of inter-partial-coil spacer insulators form a refrigerant flow path in conjunction with each other. A space having an inter-partial-coil insulation dimension for withstanding an abnormal voltage is formed between a pair of partial coils. The inter-partial-coil insulating plate and the inter-partial-coil spacer insulators support both the pair of partial coils at an insulated state so as to maintain the inter-partial-coil insulation dimension. The insulators are arranged so as to be overlapped with each other in the direction in which mutually adjacent partial coils are opposed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Soichiro Kainaga, Takao Tsurimoto, Takahiko Ishikura, Hirotaka Muto, Hiroki Otera, Tetsuya Matsuda, Koji Kise, Noboru Hosokawa, Kiyoyuki Ishikawa, Koji Shinya, Ryuichi Nishiura
  • Publication number: 20130093554
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reducing pressure effects on an encapsulated device. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a power module comprising an equipment box assembly containing (i) an equipment module housing, (ii) a potted electronic device disposed within the equipment module housing, and (iii) a resilient expansion absorption layer disposed between at least a portion of the potted electronic device and at least a portion of the equipment module housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: Enphase Energy, Inc.
    Inventor: Enphase Energy, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130088314
    Abstract: A support frame for an electrical transformer assembly, comprising two loop-shaped parts, each loop-shaped part having a plurality of limbs, each limb having a peripheral recessed portion in which a primary electrical coil is mountable, and at least one secondary coil is mountable in piggyback on the primary electrical coil, one limb of each loop-shaped part having a straight section. The frame also includes an adjustable attaching means for attaching one of the loop-shaped parts with respect to the other loop-shaped part and adjusting a distance therebetween, so that only the straight sections are adjacent and form a central leg, the central leg being for receiving a magnetic core distinct from the attaching means. The frame provides a means and a method to efficiently secure adjacent windings in a circular core transformer kernel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: HYDRO-QUEBEC
    Inventors: Bruno Francoeur, Pierre Couture
  • Publication number: 20130076470
    Abstract: An inductor includes a first core, a conducting wire, a second core and a first lead frame. There is an accommodating space formed on a first side of the first core and there is a recess portion formed on a second side of the first core, wherein the first side is opposite to the second side. The first core has a first height. The conducting wire is disposed in the accommodating space. The second core is disposed on the first side of the first core and covers the accommodating space. The first lead frame has an embedded portion embedded in the recess portion. The embedded portion has a second height. After embedding the embedded portion in the recess portion of the first core, a total height of the embedded portion and the first core is smaller than the sum of the first height and the second height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: CYNTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: CYNTEC CO., LTD.
  • Patent number: 8387234
    Abstract: A multi-turn coil device comprising a flexible circuit board and a plurality of serially electrically coupled coils coupled to both sides of the flexible circuit board. The coils are formed such that when the circuit board is folded in an accordion manner, the coils are substantially aligned and have the same direction of current flow. The coils are serially coupled sequentially from front to back and back to front wherein the coupling of the coils is through a plated through hole in the flexible circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Flextronics AP, LLC
    Inventor: Bruce D. Olson
  • Patent number: 8378770
    Abstract: An inductor assembly includes a base and an inductor component. When the inductor component is disposed on the base, the distance between the inductor component and a nearby electronic component is increased by a connecting element or a carrying element of the base, and the inductor component is prevented from contacting the nearby electronic component by a spacing element of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Pi-Fan Chen, Su-Chiung Hsu, Zhi-Liang Zhang, Ming-Cheng Lee
  • Publication number: 20130009738
    Abstract: An inductor assembly includes a base and an inductor component. When the inductor component is disposed on the base, the distance between the inductor component and a nearby electronic component is increased by a connecting element or a carrying element of the base, and the inductor component is prevented from contacting the nearby electronic component by a spacing element of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Pi-Fan CHEN, Su-Chiung Hsu, Zhi-Liang Zhang, Ming-Cheng Lee
  • Patent number: 8344838
    Abstract: A transformer includes: a bobbin on which a coil is wound; a core coupled with the bobbin to provide a magnetic flux, at least a portion of the core being installed on the PCB in a penetrating manner; and a base plate electrically connected to the coil and having a lead frame connected to the PCB, wherein the base plate is installed to be reversedly disposed at an upper side of the bobbin on the PCB, a space is formed between a lower surface of the base plate and an upper surface of the PCB, and the space between the lower surface of the base plate and the upper surface of the PCB is supported by a support member in contact with the upper surface of the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Geun Young Park, Sang Joon Seo, Jae Gen Eom, Chang Yong Kwon
  • Publication number: 20120319810
    Abstract: An inductance module includes a base holder and an inductance element. The inductance element is installed on a bottom base of the base holder and then a coil of the inductance element is electrically connected to the conductive pins of the bottom base. A positioning element of the base holder is fabricated on the bottom base to fix the inductance element and then the bottom base is installed in an opening of a circuit board, thus reducing the height of installing the inductance module on the circuit board after fabricating the base holder and the circuit board. The positioning element is designed like a barb to increase strength of fabricating the positioning element on the bottom base instead of using an adhesive, thus reducing working hours and simplifying working process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yi TSENG, Ching-Hsiang Tien
  • Patent number: 8327524
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an inductive component whose soft magnetic core is produced by pouring a casting resin into a mold filled with a soft magnetic alloy powder and by subsequently hardening the casting resin with the alloy powder in order to form a solid soft magnetic core. This technique prevents the surface insulation of the alloy particles from becoming damaged, thereby largely preventing the formation of bulky eddy currents in the resulting soft magnetic cores. This enables a distinct reduction in the electric loss of the inductive component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Vacuumscmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Markus Brunner
  • Patent number: 8327525
    Abstract: A step portion for mounting a row bar is provided at a table stepping down from the face of the table, and by lowering a pair of hooks crossing over the step portion in its width direction, a row bar held by the hooks is mounted on the step portion. While interposing the row bar mounted on the step portion between a pair of hooks and a side face of the step portion, the side in longitudinal direction of the row bar and the bottom face thereof are butted to the bottom face and the standing up side face of the step portion to position two axes of the row bar among XYZ directions, successively, positioning of the row bar in one remaining direction along longitudinal direction of the row bar mounted on the step portion is performed by moving the table in the one remaining axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Teruaki Tokutomi, Yoshinori Kitano
  • Patent number: 8327523
    Abstract: There is provided a method of making two electrically separated inductors using deposition and wet-etching techniques, which inductors are formed by interwinding one of the inductors within the other inductor on the same planar level. In still another aspect of the invention, there is provided a method of making various levels inductors, each level having at least two electrically separated inductors, using deposition and wet-etching techniques. The inductors on each planar level are formed by interwinding one of the inductors within the other inductor, and then stacking these in a preferred manner. In still another aspect, there is provided a manner of connecting together inductors formed according to the above methods in order to achieve various inductor configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Adam J. Whitworth, Wenjiang Zeng
  • Patent number: 8319591
    Abstract: A primary coil of an ignition coil has a socket with a side wall having an opening, a center core having a body portion with a root located in the opening and a collar portion extending perpendicularly from the root, and a winding wound on the body portion while the socket catches start and end portions of the winding on respective winding start and end sides. The collar portion is held in the socket. The core is formed by compressing magnetic powder in two divided dies divided through dividing lines which extend along a diagonal line of a rectangle formed by projecting the collar portion on a plane perpendicular to a center axis of the core. The root on the diagonal line is exposed to the opening on the winding start side and is covered with the side wall on the winding end side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Norihito Fujiyama
  • Publication number: 20120293291
    Abstract: A magnetic member includes a substrate and a magnetic element. A configuration groove is formed on the substrate, so as to accommodate the magnetic element. Furthermore, a first electrode is formed on a periphery of the substrate, so that ends of a conductive coil of the magnetic element are electrically laid thereon. A guide groove is formed on a position adjacent to the first electrode, and the guide groove is filled with a conductive metal, so that the first electrode is electrically connected to the guide groove. In this way, after an IR reflow process of the magnetic member, conditions of abnormal adhesion and poor conductivity are avoided. The magnetic member is applicable to various electronic devices requiring the magnetic elements, for example, a communication circuit and a frequency conversion circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventor: Ching-Yuan CHENG
  • Patent number: 8302285
    Abstract: In a sensing unit according to the present invention, a spring portion having a support portion and a movable portion is conductive. A signal of a sensor portion provided on the movable portion of the spring portion is transmitted via the spring portion. Hence, the sensing unit according to the present invention has a simple constitution with a small number of components, and a wire does not necessarily have to be provided for each sensor portion. As a result, a reduction in manufacturing cost, simplification of the manufacturing process, and so on are achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignees: Headway Technologies, Inc., SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Sasaki, Tatsushi Shimizu, Takehiro Horinaka, Kazuo Ishizaki, Shigeki Tanemura
  • Patent number: 8274354
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a transformer having a yoke which has a crosspiece and at least two limbs, over which limbs a coil is placed in each case, and having at least one carrier on which the crosspiece is fixed and which has bearing faces for the coils. At least two supporting blocks for each coil are mounted on each bearing surface. The supporting blocks are fitted with elastic compensation elements on the coil-side carrying face and have, on their longitudinal side faces, which run perpendicular to a carrying surface, at least one strip which extends the creepage path and runs in the longitudinal direction and parallel to the carrying surface of the supporting block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Zillmann, Wolfgang Moenig, Benjamin Weber
  • Publication number: 20120223794
    Abstract: A reactor-securing structure includes, one end of a first-side stay and one end of a second-side stay that are connected to portions of a reactor which are separated from each other at the two sides of a coil axial direction. The other end of the first-side stay and the other end of the second-side stay are fastened in states overlapping the inverter case. A first-side overlapping portion is formed by having the other end of the first-side stay overlap the inverter case, and a second-side overlapping portion is formed by having the other end of the second-side stay overlap the inverter case, A portion of the first-side overlapping portion and a portion of the second-side overlapping portion, when seen from a plan view, are provided in the same range relating to the length direction of the I-shaped section forming the reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2009
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ken Asakura
  • Publication number: 20120223793
    Abstract: An inductor includes a base member having an upper channel which has a height “H” greater than a width “W” of the upper channel of the base member, a conductive member includes a conductive plate engaged into the upper channel of the base member, and a top member is attached onto the base member and engaged with the base member for solidly retaining the conductive member between the top member and the base member. The conductive member includes one or more side plates extended from the conductive plate for engaging onto the end portion of the base member. The side plate includes an upper panel and a lower panel which has a width “D” greater than a width “d” of the upper panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: Hang Chun Lu, Ya Wen Yang, Hsiu Fa Yeh, Pin Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 8256097
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a coil device comprises a first step of twisting a tip end part of the conductive wire by approximately 90 degrees with respect to a conductive wire portion arranged rearward continuously from the tip end part to form a twist part, and winding the tip end part of the conductive wire around the outer peripheral surface of the core in a lying posture on the outer peripheral surface; a second step of winding the conductive wire arranged rearward continuously from the twist part around the outer periphery surface of the core in a standing posture on the outer peripheral surface; and a third step of transforming the conductive wire on a tip end side with respect to the twist part in a direction apart from the outer periphery surface of the core to form one lead part extending substantially linearly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: SHT Corporation Limited
    Inventor: Hitoshi Yoshimori
  • Publication number: 20120218065
    Abstract: An enclosure for electrical equipment is provided. The enclosure includes a frame, a first plate, and a first member coupled to the frame and configured to receive the first plate. The first plate is configured to receive a transformer, movable between a first position and a second position, at least partially supported by the first member when the first plate is in the first position, and offset from the first member when the first plate is in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventor: Joseph P. Gerovac
  • Patent number: 8237531
    Abstract: An inductor circuit with high quality (Q) factor includes a primary inductor and a compensation sub-circuit. The compensation sub-circuit is electrically isolated from the primary inductor. The compensation sub-circuit is magnetically coupled with the primary inductor to compensate the loss in the primary inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ping Qiu, Chirn Chye Boon, Johnny Kok Wai Chew, Kiat Seng Yeo, Manh Anh Do, Lap Chan, Suh Fei Lim