With Outer Casing Or Housing Patents (Class 336/90)
  • Publication number: 20010050604
    Abstract: An ignition coil for motor vehicles, comprising:
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Applicant: Federal-Mogul Ignition Srl
    Inventors: Giorgio Bernardi, Graziano Gualdi, Roberto Righi
  • Patent number: 6329896
    Abstract: The present invention provides a low-voltage bobbin of a flyback transformer. The flyback transformer comprises the low-voltage bobbin, a lower core and an upper core. The low-voltage bobbin comprises a main body and a reinforced device. The main body comprises a skirt and a winding shaft. The skirt has a lower opening for receiving the lower core. A plurality of sockets are provided on a side portion of the skirt. The winding shaft is provided on the skirt and has an upper opening for receiving the upper core. The reinforced device is provided on the skirt for reinforcing rigidity of the main body and preventing the plurality of sockets from displacing. In addition, the reinforced device comprises three ribs integrally formed on a flange of the skirt. Each rib is vertically connected with each other to form a hole. The lower core engages with the low-voltage bobbin through the hole according to a predetermined assembly procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Darfon Electronics Corp.
    Inventors: Shao An Lu, Gie Chain Hoang
  • Patent number: 6320489
    Abstract: The electronic surface mount package according to the present invention includes a one piece construction package having end walls, a side wall and an open bottom; a plurality of toroid transformers carried within the package by a soft silicone material wherein the toroid transformers each have wires wrapped thereon; a plurality of terminal pins molded within and extending from the bottom of the package wherein each of the pins extend through a bottom portion of the side wall and have a notched post upon which the wires from said transformers are wrapped and soldered thereon, respectively; and wherein the end walls have a first height H1 to form a standoff or safe guard between the foot seating plane of the package and the terminal pins; and wherein the outer portion of the side wall extends between the end walls such that the side wall has a second height H2 which is less than said first height H1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Halo Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Lu, Jeffrey Heaton, James W. Heaton, Peter Loh Hang Pao, Robert Loke Hang Lam, Tsang Kei Sun
  • Patent number: 6310533
    Abstract: This invention relates to the resin encapsulation of solenoids to achieve water resistance at pressure depth. When a compatible and bondable resin is used to form a solenoid bobbin, to insulate the lead-in wires and to encapsulate the solenoid, the resulting encapsulation is effective in resisting water penetration. The formation of bonds between the encapsulation and the solenoid bobbin flanges and insulated lead-in wires allows the encapsulated solenoid to resist water penetration and to operate efficiently in underwater environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Cliftronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Olivier P. Coulombier
  • Publication number: 20010033219
    Abstract: A photosensitive thick film composition is provided which has superior storage stabilities and can be reliably processed by developing. The photosensitive thick film composition is composed of a photosensitive organic component containing an organic binder having an acidic functional group, such as a carboxyl group, an inorganic component containing a polyvalent metal oxide, such as borosilicate glass, and an alcohol having a plurality of hydroxyl group, such as glucitol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michiaki Iha, Masahiro Kubota, Shizuharu Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6301127
    Abstract: In the case where a power supply circuit assembly having a small transformer and various electronic components mounted on a mounting substrate is housed in an insulating case, and the case is filled with a resin, the occurrence of cracks at soldering parts situated around the roots of pin terminals projecting from a lower surface of the mounting substrate is avoided. In a circuit block configured in such a manner that an assembly (1) comprising a mounting substrate (2) constituting the power supply circuit is housed in a case (13), and the case (13) is filled with a resin (14), primary-side pin terminals (11) and secondary-side pin terminals (12) are formed to have an L-shape, and their linear portions pass through a coil bobbin (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Tamura Corporation
    Inventor: Toshihiko Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6297720
    Abstract: An electronic surface mount package provides a one piece construction package (with an open bottom) with one or more terminal pins molded into the package. Each of the pins have a notched post upon which a wire is wound which is from a toroid transformer carried within the package. Each of the posts are notched so their respective wires are separate from one another so as to prevent arcing. The case is opened at the bottom which prevents harm from expansion or cracking. A reinforcement beam is located laterally across the bottom of the package to provide mechanical strength for the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Halo Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Lu, Jeffrey Heaton, James W. Heaton, Tsang Kei Sun, Peter Loh Hang Pao, Robert Loke Hang Lam
  • Patent number: 6285272
    Abstract: A low profile inductive component in accordance with the disclosure set forth here comprises a low profile body having spread apart soldering pads for electrically and mechanically attaching the structure to a printed circuit board and defining an aperture between the pads. A magnetic core is disposed in the aperture. A wire is wound around the core having a first and second end connected to the pads. One end of the core is disposed in the aperture of the low profile body and its other end, which is larger than the aperture, is spaced from the body by spacers extending from the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Coilcraft, Incorporated
    Inventors: James G. Boytor, Catalin C. Girbaci, Helen O. Gogny
  • Patent number: 6281776
    Abstract: Heat emitting electrical components are encased in a refrigerated package within a housing which may be under vacuum. Power for the components is supplied through a transformer within the vacuum housing, the secondary of which is in thermal contact with the package and has heat transmitting electrical connections to the components. To reduce conduction or convection of heat from the primary of the transformer to the refrigerated package, a small gap of about 1 mil is provided. For pot core transformers the core may be split, with the gap between the split portions. For toroidal transformers, the secondary is spaced from the primary as well as from the core by such gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventor: Howard L. Davidson
  • Patent number: 6277253
    Abstract: Embodiments include a method for depositing material onto a workpiece in a sputtering chamber. The method includes sputtering a target and a coil in said sputtering chamber. The coil may have a preformed multilayer structure formed outside of the sputtering chamber. The outer layer of the coil may act as a secondary source of deposition material. The multilayer structure may be formed with an inner region or a base metal and an outer layer of a sputtering metal. The outer layer may be formed using a process such as plasma spraying, arc spraying, flame spraying, ion plating, chemical vapor deposition and electroplating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Murali Narasimhan, Xiangbing Li
  • Patent number: 6271742
    Abstract: The iron core (2) and the windings (3, 4) of a transformer (1) are held together by a coil former (21) which is arranged in an injection mould in such a way that it comes into contact with said mould only with small parts at its surface, whereas the transformer (1) is a distance away from its walls. A plastic shell (22) is then moulded on to complete a small and light integral casing (7) enclosing the transformer all round and in an abutting manner. Joints between the coil former (21) and the shell (22) are essentially at the bottom of indentations which separate cooling fins (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Aspro Technology AG
    Inventor: Michael Graf
  • Patent number: 6268787
    Abstract: A ferrite-core housing case 20 has a first split case half 21, and a second split case half 22 that is openable with respect to the first split case half 22, and houses a ferrite core 1 for a flat cable. A pair of spring portions 27 which press the ferrite core 1 are formed in at least one of the first and second split case halves 21 and 22, and a fulcrum of each of the spring portions 27 is located on a side face 22b of the split case half while an acting point is located on a center side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventor: Masahiro Onizuka
  • Patent number: 6262651
    Abstract: A coil device includes a coil body with a wiring coil wound therearound. The coil body is composed of an insulative core cover with a core received therein. An insulative base is provided with terminals, which the coil body is to be mounted thereon. The core cover includes a planar support portion to be attached to the base, and one of the support portion and the base has, at areas in the vicinity of opposite end portions thereof, engagement grooves, and the other has, at areas in the vicinity of opposite ends thereof, ridges engageable with the engagement grooves. Thus, the support portion can be engaged with the base through a combination of the engagement grooves and the ridges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: FDK Corporation
    Inventors: Masami Miyamoto, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Yoshihiro Mochizuki, Tetsuya Suzuki
  • Patent number: 6259345
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an inductive element for SMD applications comprises the following steps: a) providing a number of predominantly parallel electroconductive wires in the mould of an injection-moulding device, b) circumferentially providing a part of the wires with a synthetic resin by injection moulding, in such a manner that the ends of the wires remain free, c) providing an envelope of a soft-magnetic material around the circumferentially injection moulded part of the wires, and d) reshaping the ends of the wires. The parts of the wires to be circumferentially injection moulded are fixed inside the mould during the injection moulding process. The element generates optimally homogeneous magnetic fields. Also the risk of electric short-circuits is small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Martinus J.M. De Graaf, Eelco G. Visser
  • Patent number: 6259346
    Abstract: An electric noise absorber for clamping to a cord of an electronic device comprises a holding case composed of two box-shaped case members. Each case member contains a magnet having a hemi-cylindrical groove at the upper part of the magnet for receiving the cord. It is possible to easily and securely attach and detach the electric noise absorbing magnet to the cord by simply closing and opening the case members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Kitagawa Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshihito Nakano
  • Publication number: 20010005166
    Abstract: This invention relates to the resin encapsulation of solenoids to achieve water resistance at pressure depth. When a compatible and bondable resin is used to form a solenoid bobbin, to insulate the lead-in wires and to encapsulate the solenoid, the resulting encapsulation is effective in resisting water penetration. The formation of bonds between the encapsulation and the solenoid bobbin flanges and insulated lead-in wires allows the encapsulated solenoid to resist water penetration and to operate efficiently in underwater environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Publication date: June 28, 2001
    Inventor: Olivier P. Coulombier
  • Patent number: 6252482
    Abstract: A high voltage post terminal is accurately located within a support aperture during manufacturing processes by at least one inwardly directed projection to avoid assembly problems caused by sizing the entire aperture itself to locate the terminal with sufficient accuracy. By thus improving the concentricity of the high voltage coil components it is possible to achieve more reliable insulation between components at even relatively small-sized coils used for individual engine plug holes. An especially advantageous range of critical parameters has been discovered as achievable by using this more reliable manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonari Chiba, Kazutoyo Oosuka, Keiichi Okazaki, Hiromitsu Oonishi, Masahiko Aoyama
  • Patent number: 6249203
    Abstract: A wire-wound chip inductor includes a wire holding member having a core portion with a wire wound therearound and flange portions extending from both ends of the core portion in the axial direction, and a magnetic plate attached to the wire holding member to connect the flange portions. The width of the core portion and the width of the flange portions are substantially equal to each other, and the width of the magnetic plate is larger than the widths of the core portion and the flange portions. Preferably, the width of the magnetic plate is larger than the width of the outer form of the wire, and the magnetic plate has a pair of side wall portions extending from both widthwise ends thereof so as to sandwich the flange portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing, Co., LTD
    Inventors: Yoshio Hanato, Tetsuya Morinaga
  • Patent number: 6239682
    Abstract: An expandable transformer housing having a first housing member with a hollow cavity therein, a second housing member with a hollow cavity therein, and at least one exterior insert member therebetween in a stacked formation. The exterior insert member has a first end and a second end. A portion of the first end of the exterior insert member is adapted to engage the first housing member and a portion of the second end of the insert member is adapted to engage the second housing member. An interior insert member is also provided having a first end and a second end. A portion of the first end of the interior insert member is similarly adapted to engage the first housing member and a portion of the second end of the interior insert member is adapted to engage the second housing member. The interior insert provides insulation between the current source and the second windings of the transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Square D Company
    Inventor: Scott C. McCloskey
  • Patent number: 6222435
    Abstract: A bar-type coil for ignition systems, in particular, for as an ignition coil in internal combustion engines of motor vehicles, is designed to minimize the interference voltage produced by the ignition processes. The bar-type coil has a core, designed as an I-core, a tubular magnetic return plate, and a primary terminal. Mounted in the primary terminal is, in addition to other elements, a first contact element, which is electrically connected to frame potential. The first contact element is part of a line bar, which is electrically connected via a resistance element or via a laminated strip to the tubular magnetic return plate, so that the interference voltage produced is diverted to frame potential. The bar-type coil may be used in automobile manufacturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Bonnefoit
  • Patent number: 6215385
    Abstract: An ignition coil has concentrically arranged components including a core, a secondary winding spool adjacent to the core, a secondary winding wound on the spool, a case made of electrical insulating material, a primary winding wound on an outer surface of the case, and a shield disposed radially outwardly of the primary winding. The case is configured so as to allow the primary winding to be wound thereon and to space the shield a predetermined space from the primary winding. A radially inner surface of the case and a radially outer portion of the secondary winding define a single potting channel for receiving an epoxy potting material. The configuration eliminates the primary winding spool, which reduces material cost, and further eliminates the effective dielectric contribution of the primary winding spool for reduced capacitance to thereby provide improved secondary winding output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Dan Ogden
  • Patent number: 6204744
    Abstract: A high current, low profile inductor includes a wire coil having an inter coil end and an outer coil end. A magnetic material completely surrounds the wire coil to form an inductor body. First and second leads connected to the inner coil end and the outer coil end respectively extend through the magnetic material to the exterior of the inductor body. The method of operation involves pressure molding the magnetic material around the wire coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Vishay Dale Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy M. Shafer, Brett W. Jelkin
  • Patent number: 6198373
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a wire wound electronic component with stable quality, as well as raising reliability thereof by improving heat radiation, water-proofness, resistance against static electricity, resistance against stresses, magnetic characteristic thereof. Powder of one or both of an inorganic material and a metallic material having higher thermal conductivity than a resin is added as a filler in the above resin, or a mixture of one or both of powders of the said inorganic material or the said metallic material and powders of a ferrite material for magnetic shielding is added as a filler in the above resin. When a sealing resin comprising a high thermal conductive material added thereto is used, heat generated inside a wire wound electronic component by passing a current through a coil conductor is effectively released outside the component, and the component can have a good heat radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Ogawa, Hideo Aoba, Yoshihiro Amada, Takayuki Uehara, Kazuhiko Otsuka, Hideyuki Karasawa, Nobuyasu Shiba
  • Patent number: 6198375
    Abstract: A high current, low profile inductor includes a conductor coil surrounded by magnetic material to form an inductor body. The inductor coil is formed from a flat plate which is cut into a sine-shaped configuration and then is folded in accordion fashion to create a helical coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Vishay Dale Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy M. Shafer
  • Patent number: 6194986
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transformer includes a housing, a bushing, a core-and-coil unit, an electrical connector, and a connecting rod. The bushing is located in an opening in the housing and comprises a conductive tube surrounded at least partially by an insulating layer. The electrical connector is coupled to the core-and-coil unit in the housing. The connecting rod extends through at least a portion of the conductive tube with one end of the rod being connected to the electrical connector. The connecting rod and the bushing can be moved with respect to each other to electrically couple the electrical connector the conductive tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Lapp Insulator Company
    Inventors: Eric Weatherbee, William Young, Daxiong Zeng
  • Patent number: 6191674
    Abstract: An ignition coil that can be easily assembled, that assures co-axial alignment of a primary coil, a secondary coil and a center core part, and that generates desired high voltage. A core body is formed to have an outer diameter larger than that of a permanent magnet so that the permanent magnet will not protrude out of the outer peripheral face of the core body. Accordingly, when the center core part is inserted into a secondary spool, the center core part is not caught by the secondary spool and may be readily inserted and assembled therewith. Also, because no bulge is created at the center core part, it is possible to prevent the center core part from tilting within the secondary spool and to readily assure the co-axial alignment of the primary spool, the secondary spool and the center core part. Thus, voltage generated by the secondary coil is prevented from dropping, and high voltage may be applied to the ignition plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Norihiro Adachi, Yoshihiro Shimoide, Kazutoyo Osuka, Kazuhide Kawai
  • Patent number: 6169471
    Abstract: An engine igniting coil device adapted to be mounted in a cylindrical bore of an engine and directly connected with an ignition plug therein has a coil case containing an igniting coil assembly and made of conductive magnetic material which is held at the ground potential level, thus preventing a decrease of output factor of the igniting coil of produced magnetic flux when spreading about and passing through a cylinder head of the engine and eliminating the possibility of leakage discharge from a high-voltage portion of the igniting coil assembly to the coil case and the cylinder head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Toyo Denso Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Sakamaki, Toshiyuki Shinozawa, Yoshiharu Saito
  • Patent number: 6144278
    Abstract: A transformer including a bobbin formed by uniting a winding member, which has a primary winding and secondary winding and a bore formed thereon and therein, with a primary winding fixture and secondary winding fixture adjoining the openings of the bore, and a ferromagnetic core having a core portion thereof inserted into the bore and including an enclosure for enclosing the windings is manufactured according to a process including an affixing step of firmly affixing both or either of the primary winding fixture and secondary winding fixture to the ferromagnetic core, an impregnation step of impregnating the transformer with a varnish, and an applying step of applying adhesives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideyuki Nishida, Shunichi Haga, Ichiro Shimizu
  • Patent number: 6121865
    Abstract: A solenoid assembly is provided having a sealing device disposed in a recess of the over-molded material in order to seal the electrical leads extending from the coil of the solenoid through the recess. The sealing device is an elastomeric member having holes defined therein for the electrical leads to pass through and a larger portion that is disposed in the recess. With the larger portion pressed into the recess, a force is transferred through the elastomeric material onto the electrical leads to prohibit ingression of contaminants into the windings of the coil. The electrical leads could be either lead wires or rigid pins. The elastomeric material also serves to provide vibration damping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Maurice J. Dust, Kyle W. Scholl
  • Patent number: 6118361
    Abstract: A molded coil is provided for preventing the entrance of water, oil and the like into the inside a coil. The molded coil 1 is comprised of a coil 2 provided therein and having the outer surfaces thereof covered by a resin material, and a molded element 17 formed by curing the resin material. Bulging portions 6 are provided at the opposite ends of a shaft 5 of a bobbin 3 of the coil 2. The molded element 17 is so formed as to cover the coil 2 from the outer surfaces of the two bulging portions 6 over the outer circumferential surface of the wound wire 4. On the outer surface of the lower bulging portion 6 is provided an embossed engaging portion in the form of a closed ring along the entire circumference of the bulging portion 6. Thus, even if water, oil or the like enters through mold detaching holes 18, it will not reach the inside of the coil 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinji Ogawa
  • Patent number: 6115236
    Abstract: The HT power supply unit modular support according to the invention comprises functional housings intended to accommodate the functional elements of the power supply unit, the insulating walls of which are formed by two protruding walls (2, 3) having overlapping complementary inclined surfaces (5, 6). Application to HT power supply units for X-ray sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems S.A.
    Inventors: Hans Jedlitschka, Denis Perillat, Jacques Sireul
  • Patent number: 6114935
    Abstract: An ignition coil has a coil case made of an insulating resin, including a head portion, a cylinder portion accommodating a primary coil, and a secondary coil and a high-voltage tower portion for fitting with a spark plug. At least one of those three portions is separately molded and then the portions are assembled to form the coil case. The longitudinal length of each of the three portions is less than a forming flow length of the insulating resin, thereby preventing inferior molding. Further, the structure of each molding die is simpler than that of the coil case for an integral molding. Therefore, the coil case of the ignition coil can be molded readily without molding defects, even when the coil case is elongated, formed thinner, and/or formed with an undercut portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutoyo Oosuka, Yoshihiro Shimoide, Kazuhide Kawai, Jyunichi Wada
  • Patent number: 6114933
    Abstract: An ignition coil assembly module (40) that can be connected to and disconnected from an engine spark plug. The module elements are arranged as a succession of cylindrical layers about a central ferromagnetic core (46). From innermost to outermost, the succession is: a) a secondary bobbin (48), b) a secondary coil (58), c) a secondary encapsulant (194) encapsulating the secondary coil, d) a primary bobbin (50), e) a primary coil (56), f) an inner wall (181) of an environmental shield (42) encapsulating the primary coil, g) a ferromagnetic shell (52), and h) an outer wall (180) of the environmental shield encapsulating the shell. The primary bobbin forms a liquid container for holding secondary coil encapsulant. A terminal (100) extends through a transverse wall (71) of the primary bobbin for carrying secondary current from the secondary coil to another terminal (118) on the other side of the transverse wall that connects to a spark plug (80).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex William Widiger, Gregg Michael Stefansky, Todd Christopher Sexton, William Douglas Walker
  • Patent number: 6094122
    Abstract: An ignition coil assembly module (40) that can be connected to and disconnected from an engine spark plug. The module elements are arranged as a succession of cylindrical layers about a central ferromagnetic core (46). From innermost to outermost, the succession is: a) a secondary bobbin (48), b) a secondary coil (58), c) a secondary encapsulant (194) encapsulating the secondary coil, d) a primary bobbin (50), e) a primary coil (56), f) an inner wall (181) of an environmental shield (42) encapsulating the primary coil, g) a ferromagnetic shell (52), and h) an outer wall (180) of the environmental shield encapsulating the shell. The primary bobbin forms a liquid container for holding secondary coil encapsulant. A terminal (100) extends through a transverse wall (71) of the primary bobbin for carrying secondary current from the secondary coil to another terminal (118) on the other side of the transverse wall that connects to a spark plug (80).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventor: Todd Christopher Sexton
  • Patent number: 6094124
    Abstract: Ballast for a discharge lamp, which can make a sustained power supply to the discharge lamp, and method and apparatus for manufacturing the same, are disclosed. The ballast having a core assembly (4) with one pair of stacks of a plurality of cores (3) symmetrically inserted into a bobbin (2) wound with copper wire (1), and the ballast including one retainer (9) for surrounding and fixing the entire core assembly (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Inventor: Kyung-Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 6094121
    Abstract: An engine igniting coil device adapted to be mounted in a cylindrical bore of an engine and directly connected with an ignition plug therein has a coil case containing an igniting coil assembly and made of conductive magnetic material which is held at the ground potential level, thus preventing a decrease of output factor of the igniting coil of produced magnetic flux when spreading about and passing through a cylinder head of the engine and eliminating the possibility of leakage discharge from a high-voltage portion of the igniting coil assembly to the coil case and the cylinder head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Toyo Denso Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Sakamaki, Toshiyuki Shinozawa, Yoshiharu Saito
  • Patent number: 6087918
    Abstract: An ignition coil is secured to an internal combustion engine by a twist lock connection. The twist lock connection is defined by a first connection feature comprising a plurality of tabs extending radially outwardly from a cylindrical body portion of the ignition coil, and a second connecting feature comprising a corresponding plurality of camming surfaces having a ramp shape and terminating in a mechanical stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James Patrick Henry, Jeff A. King, Jeffrey Dan Ogden
  • Patent number: 6081180
    Abstract: A housing for a toroid coil has side walls closely formed around the coil and a top connected at a gap from the side walls by attachments. The top provides a flat, relatively smooth vacuum pick up surface for mounting the coil on a circuit board and is removable by breaking off the attachments. The side walls have a front wall with wire wrap posts extending therefrom positioned so that the wire of the coil lies in the mounting plane for surface mount connection when wrapped on the posts. Slots are provided in the front wall to receive the wire to prevent cutting or scoring of the wire or its coating or cover during removal of the top. The back of the walls is open to reduce length and thickened supports are provided at the edges of the walls adjacent the back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Power Trends, Inc.
    Inventors: Claude Fernandez, Glynn Russell Ashdown
  • Patent number: 6078240
    Abstract: An isolating cover for mounting on a top of a bobbin of a small-scaled transformer to cover windings and pins provided on the bobbin and isolate them from a frame core of the transformer. The isolating cover is so designed that it has isolating walls to provide increased creepage distances between any two components on the transformer and therefore prevents a hipot from directly crossing from a high-tension end to a low-tension end on the transformer. The increased creepage distances at all areas of the bobbin enable upgraded quality and reliability of the transformer. The isolating cover can be easily mounted to the bobbin to replace conventional insulating tape for covering the top of the bobbin, and has dimensions that do not exceed an overall volume defined by the bobbin. The transformer with the isolating cover can therefore be manufactured with simplified procedures and at reduced cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Inventor: Ming Shih Huang
  • Patent number: 6066802
    Abstract: A safety enclosure system for a transformer is disclosed including a high voltage enclosure used in conjunction with a flip top hood on pad mounted transformers to provide an additional access restriction to the high voltage compartment after the hood has been opened. The high voltage enclosure is designed such that it is secured to the barrier plate separating the high voltage terminals from the low voltage terminals and after opening the enclosure is swung to the side, out of the way, for any operations in the high voltage compartment. The enclosure must then be closed before the hood can be closed and locked. This provides increased security for any further access to the high voltage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: ABB Power T&D Company Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Reinke, Anthony Lenzini, Sam Samson
  • Patent number: 6039582
    Abstract: A ballast housing (10) comprising a base (100), a cover (200), an input connector (300), and an output connector (400). Input connector (300) and output connector (400) serve as end-caps of the housing (10), and provide solderless connections between external wires and the ballast circuitry. The base (100) has formed edges (132,142) that are received into corresponding channels (242,252) in the cover (200). Tabs on the connectors (300,400) and corresponding apertures in the base (100) and cover (200) provide a secure ballast housing that accommodates efficient provision of input and output wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: David G. Geis, Peter Doikas, Jeffrey Demonaco
  • Patent number: 6031442
    Abstract: An electronic component such as a transformer or choke coil in which a coil is wound around the toroidal core to form a coil element which is completely encased in resin case. The inside of the case is partitioned by a plate so that the external terminals are fixed within terminal housing sections formed in four corners of the case and the toroidal core is fixed within a core housing section formed at the center of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Toko Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Michiya Nakazawa
  • Patent number: 6030229
    Abstract: An electromagnetic detachable connector includes a pair of female and male connectors. Each of female and male connectors includes a movable section and a fixed section. Each movable section includes a row of terminals that can be connected with those of another movable section, and a guide that can be fitted with that of the another movable section. The fixed sections are relatively fixed so as to have respective movable sections face each other. A permanent magnet and an electromagnet are arranged at a predetermined position of the female and male connectors. Exerting an electromagnetic force on the permanent magnet so that the movable sections move in a direction so as to come closer to or farther away from each other achieves a drive control for connection and disconnection. With this structure, an electromagnetic detachable connector is provided that can control, automatically and with high precision, the connection and disconnection between the female and male connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd
    Inventor: Yasumitsu Tsutsui
  • Patent number: 6023215
    Abstract: An engine igniting coil device adapted to be mounted in a cylindrical bore of an engine and directly connected with an ignition plug therein has a coil case containing an igniting coil assembly and made of conductive magnetic material which is held at the ground potential level, thus preventing a decrease of output factor of the igniting coil of produced magnetic flux when spreading about and passing through a cylinder head of the engine and eliminating the possibility of leakage discharge from a high-voltage portion of the igniting coil assembly to the coil case and the cylinder head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: Toyo Denso Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Sakamaki, Toshiyuki Shinozawa, Yoshiharu Saito
  • Patent number: 5977852
    Abstract: A valve control device for controlling a valve for a pressure fluid includes a cylindrical coil having a longitudinal extent defining a longitudinal axis, an end surface, a coil body with a terminal pin carrier disposed on the end surface, and a coil wire wound onto the coil body. Coil terminal pins are oriented crosswise to the longitudinal axis of the coil, are secured to the terminal pin carrier and are electrically conductively connected to the coil wire. A yoke ring housing includes a yoke ring sheath surrounding the longitudinal extent of the coil and having a longitudinal extent. The yoke ring sheath has an opening formed therein in the form of a gap piercing the full longitudinal extent of the yoke ring sheath for accommodating a terminal. A housing wall faces toward the end surface of the coil and a fastening element secures the yoke ring housing on the housing wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Johannes Schoettl
  • Patent number: 5929734
    Abstract: A coil former for a flat coil comprises a plurality of printed circuit boards that are stacked on top of each other and carry one or several turns. At least one straight row of electrically conductive pins is arranged along the edge of a supporting plate which is made of insulating material. The pins are adapted to interconnect the strip conductors on the printed circuit boards and/or to connect the strip conductors with other components. The pins project in the direction towards the printed circuit boards. The pins are spaced apart according to a predetermined grid pitch. The supporting plate has a first recess for receiving a leg of a magnet. Further, the supporting plate is connectable with a cover having a second recess aligned with the first recess on the supporting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Inventor: Rene Weiner
  • Patent number: 5870011
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a line filter that is characterized by suppressing magnetic adverse effects inflicted on other components due to leakage magnetic fluxes from the closed magnetic circuit core used in the line filter and at the same time preventing noises from infiltrating into the closed magnetic circuit core. The line filter comprises a synthetic resin made bobbin (5) having flanges (2) on its both ends and a through hole (20) along its axis, a square shaped closed magnetic circuit core (1) with one of its magnetic legs inserted in the through hole (20) of the bobbin (5), windings (6) wound between both flanges (2) of the bobbin (5) in the direction perpendicular to the bobbin's axis, metal terminals (9) embedded in the flanges (2) and connected with the windings (6) and a wobbling preventive means to prevent the closed magnetic circuit core from wobbling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Mori, Hisayo Miyoshi, Shunya Inoue, Hiroshi Tomita
  • Patent number: 5870012
    Abstract: An engine ignition coil device which comprises a coil case composed of a first cylindrical case and a second case having a small tubular hole in its center portion and an upper external shoulder at its open end fitted in an open end of the first case to form a closed end of the coil case and an internal unit assembled from a primary side coil bobbin, a secondary-side coil bobbin having a high-voltage terminal holder projecting from a center of its end flange portion, a rod-shaped core, and a high-voltage terminal attached to the high-voltage terminal holder and having a contact for electrically connecting an ignition plug thereto. The internal assembly is mounted in the coil case by inserting the high-voltage terminal holder in the small tubular hole of the secondary case with a tip of the contact projected outwardly therefrom and formed integrally with the coil case by injecting melted insulating resin into the coil case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Toyo Denso Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Sakamaki, Toshiyuki Shinozawa
  • Patent number: 5835000
    Abstract: A current transformer assembly has three pairs of contacts projecting from the upper and lower surface of a mounting plate. Below the plate, the contacts in each pair are interconnected by a conductor embraced by a toroidal current transformer. The transformers are electrically connected to a connector accessible on the upper surface of the plate. Four mounting bolts project from the upper surface of the plate so that the assembly can be connected to cooperating contacts on an equipment panel. The lower surface of the plate is enclosed by a housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: Smiths Industries plc
    Inventors: David Ascroft, David Ian Colguhoun
  • Patent number: 5821845
    Abstract: Proposed is a reduction of variance in electromagnetic noise eliminating effect with signal conductors arranged in a flat cable to which an electromagnetic noise absorber is attached. The electromagnetic noise absorber is provided with a plate magnetic body and a U-shaped magnetic body. Since the width of the plate magnetic body is smaller than the interval between the side walls of the U-shaped magnetic body, the plate magnetic body can be accommodated in the U-shaped magnetic body, with a clearance formed between the end portions of the plate magnetic body and the side walls of the U-shaped magnetic body. The impedance in the vicinity of the clearance is decreased, and the difference in impedance between the end portions and the middle portion of the electromagnetic noise absorber is decreased. Therefore, a variance in the electromagnetic noise eliminating effect with signal conductors of the flat cable is made small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Kitigawa Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Ohashi