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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183966 | Entirely integrated EMI filter based on a flexible multi-layer strip material An entirely integrated EMI filter is based on a flexible multi-layer strip material. An EE or EI core comprises two side pillars and one middle pillar and forms a closed magnetic circuit. The middle pillar has an air gap. A first winding and a second winding respect... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8115583 | Generation of multipolar electromagnetic energy A method and system of generating multipolar electromagnetic energy from bipolar electromagnetic energy, comprising supplying bipolar electromagnetic energy to plural cascades in a bipolar electromagnetic circuit such that at least a portion of said bipolar energy i... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8093979 | Transformer based voltage supply There is disclosed a voltage summer including a transformer having a primary side and a secondary side, wherein a first voltage to be summed is connected to the primary side and a second voltage to be summed is connected to the secondary side. There is further discl... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8013707 | Magnetic non-contact switch A switch comprising a plurality of transformers and a path comprising a number of wires. Each of the plurality of transformers comprises a core and a control winding. The path is configured to connect the plurality of transformers to each other. Non-direct current f... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8004380 | Transformer A transformer 10 has a first core CR1, a second core CR2, a first transformer primary winding W1, a coil 45, a coil 46 and a coil 47. The second core CR2 is integrally formed with the first core CR1. The... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7808353 | Coil system for plasmoid thruster A coil system for a plasmoid thruster includes a bias coil, a drive coil and field coils. The bias and drive coils are interleaved with one another as they are helically wound about a conical region. A first field coil defines a first passage at one end of the conic... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7403081 | Broadband hybrid junction and associated methods The hybrid junction includes four electrically conductive planar windings, circular or rectangular, arranged so as to lie along an imaginary spherical or cylindrical surface. Each of the four electrically conductive windings is rotated from adjacent windings by abou... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7365501 | Inverter transformer An inverter transformer includes a coil unit including a bobbin and a plurality of windings, and a transformer core unit. The bobbin is formed with a core-receiving compartment, and includes first, second and third coil winding portions. The windings are wound aroun... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362182 | Power amplifier A radio frequency power amplifier including control electronics for providing control signals for timing of the power amplifier. A first group of the drivers are coupled to the control electronics and a second group of drivers are coupled to the control electronics.... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7355307 | Rotary transformer for supplying electric power to a superconducting rotor A device for supplying electric energy to at least one superconductor, with the superconductor being cooled in a cooled region to at least one predetermined temperature for achieving superconductivity, includes at least one electric energy source, and a transformer ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352269 | Method for making magnetic components with N-phase coupling, and related inductor structures Methods and structures for constructing a magnetic core of a coupled inductor. The method provides for constructing N-phase coupled inductors as both single and scalable magnetic structures, where N is an integer greater than 1. The method additionally describes how... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7332992 | Transformer Disclosed herein is a transformer including: an iron core; and a winding wound around the iron core; wherein the iron core includes a column-shaped output side iron core part, a plurality of column-shaped input side iron core parts, and a connecting iron core part, ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7307361 | Medium voltage power converter formed using low voltage drives A medium voltage power converter is provided that has an input transformer adapted to connect to a multi-phase power source, multiple low voltage drives each coupled to a respective set of secondary windings of the input transformer and operatively configured to pro... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7301440 | Power line communication system and method The present invention provides a device for providing communications through power lines comprised of multiple conductors by transmitting the data signals through a plurality of the conductors. One embodiment of the present invention may be comprised of a transmit c... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301427 | Transformer having auxiliary winding coil for sensing magnetic flux balance and driving circuit using the same A transformer having auxiliary winding coils for sensing magnetic flux balance is disclosed. The transformer comprises a first winding part having a first channel, a second winding part having a second channel a third winding part having a third channel, a primary w... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7279851 | Systems and methods for fault protection in a balancing transformer An apparatus and methods for balancing current in multiple negative impedance gas discharge lamp loads. Embodiments advantageously include balancing transformer configurations that are relatively cost-effective, reliable, efficient, and good performing. Embodiments ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274282 | Transformer The present invention relates to a transformer. In the transformer, secondary winding sections are placed in both sides of a primary winding section, all terminals of the secondary winding sections are used as output terminals, and an input terminal is placed in the... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274281 | Discharge lamp lighting apparatus A discharge lamp lighting apparatus for supplying high frequency high voltage to an excimer discharge lamp comprises a boasting transformer having a core, a secondary side coil and a pair of primary side coils; a DC power source; and switching elements, wherein a du... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7271696 | Two part transformer core, transformer and method of manufacture A toroidal transformer core topology having improved thermal and electrical properties has a two part core, one part concentrically disposed within the other, with the windings wound between the two. Less expensive materials and less material can be used to construc... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7209024 | Filter circuit and power supply unit The present invention provides a filter circuit realizing reduction in the number of magnetic cores on a circuit board and a space occupied by the magnetic cores, and a power supply unit using the filter circuit. A filter circuit includes a first filter part and a s... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7199699 | Facilitating communication with power line communication devices The invention includes a method, system, and device for communicating a data signal with a low voltage premise network. The inventive method comprises communicating the data signal with the low voltage premise network, substantially reducing attenuation of the data ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199692 | Noise suppressor A noise suppressor capable of obtaining a favorable attenuation characteristic even in the case where a plurality of inductors on a conductive wire are magnetically coupled to each other. The noise suppressor includes a first inductor and a second inductor which are... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7193496 | Magnetic element and power supply A magnetic element and a power supply which can output a plurality of different output pulse signal voltages or different output AC voltages while preventing an increase in the number of parts or an area occupied by parts are provided. The magnetic element includes ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7180398 | Coil former for an electromechanical actuator The invention provides a coil former for an electromechanical actuator with a U-shaped yoke, having a base arranged between two limbs and forming a coil core. The coil former comprises a bobbin holder having an opening therein to receive the base portion of the yoke... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7141933 | Systems and methods for a transformer configuration for driving multiple gas discharge tubes in parallel An apparatus and methods for balancing current in multiple negative impedance gas discharge lamp loads. Embodiments advantageously include balancing transformer configurations that are relatively cost-effective, reliable, efficient, and good performing. Embodiments ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7136293 | Full wave series resonant type DC to DC power converter with integrated magnetics A full wave DC/DC converter magnetically integrates into the transformer assembly the functions of the resonant inductor, magnetizing inductor and the output filter inductor. The primary and the secondary windings are assembled on a gapped center leg of an E-core, w... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7132819 | Floating power supply and method of using the same A power supply of the present invention comprises a transducer having a transducer and a voltage regulator. The transducer is coupled to an electrically non-conductive medium, which may be a light pipe. The electrically non-conductive medium is coupled to a non-elec... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7129813 | Wound-rotor transformer and power source device using said wound-rotor transformer A small size wound rotor transformer having a simple structure, wherein the primary winding (32) is mounted on the central portion of a bobbin (insulator) (2), and the first and second secondary windings (39, 41) are mounted at both sides of the... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7113134 | Transformer antenna device and method of using the same The invention contemplates an antenna device, system and method of installing the antenna device for receiving a wireless signal at a pad mounted electrical transformer. The novel device includes an antenna capable of communicating the wireless signal and a material... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7113065 | Modular inductor for use in power electronic circuits A modular inductor arrangement is provided in which a footprint of an enclosure for single or multiple phase inductors provides enhanced thermal transfer. The inductor coil may be wound about an axis generally parallel to a mounting surface of the package, so as to ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7103240 | Method and apparatus for providing inductive coupling and decoupling of high-frequency, high-bandwidth data signals directly on and off of a high voltage power line The present invention is drawn to an electrically “closed” method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data signals over a high voltage power line. Inductive coupling is employed for coupling and decoupling the data signal directly on to and off of a sin... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7102478 | Power line coupling device and method of using the same The coupling device of the present invention includes a housing, a first fastening member attached to said housing and coupled to the power line, a second fastening member attached to the housing and coupled to the power line, an inductor providing an impedance to d... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7076378 | Device and method for providing power line characteristics and diagnostics An apparatus determines a characteristic of a portion of a power line. The apparatus comprises a coupling device in communication with a processor. The coupling device receives a signal from a power line and the processor receives the signal from the coupling device... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7075385 | Impedance converter device An impedance converter device comprises an electrically conductive external conductor with one or more connection locations for electrical lines, an electrically conductive internal conductor with one or more connection locations for electrical lines, and also a die... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7075401 | Small-diameter ignition coil A small-diameter ignition coil includes a center core, a primary coil, a secondary coil, and a thin film tube. The primary and secondary coils are arranged on an outer circumferential side with respect to the center core. The thin film tube has a cylindrical shape. ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7075414 | Device and method for communicating data signals through multiple power line conductors The present invention provides a device for providing communications through power lines comprised of multiple conductors by transmitting the data signals through a plurality of the conductors. One embodiment of the present invention may be comprised of a transmit c... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7064654 | Power line communication system and method of operating the same A system for operating a power line communication system is provided. One embodiment is comprised of a plurality of network elements, which may take the form of repeaters, bypass devices, backhaul devices, wireless backhaul devices, enhanced bypass devices, communic... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7053756 | Facilitating communication of data signals on electric power systems The invention includes a method, system, and device for communicating a data signal on an electric power system. The inventive method includes communicating the data signal to the electric power system, and modifying the characteristics of the electric power system ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7046124 | Power line coupling device and method of using the same The coupler of the present invention couples broadband RF signals to and from a power line conductor. The coupler of one embodiment that is for use with overhead power lines includes a length of URD MV cable with the neutral conductor removed and that is communicati... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7042323 | Signal transformer and method for operating such a signal transformer A signal transformer having a primary limb and a first secondary limb is specified, a primary winding at least partly enclosing the primary limb and a secondary winding at least partly enclosing the first secondary limb and the primary limb being connected to the fi... | 05/09/2006 |
