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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8009004 | Electric coil and core cooling method and apparatus Provided is an electrical apparatus comprising a magnetic core, a conductive coil wound around at least a part of the core, a cooling element configured to receive a cooling fluid to cool the core and the coil during operation, and at least one biasing element opera... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7978039 | Semiconductor module for connecting to a transformer winding, and transformer arrangement A semiconductor module (500) for connecting to a transformer winding (132, 133; 408; 409) includes a semiconductor component (501) that is disk-shaped and disposed between two contact plates (502). One of the contact plates (502) i... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7978040 | Winding element for a coil winding and transformer arrangement The invention relates to a winding element (200) for conducting current, forming a component of a coil winding (132, 133; 408, 409), especially of a (welding) transformer winding, comprising fixing means (205) for fixing the winding element (... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7893804 | Electric coil and core cooling method and apparatus Provided is an electrical apparatus comprising a magnetic core, a conductive coil wound around at least a part of the core, a cooling element configured to receive a cooling fluid to cool the core and the coil during operation, and at least one biasing element opera... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7675395 | Electromagnet having spacer for facilitating cooling and associated cooling method An electromagnet and associated apparatus and method are provided. The electromagnet includes a core and at least one winding disposed circumferentially about the core such that the winding extends at least one revolution around the core. The electromagnet further i... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7443273 | Arrangement for cooling of components of wind energy installations The system utilizes the flow of a medium for cooling an installation, especially a transformer. The fact is utilized that the flow of the medium, e.g. wind, automatically increases with increasing load of the transformer. The novel transformer is formed so that its ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7409849 | Oil filtration system for plural phase power equipment tanks Insulating oil in electric power generation, transmission and distribution equipment such as circuit breakers, regulators, phase shifters, tank diverter switches and capacitor banks for respectively separated phases of a plural phase transmission or distribution lin... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7365294 | Microwave oven A microwave oven, including a transformer assembly accommodating a transformer and filled with a cooling material to cool the transformer; and a temperature-sensitive switch electrically connected to the transformer to shut off power when a temperature of a surface ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7330095 | Cooled multiphase choke assembly A cooled multiphase choke assembly comprising a first coil (L1, L2, L3) for each phase (U, V, W) and a first cooling element (11), each first coil (L1, L2, L3) comprising several turns of winding, which define a subst... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322903 | Control method for cooling a launch clutch and an electric motor in a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain A method is for controlling a rate of flow of cooling oil to a friction launch clutch and electric motor in a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain. The rate of flow is determined by changes in clutch temperature and motor temperature. Cooling oil flow in excess of the... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7317179 | Systems and methods to shape laser light as a homogeneous line beam for interaction with a film deposited on a substrate Systems and methods are disclosed for shaping and homogenizing a laser beam for interaction with a film. The shaping and homogenizing system may include a lens array and a lens that is positioned to receive laser light from the lens array and produce a respective el... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7288062 | Apparatus for creating therapeutic charge transfer in tissue An apparatus for creating therapeutic charge transfer in tissue includes a coil. The coil generates a changing magnetic field to induct an electric field in the tissue exceeding 10 mV/cm when the coil is 5 cm from the tissue. Preferably, the magnetic field has a gro... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7277188 | Systems and methods for implementing an interaction between a laser shaped as a line beam and a film deposited on a substrate Systems and methods are disclosed for focusing a beam for an interaction with a film deposited on a substrate wherein the focused beam defines a short axis and a long axis. In one aspect, the system may include a detecting system to analyze light reflected from the ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7245197 | Liquid-cooled choke The invention relates to a liquid-cooled choke comprising a choke core (1), a choke coil (2) and a path (3) for a cooling liquid to cool the choke. The choke core (1) is divided into at least two parts (1a, 1b)... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7218195 | Method and apparatus for magnetizing a permanent magnet A magnetizing coil unit and a method of making a magnetizing coil unit is provided. The coil includes a solenoid coil having a coiled copper sheet in which the width of the copper sheet is equal to the height of the solenoid coil. A magnetizing assembly includes a p... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7212406 | Cooling of electrical components with split-flow closed-end devices A cooling system (11) is provided for electrical components (10, 90) in which passageways (21) are inserted in non-magnetic cores of the electrical components, and in which the passageways (21) provide both inflow and outflow of a cooling... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7205875 | Hybrid air/magnetic core inductor An inductor includes an elongate magnetic core, a coil wrapped around the core and a spacer that separates the coil from the core to provide a coolant passage between the coil and the core. The coolant passage may include an air passage that extends substantially pa... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7176593 | Actuator coil cooling system An actuator coil with a race track winding that generates a magnetic field. A cooling tube has cooling liquid flowing therethrough and is wrapped around a periphery of the race track winding. A plurality of thermal conductive strips are arranged generally transverse... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7161454 | Apparatus and method for cooling electrical transformers A transformer assembly includes a transformer having a winding, a thermal sensor in thermal communication with the transformer winding, and an airflow generator in signal communication with the thermal sensor and arranged for fluid communication with the transformer... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7161456 | Systems and methods for driving large capacity AC motors A drive system for driving large capacity motors includes a motor and a variable frequency drive which accepts input from a three-phase power source. The drive system includes a step-up transformer, preferably of a high-capacity three-phase type, positioned between ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7129808 | Core cooling for electrical components A cooling system is provided for electrical components in which cooling assemblies (11, 45) are inserted in non-magnetic cores of the electrical components, and in which tubes provide both inflow and outflow of a cooling medium. The non-magnetic cores may be ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7126451 | Process for the preparation of coil for electric appliance and coil for electric appliance The present invention is to provide a process for the preparation of coil for an electric appliance by which a coil for electric appliances comprising an edgewise wound square coil having small intervals between coils and high quality can be easily prepared in good ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7090509 | Multi-port pluggable transceiver (MPPT) with multiple LC duplex optical receptacles An interface converter module includes a metallized housing having a first end and a second end. A printed circuit board is mounted within the housing and has mounted thereon electronic circuitry configured to convert data signals from a host device transmission med... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7088210 | Electromagnet having spacer for facilitating cooling and associated cooling method An electromagnet and associated apparatus and method are provided. The electromagnet includes a core and at least one winding disposed circumferentially about the core such that the winding extends at least one revolution around the core. The electromagnet further i... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7078994 | Constant power and temperature coil A coil apparatus is described that incorporates two or more conductors, wound in parallel, following the same path, in intimate physical contact throughout the path but electrically isolated. The current applied to each of the coils can be selected independently. Th... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7075399 | Liquid-cooled inductive devices with interspersed winding layers and directed coolant flow A high-power, liquid-cooled, multi-layer winding inductive device that has a region of interspersed winding layers and directed coolant flow over the interspersed windings to improve heat transfer and device life. ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7065122 | Wire-wound apparatus and high-voltage pulse generating circuit using wire-wound apparatus Electric field easing members (corona rings) for easing concentration of electric fields caused at edges of a core are disposed between the core and a winding to form a gap so to allow the presence of a cooling medium (insulating oil) between the top and bottom surf... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7061356 | Controllable transformer A controllable transformer device comprising a body of a magnetic material, a primary winding wound round the body about a first axis, a secondary winding wound round the body about a second axis at right angles to the first axis, and a control winding wound round t... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7048875 | High oleic acid oil compositions and methods of making and electrical insulation fluids and devices comprising the same High oleic acid triglyceride compositions that comprise fatty acid components of at least 75% oleic acid, less than 10% diunsaturated fatty acid component; less than 3% triunsaturated fatty acid component; and less than 8% saturated fatty acid component; and having ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7034648 | Amorphous metal core transformer An amorphous metal core transformer is provided with a plurality of wound magnetic cores composed of amorphous metal strips, and a plurality of coils, each of the coils including a primary coil and a secondary coil, each of the coils further including a bobbin. The ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7026905 | Magnetically controlled inductive device A controllable inductor, comprising first and second coaxial and concentric pipe elements, where said elements are connected to one another at both ends by means of magnetic end couplers, a first winding wound around both said elements, and a second winding wound ar... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7023312 | Integrated cooling duct for resin-encapsulated distribution transformer coils A dry-type, resin-encapsulated transformer coil that includes multiple layers formed from a length of conductive material, and multiple cooling ducts that are formed of thermoplastic material and spaced between the layers of conductive material. The thermoplastic ma... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7019608 | Superconducting transformer A superconducting transformer may include two pairs of axially extending windings. The windings are each in the form of a right cylindrical solenoid having a circular cross-section which are substantially concentrically nested. Each winding includes a plurality of t... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7017566 | Ignition device for an internal combustion engine An insulator includes a plug side cylindrical portion having an inner space for accommodating a center electrode and a coil side cylindrical portion extending in a direction departing from a combustion chamber. The high-voltage portion of an ignition coil is entirel... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7019429 | Method of applying a tube member in a stator slot in a rotating electrical machine A method for mounting a tube in a space having a shape corresponding to the shape of the tube. The tube is inserted into the space, pressurized with a hot pressure medium causing the tube to expand until the space is filled, then a cold pressure medium is substitute... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7002443 | Method and apparatus for cooling magnetic circuit elements An apparatus and method for providing cooling to a magnetic circuit element having a magnetic core disposed around a centrally located core support member having at least one core support member wall is disclosed which may comprise a core support coolant inlet; a co... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6992555 | Gapped amorphous metal-based magnetic core A magnetic implement has a gap size ranging from about 1 to about 20 mm. The implement comprises a magnetic core composed of an amorphous Fe-based alloy. A physical gap is disposed in the core's magnetic path. The alloy has an amorphous structure; is based on the co... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6969939 | Bolted connector for electrical equipment The present invention provides a mechanical-electrical connector for interconnecting two separate circuits, as in two separate stator coil sections. The conductive end pieces of the stator coil sections to be interconnected are machined such that they can be inserte... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6954129 | Wire core inductive devices having a flux coupling structure and methods of making the same An inductive device (10) comprises a magnetic core (16) including a portion of a plurality of wires (18), an electric winding (20) extending around said magnetic core, with one or more of the plurality of wires (18) at least partia... | 10/11/2005 |
