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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8081491 | External neutral current sensor matched to a circuit breaker A highly accurate current sensing transformer, such as an external neutral current transformer (ENCT), accommodates a wide range of loads. The ENCT includes a housing, first and second terminals each having an end portion extending from and external to the housing, ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7898822 | Holder for electric components A holder holds an electrical component having wire ends that act as electrical connections. The holder includes a body having a center part. The center part has a recess for holding the component. Side walls of the recess have slots for guiding wire ends of the comp... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7352270 | Printed circuit board with magnetic assembly A magnetic assembly including a printed circuit board and a core made from magnetically permeable material positioned on the printed circuit board. Plated through holes are formed in the printed circuit board, a first plated through hole on a first side of the core,... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7332993 | Planar transformer having fractional windings A planar transformer is fabricated on a multilayer printed circuit board having more than two layers. A magnetic core includes a common leg and a first and a second return leg that form a first and second core window, respectively. A first coil includes a first coil... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7295095 | Electric component and method of producing the same In a push-pull switching circuit for a low-voltage, large current application, a decrease in resistance of a transformer and of its peripheral circuit is sought for. In view of this, a coil (2) is fixed at its terminal (T1) side, and is wound around a ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292126 | Low noise planar transformer An apparatus and method for reducing common mode noise capacitive coupling from a primary winding to a secondary winding in a transformer. In an embodiment, the primary winding has two terminals and a plurality of coil turns therebetween formed by a plurality of PCB... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7236075 | Transformer A transformer has a cover and a bobbin. The cover has a cavity and a bottom opening. The cavity is formed inside of the over. The bobbin is mounted inside the cavity in the cover and has two surfaces, multiple pins and multiple coils. The pins are mounted through th... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231994 | Hybrid vehicle with integral generator for auxiliary loads A hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine coupled to a combined starter/motor/generator which is, in turn, coupled to a transmission of the vehicle. The starter/motor/generator is coupled to a high voltage battery pack via an inverter and to a deployab... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233497 | Surface mount heat sink A heat sink surface mounts to a printed circuit board in direct separation, thermal and physical, from components on the board. The heat sink cools the components by conducting heat from the components through the printed circuit board to the heat sink. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7154759 | Mounting structure for integrated circuit In a mounting structure of an integrated circuit, an electrolytic capacitor for smoothing power of a heating element is disposed out of range of thermal effect of the heating element, and a ceramic capacitor for supplementing the operation of the electrolytic capaci... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7078997 | Transformer assembly, and power conversion apparatus and solar power generation apparatus using the same In a transformer assembly formed by using a plurality of transformers each formed by winding a primary coil and a secondary coil around a winding core, one terminal and the other terminal of the primary coil are arranged on opposite sides of the winding core, one te... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7019996 | Power converter employing a planar transformer A power converter may employ a planar transformer to minimize winding conduction loss, and the switching devices of the power converter may be aligned in lines parallel to an edge of the planar transformer to minimize the termination leakage inductance. The windings... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7011446 | Thermocouple junction box with isolated studs A thermocouple junction box for reducing EMF generated by a stud-and-cup configuration comprises a cup adapted to be electrically connected to a thermocouple sensing junction and a stud disposed, at least in part, within the cup, the stud being electrically isolated... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6948944 | Wiring board with built-in electronic component and method for producing the same A built-in electronic component-mounted wiring board includes an electronic component having a connecting terminal and being mounted on a support; an insulating layer provided on the support so as to cover at least a portion of the electronic component; an opening p... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6937454 | Integrated device providing overcurrent and overvoltage protection and common-mode filtering to data bus interface An electrical component includes a mounting substrate, a common-mode rejection filter mounted to the substrate, and at least one circuit protection element mounted to or formed by the substrate. The circuit protection element may provide a PPTC resistor element for ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6922130 | Surface mount coil with edgewise winding A surface mount coil comprises: a flanged spool, which includes a spool section and a flange section integrally connected with one end of the spool section; a base flange, which is shaped substantially rectangular and fixedly connected to the other end of the spool ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6914508 | Simplified transformer design for a switching power supply A transformer has a primary winding made from a first conducting trace formed on a first multilayer printed circuit board, and a secondary winding made from a second conducting trace formed on a second multilayer printed circuit board. The primary winding is magneti... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6754066 | UPS cabinet and method of assembly A cabinet for an uninterrupted power source (UPS) is disclosed. The cabinet has three portions that characterize the frame. A front portion contains capacitor assemblies, power DC Link, power electronic components, and a control panel. The control panel and power DC... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6628531 | Multi-layer and user-configurable micro-printed circuit board A multi-layer micro-printed circuit board (PCB) is disclosed, which defines a magnetic component, such as a transformer, using planar technology. Instead of using the traditional twelve-layer PCB incorporating both a primary and a secondary winding, this ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6466454 | Component transformer A new packaging technology which improves the electrical and mechanical performance of the circuits using magnetic elements. High frequency current loops generate electromagnetic fields which are radiated or induce high frequency current in the rest of th... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6441713 | Discharge lamp apparatus In a discharge lamp apparatus for a vehicle, it is determined that a grounded condition is present when a lamp voltage is less than a predetermined voltage and a lamp current is less than a predetermined current. Electric power supply to the lamp is stopp... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6301127 | Circuit block for power supply 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 part... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6247767 | Computer enclosure for exclusively mounting two different sized switching power supplies A computer enclosure exclusively mounts two differently sized power supplies. The computer enclosure includes a rear panel having a first opening for directly mounting a first power supply, a base panel having a fixing portion near the first opening, and ... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6247074 | Portable computer with telephone line switching function and an expansion system and method for use therewith A portable computer has a modem telephone line expansion system, and includes: modem circuitry coupled to the portable computer system; a line interface section for reducing a line voltage across a telephone line to a low voltage analog signal level; and ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6225560 | Advanced electronic microminiature package and method An advanced microelectronic component package incorporating a specially shaped base element which holds and electrically separates the individual conductors associated with the microelectronic component(s) so that the individual conductors may be bonded t... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6201350 | Discharge lamp lightning apparatus and manufacturing method therefor In a discharge lamp lighting apparatus for a discharge lamp, each circuit component including a starter transformer is assembled to a bus bar casing, and a high voltage terminal of the starter transformer is connected to one end of a connecting terminal. ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6115236 | Modular support for the functional elements of a high-voltage power supply unit 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 over... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5959407 | Vehicle lighting drive apparatus A socket portion is provided to project from one side surface of a transformer receiving portion to thereby form a body case, and a lighting transformer is received in the transformer receiving portion so that a high voltage side output end of a secondary... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5923526 | Arrangement for attaching an electrical component to a mounting base An arrangement for attaching electrical inductive components to a terminal block of a mounting base utilizes interlocking male and female plug-in connections. In instances where the electrical inductive components are measuring transformers, the arrangeme... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5847933 | Solderless focus module A high voltage focus potentiometer module includes a housing having a plurality of connection cavities and corresponding wire guides formed therein. A substrate is secured within the housing. The substrate includes the stationary elements of the potentiom... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5847939 | Support mechanism for mounting a center bolt LBOR and the like A center bolt LBOR switch 12 comprising a support ring 12-4 and a center bolt or threaded boss 12-2, and a nut 12-3 for securing the switch 12 to a transformer tank wall is disclosed. The disclosed invention allows a switch or other device to be mounted t... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5815378 | Flyback transformer A flyback transformer has a high-voltage bobbin. The bobbin is provided with a focus-pack connection terminal in addition to electronic-component mounting terminals. The focus-pack connection terminal is connected to one of the electronic-component mounti... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5805431 | Surface Mountable transformer A surface mount package particularly suitable for transformers and other components having numerous windings of fragile, difficult to handle wire has a housing which includes openings along the lower edge, the housing being plated with an electrically con... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5789828 | Low voltage power supply and distribution center A low voltage power supply and distribution center comprises a housing and a housing door. The housing door is removably mounted to the housing and may be repositioned between a service position and a closed position. In the service or open position, the ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5751555 | Electronic component having reduced capacitance An electronic component with reduced capacitance includes a substrate (12) with an interconnect line (14), an additional substrate (11) with an interconnect line (13) wherein the substrate (12) overlies the additional substrate (11), an electronic device ... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5742489 | Transformer housing and connector bushing A transformer housing includes a main compartment enclosing the transformer and an auxiliary compartment. The power source is connected to the primary windings in the auxiliary compartment and the electrical load is connected to the secondary windings in ... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5596467 | Electrical energy-transforming equipment An electrical energy-transforming equipment comprises a transformer arranged within a cubicle, a current transformer and a potential transformer both connected to the transformer. The transformer, the current transformer and the potential transformer are ... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5546280 | Electronic component with soldering-less terminal structure A high-voltage variable resistor capable of electrically connecting a connection electrode on a circuit board and a terminal fitment to each other without using any conductive rubber or soldering. A terminal fitment which is electrically connected to a co... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5367432 | Instrument current transformer for power cables An instrument current transformer for a main power cable which is composed of three power cables for three phases disposed in a power cable laying hole and three current transformer coils for the three phases, each of the three current transformer coils s... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5287479 | Flyback transformer In a flyback transformer having a focus pack, in order to facilitate the manufacture and assembly of the focus pack, the focus pack mounted on the flyback transformer is constituted by an outer case portion and an inner case portion, and the outer and inn... | 02/15/1994 |
