# US 10,121,590 B2 · Coil sheet production method, and coil production method

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- Number: US 10,121,590 B2
- Document ID: US10121590B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/619,268
- Filed: 2017-06-09
- Published: 2017-09-28
- Granted: 2018-11-06
- Earliest claimed: 2014-12-11
- Assignees: Ckd Corporation
- Applicants: CKD Corporation
- Inventors: Akihiro Ito; Masayuki Kouketsu; Takashi Yamaguchi; Takeshi Fukuda
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10121590B2

## CPC

- H01F 41/125: {Other insulating structures; Insulating between coil and core, between different winding sections, around the coil}
- H01F 5/003: {Printed circuit coils}
- H01F 5/06: Insulation of windings
- H01F 7/08: with armatures
- H01F 27/2876: {Cooling (cooling transformers and inductances in general H01F27/08)}
- H01F 27/322: {the insulation forming channels for circulation of the fluid}
- H01F 27/323: {Insulation between winding turns, between winding layers}
- H01F 41/041: {Printed circuit coils (apparatus or processes for manufacturing printed circuits in general H05K3/00)}
- H01F 41/122: {Insulating between turns or between winding layers}
- H01F 2007/068: {using printed circuit coils}
- H01F: MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES

## Abstract

A method produces a coil sheet from an initial coil sheet in which a conductor layer, a thermally resistant insulating layer, a thermosetting, uncured adhesive layer, and a base layer are stacked in this order. The method includes a first cutting step of cutting the conductor layer into a predetermined shape through etching, and a second cutting step of cutting, after the first cutting step, the insulating layer and the adhesive layer into the predetermined shape through etching.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of producing a coil sheet, comprising:
providing an initial coil sheet including a conductor layer, a thermally resistant insulating layer, an uncured thermosetting adhesive layer, and a base layer stacked in this order;
first etching the conductor layer so as to cut the conductor layer into a predetermined pattern for a coil, while the insulating layer, the uncured thermosetting adhesive layer, and the base layer remaining uncut; and
after cutting the conductor layer, second etching the insulating layer and the uncured thermosetting adhesive layer into the predetermined pattern, the base layer remaining uncut.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of producing a coil sheet according to claim 1, wherein the second etching includes etching the insulating layer and the thermosetting adhesive layer into the predetermined pattern using the patterned conductor layer having the predetermined pattern as a mask.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A method for producing a coil using the method for producing a coil sheet according to claim 1.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of producing a coil sheet according to claim 1, wherein the first etching the conductor layer includes cutting the conductor layer into a plurality of portions having the predetermined pattern.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of producing a coil sheet according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined pattern includes a plurality of strips.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of producing a coil sheet according to claim 1, wherein the initial coil sheet is prepared by successively performing:
applying a solution for forming the insulating layer to a first surface of the conductor layer, and drying and solidifying the solution thereby providing the insulating layer on the first surface of the conductor layer;
providing the uncured thermosetting adhesive layer on a surface of the insulating layer opposite the conductor layer; and
providing the base layer on a surface of the uncured thermosetting adhesive layer opposite the insulating layer at a temperature lower than a thermal curing temperature of the thermosetting adhesive layer.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The method of producing a coil sheet according to claim 6, wherein
the insulating layer is mainly formed of polyimide; and
the second etching includes etching the insulating layer with an etchant which dissolves the polyimide without dissolving the conductor layer and the base layer.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method of producing a coil sheet according to claim 1, wherein
the insulating layer is mainly formed of polyimide; and
the second etching includes etching the insulating layer with an etchant which dissolves the polyimide without dissolving the conductor layer and the base layer.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The method of producing a coil sheet according to claim 8, wherein an aqueous alkaline solution containing both organic and inorganic bases is used as the etchant.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The method of producing a coil sheet according to claim 1, wherein
the thermosetting adhesive layer is mainly formed of an epoxy resin, a curing agent therefor, and an acrylic elastomer; and
the second etching includes etching the thermosetting adhesive layer with an etchant which dissolves the epoxy resin and the curing agent therefor without dissolving the conductor layer and the base layer.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The method of producing a coil sheet according to claim 10, wherein the etchant contains, as a component for dissolving the epoxy resin, the curing agent therefor, and the acrylic elastomer, at least one species selected from the group consisting of organic solvents and organic bases.