# US 12,002,612 B2 · Reactor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,002,612 B2 - Document ID: US12002612B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/292,899 - Filed: 2019-11-08 - Published: 2021-12-30 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2018-11-15 - Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd.; Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.; Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. - Applicants: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd.; Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.; Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. - Inventors: Takehito Kobayashi; Kohei Yoshikawa; Takashi Misaki; Seiji Shitama; Kazuhiro Inaba; Naotoshi Furukawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12002612B2 ## CPC - H01F 27/02: Casings - H01F 27/266: {Fastening or mounting the core on casing or support (on coil H01F27/30)} - H01F 27/06: Mounting, supporting, or suspending transformers, reactors, or choke coils {not being of the signal type} - H01F 27/24: Magnetic cores - H01F 27/28: Coils; Windings; Conductive connections - H01F 27/306: {Fastening or mounting coils or windings on core, casing or other support} - H01F 37/00: Fixed inductances not covered by group H01F17/00 - H01F 27/022: {Encapsulation} - H01F: MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES ## Abstract A reactor includes an assembly formed by assembling a coil and a magnetic core, a case for accommodating the assembly inside, a grip member for sandwiching the assembly from the bottom plate portion side and the opening side inside the case, and a screw member for fixing the grip member to the bottom plate portion by penetrating into the case from outside of the bottom plate portion. The grip member includes a first piece to be held in contact with a surface of the assembly on the opening side, a second piece to be held in contact with a surface of the assembly on the bottom plate portion side, and a third piece connecting the first piece and the second piece in a depth direction of the case. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A reactor, comprising: an assembly formed by assembling a coil and a magnetic core, the magnetic core including an inner core portion to be arranged inside the coil and an outer core portion to be arranged outside the coil; a case for accommodating the assembly inside, the case including a bottom plate portion, the assembly being placed on the bottom plate portion, a side wall portion for surrounding an outer periphery of the assembly, and an opening, a grip member for sandwiching the assembly from the bottom plate portion side and the opening side inside the case; and a screw member for fixing the grip member to the bottom plate portion by penetrating into the case from outside of the bottom plate portion, the grip member including: a first piece to be held in contact with a surface of the assembly on the opening side; a second piece to be held in contact with a surface of the assembly on the bottom plate portion side; and a third piece connecting the first piece and the second piece in a depth direction of the case. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The reactor of claim 1, wherein: the coil includes a first winding portion and a second winding portion having axes parallel to each other, and the first and second winding portions are vertically stacked in a direction orthogonal to the bottom plate portion and the axes of the first and second winding portions are both arranged to be parallel to the bottom plate portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The reactor of claim 1, wherein: the coil includes a first winding portion and a second winding portion having axes parallel to each other, and the axes of the first and second winding portions are arranged to be orthogonal to the bottom plate portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The reactor of claim 1, wherein: the coil includes a first winding portion and a second winding portion having axes parallel to each other, and the first and second winding portions are both arranged side by side on the bottom plate portion. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The reactor of claim 1, wherein: the coil includes a first winding portion, and an axis of the first winding portion is arranged to be parallel to the bottom plate portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The reactor of claim 1, wherein: the coil includes a first winding portion, and an axis of the first winding portion is arranged to be orthogonal to the bottom plate portion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The reactor of claim 1, wherein the assembly includes holding members for holding the coil and the outer core portion, one holding member being provided between one end surface of the coil and the outer core portion, the other holding member being provided between the other end surface of the coil and the outer core portion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The reactor of claim 7, wherein the first and second pieces are in contact with the holding member. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The reactor of claim 8, wherein the holding member includes a first groove portion and a second groove portion, the first piece being fit into the first groove portion, the second piece being fit into the second groove portion. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The reactor of claim 1, wherein the assembly includes a resin molded portion for at least partially covering the outer core portion. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The reactor of claim 7, wherein: the assembly includes a resin molded portion for at least partially covering the outer core portion, and the first and second pieces are in contact with the resin molded portion. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The reactor of claim 11, wherein the resin molded portion includes a first groove portion and a second groove portion, the first piece being fit into the first groove portion, the second piece being fit into the second groove portion. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The reactor of claim 1, wherein: the screw member includes a shaft portion and a head portion, and a head accommodating portion for accommodating the entire head portion is provided in a surface of the bottom plate portion outward of the case. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The reactor of claim 1, wherein: the case includes a facing surface on an inner peripheral surface of the case, the facing surface being on a side opposite to a side where the grip member is arranged, and a pressing portion projecting inwardly of the case from a position of the facing surface on the opening side, and the pressing portion is facing a surface of the assembly on the opening side. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The reactor of claim 1, wherein the second piece includes a screw hole, the screw member being screwed into the screw hole. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The reactor of claim 15, wherein the second piece includes a reinforcing portion for making a part near the screw hole thicker than other parts. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The reactor of claim 16, wherein the reinforcing portion is formed by a nut welded to the second piece. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The reactor of claim 16, wherein: the bottom plate portion includes a slide recess for accommodating the reinforcing portion slidably toward the side opposite to the side where the grip member is arranged, and the reinforcing portion is fixed by the screw member at a position in an end part of the slide recess. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The reactor of claim 1, comprising a sealing resin to be filled into the case.