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US 12,567,532 B2Granted
Inductor
AssigneeMurata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsShu Hamada, Hiroya Ueyama
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Abstract
An inductor includes a housing composed of an insulating material and a conical coil provided inside the housing. The conical coil is formed of a spirally wound coil conductor. The winding diameter of the conical coil increases in a continuous manner. The coil conductor has a rectangular cross section. Parts of the coil conductor that are adjacent to each other in a winding axis direction of the conical coil are disposed so as to partially overlap when looking in the winding axis direction of the conical coil. The insulating material of the housing is disposed without any gaps along the periphery of the coil conductor.
Claims19
An inductor comprising:
- a housing composed of an insulating material;
- and
- a conical coil provided inside the housing,
- wherein the conical coil is configured of a spirally wound coil conductor,
- a winding diameter of the conical coil increases in a continuous manner,
- the coil conductor has a rectangular cross section, an upper surface, a lower surface, and a peripheral surface extending from the upper surface to the lower surface,
- parts of the coil conductor that are adjacent to each other in a winding axis direction of the conical coil are disposed such that the upper surface of a first turn faces the lower surface of an adjacent second turn, so as to overlap where the upper surface of the first turn faces the lower surface of the adjacent second turn when looking in the winding axis direction of the conical coil,
- the insulating material of the housing is disposed without any gaps along a periphery of the coil conductor, and
- the rectangular cross section of the coil conductor is configured in a shape such that a dimension thereof in a winding diameter direction of the conical coil is larger than a dimension thereof in the winding axis direction of the conical coil.
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An inductor comprising:
- a housing composed of an insulating material;
- and
- a conical coil provided inside the housing,
- wherein the conical coil is configured of a spirally wound coil conductor,
- a winding diameter of the conical coil increases in a continuous manner,
- the coil conductor has a rectangular cross section, an upper surface, and a lower surface,
- parts of the coil conductor that are adjacent to each other in a winding axis direction of the conical coil are disposed such that a first turn of the coil conductor has a first radius extending to an outermost edge of the upper surface and an adjacent second turn of the coil conductor has a second radius extending to an innermost edge of the lower surface, and the second radius is smaller than the first radius so that the first turn and the adjacent second turn overlap in an area between the first radius and the second radius when looking in the winding axis direction of the conical coil,
- the insulating material of the housing is disposed without any gaps along a periphery of the coil conductor, and
- the rectangular cross section of the coil conductor is configured in a shape such that a dimension thereof in a winding diameter direction of the conical coil is larger than a dimension thereof in the winding axis direction of the conical coil.
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An inductor comprising:
- a housing composed of an insulating material;
- and
- a conical coil provided inside the housing,
- wherein the conical coil is configured of a spirally wound coil conductor,
- a winding diameter of the conical coil increases in a continuous manner,
- the coil conductor has a rectangular cross section, an upper surface, a lower surface, and a peripheral surface extending from the upper surface to the lower surface, the rectangular cross section having an upper side and a lower side extending along a winding diameter direction of the conical coil,
- parts of the coil conductor that are adjacent to each other in a winding axis direction of the conical coil are disposed such that the upper surface of a first turn faces the lower surface of an adjacent second turn, so as to overlap where the upper surface of the first turn faces the lower surface of the adjacent second turn when looking in the winding axis direction of the conical coil, and
- the insulating material of the housing is disposed without any gaps along a periphery of the coil conductor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.