IP Library Granted Patent US 8,729,991
Granted Patent B2
US 8,729,991 · App. 12/892,095 · Granted May 20, 2014

Coil terminal

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Patent No.
US 8,729,991
App. No.
12/892,095
Granted
May 20, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a coil terminal is electrically connected to a coil being wound around an electromagnetic block and connected to a coated wire. The coil terminal includes a connection portion electrically connected to the coil, and a terminal body portion extending from the connection portion and connected to the coated wire. The terminal body portion includes a slit formed in the longitudinal direction of the coated wire from one end to the other end of the terminal body portion, a base portion formed on the other end of the coil terminal, and a pair of parallel beam portions extending toward one end of the coil terminal from the base portion with the slit interposed between the pair of beam portions. The pair of beam portions may protrude in a thickness direction of the terminal body portion. The coated wire may be disposed within the slit and a core wire at the tip end of the coated wire may be soldered to the base portion.

Claims (7)

1. A coil terminal for being electrically connected to a coil that is wound around an electromagnetic block and connected to a coated wire, the coil terminal comprising:

a connection portion capable of being electrically connected to the coil; and

a terminal body portion extending from the connection portion and capable of being connected to the coated wire, the coated wire including a coating and a core wire,

wherein the terminal body portion comprises a base portion formed on a first end of the coil terminal, and a pair of parallel beam portions extending toward a second end of the coil terminal from the base portion, the parallel beam portions being protruded in a thickness direction of the terminal body portion and forming a slit interposed between the pair of parallel beam portions,

wherein the coated wire fits within the slit and the slit supports the coated wire so that a distance from the bottom surface of the coated wire to the top surface of the base portion is equal to the thickness of the coating of the coated wire, and the core wire directly connects to the base portion without any space therebetween.

2. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the distance between the pair of beam portions is approximately equal in size to the outer diameter of the coated wire at least one point, and the pair of beam portions comprises a holding unit configured to hold the coated wire.

3. The terminal of claim 2 , wherein each of the pair of beam portions has a protrusion formed thereon, the protrusion formed on one of the beam portions being protruded toward the other of the beam portions, wherein the protrusion comprises a regulating unit configured to regulate movement of the coated wire in a direction of the thickness of the terminal body portion.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ERRONEOUSLY FILED APPLICATION NUMBERS 13/384239, 13/498734, 14/116681 AND 14/301144 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 034194 FRAME 0143. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 24, 2020
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034194/0143 →