IP Library Granted Patent US 8,786,390
Granted Patent B2
US 8,786,390 · App. 13/248,645 · Granted Jul 22, 2014

Power transformer with amorphous core

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Patent No.
US 8,786,390
App. No.
13/248,645
Granted
Jul 22, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transformer of dry design is disclosed having a core composed of amorphous material, which is sensitive to mechanical loads, having at least one winding former which surrounds the core and is in each case formed from at least one primary winding and secondary winding, and having at least one holding apparatus. A method for transformer production is also disclosed, wherein the holding apparatus is used to fix the at least one primary winding and secondary winding in each case and for this purpose it acts on each of the end faces of the at least one winding former.

Claims (20)

1. A transformer of dry design comprising:

a core in the form of a winding ribbon core composed of an amorphous material, the core being sensitive to mechanical loads;

at least one winding former which surrounds the core and is in each case formed from at least one primary winding and one secondary winding; and

at least one holding apparatus configured to fix the at least one primary winding and one secondary winding, the at least one holding apparatus being formed from at least two clamping elements which are operatively connected to one another and act on each end face of the at least one winding former,

wherein the core composed of amorphous material is held suspended by the at least one holding apparatus, and

wherein the at least one winding former is held independently of the core by the at least one holding apparatus such that mechanical loads applied to at least one of the holding apparatus and the at least one winding former are not subjected to the winding ribbon core.

2. The transformer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transformer is a polyphase transformer and includes three winding formers with a core.

3. The transformer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least two winding strip cores are arranged with longitudinal limbs alongside one another, with strip material mechanically connecting the strip cores, wherein the strip material includes amorphous material wound around the strip cores in a winding plane, with all of the limbs having a same winding cross section.

4. The transformer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the clamping elements include ferromagnetic material and serve as a yoke, with the core being magnetically conductively connected to the clamping elements of the holding apparatus.

5. The transformer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein end faces of each core include a coating composed of insulating material.

6. The transformer as claimed in claim 4 , comprising:

supports which connect the yokes to one another on the end faces of each yoke.

7. The transformer as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the supports are passed along external longitudinal sides of at least one of the cores and are surrounded by at least one of the winding formers.

8. A transformer of dry design comprising:

a winding strip core in the form of a winding ribbon core composed of an amorphous material, the core being sensitive to mechanical loads, comprising:

at least one winding former which surrounds the winding strip core and is in each case formed from at least one primary winding and one secondary winding; and

at least one holding apparatus, formed from at least two clamping elements for fixing the at least one primary winding and secondary winding, and for acting on each end face of the at least one winding former,

wherein the winding strip core composed of amorphous material is held suspended by the at least one holding apparatus, and

wherein the at least one winding former is held independently of the winding strip core by the at least one holding apparatus such that mechanical loads applied to at least one of the holding apparatus and the at least one winding former are not subjected to the winding strip core.

9. The transformer as claimed in claim 8 , wherein each winding strip core is a ring with at least one of a rectangular, oval or round outline.

Assignments (6)
MERGER Recorded Nov 13, 2023
From: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AG
To: HITACHI ENERGY LTD
Reel/Frame 065549/0576 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CONVEYING PARTY "ABB TECHNOLOGY LTD."SHOULD READ "ABB TECHNOLOGY AG" PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 040621 FRAME: 0822. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE MERGER. Recorded May 11, 2022
From: ABB TECHNOLOGY AG
To: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
Reel/Frame 059927/0691 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 31, 2021
From: ABB POWER GRIDS SWITZERLAND AG
To: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 058666/0540 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2020
From: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
To: ABB POWER GRIDS SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 052916/0001 →
MERGER Recorded Nov 15, 2016
From: ABB TECHNOLOGY LTD.
To: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
Reel/Frame 040621/0822 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2011
From: LUCKEY, MICHAEL; MONIG, WOLFGANG; WEBER, BENJAMIN; BILEK, KAREL; CARLEN, MARTIN; LIM, JONG-YUN
To: ABB TECHNOLOGY AG
Reel/Frame 027307/0824 →