IP Library Granted Patent US 10,381,148
Granted Patent B2
US 10,381,148 · App. 15/122,294 · Granted Aug 13, 2019

Transformer and power converter using the same

Inventors: Tadahiko Chida (Tokyo, JP); Mikito Komatsu (Hitachinaka, JP); Kenji Kubo (Hitachinaka, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
H01F27/22H01F27/02H01F27/2866H01F27/2876H01F27/29H01F27/325H01F30/10H02M3/28H02M3/33576H02M3/337
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Patent No.
US 10,381,148
App. No.
15/122,294
Granted
Aug 13, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

To suppress a temperature increase of a transformer. A transformer includes a core, a primary winding, and a secondary winding. The core includes a primary core and a secondary core disposed on a side of the primary core. The primary winding includes a first primary winding wound around the primary core and the second primary winding wound around the secondary core and electrically connected in series to the first primary winding. The first primary winding is disposed such that a direction of a magnetic flux on an inner peripheral side of the first primary winding induced by the first primary winding is opposite to a direction of the magnetic flux on the inner peripheral side of the second primary winding induced by the second primary winding. The secondary winding is wound such that a winding axial line of the first primary winding and a winding axial line of the second primary winding are formed on an inner peripheral side of the secondary winding.

Claims (30)

1. A transformer comprising;

a core;

a primary winding; and

a secondary winding,

wherein the core comprises a primary core and a secondary core disposed on a side of the primary core,

the primary winding comprises a first primary winding wound around the primary core and a second primary winding wound around the secondary core and electrically connected in series to the first primary winding,

the first primary winding is disposed such that a direction of a magnetic flux on an inner peripheral side of the first primary winding induced by the first primary winding is opposite to a direction of the magnetic flux on an inner peripheral side of the second primary winding induced by the second primary winding, and

the secondary winding is wound so as to form a parallel circuit by forming a winding axial line of the first primary winding and a winding axial line of the second primary winding on an inner peripheral side of the secondary winding, and

the secondary winding includes a plurality of terminals that project upward from the secondary winding between the primary core and the secondary core, the plurality of terminals including a first pair of terminals arranged in parallel to each other in a center of a width of the secondary winding and a second pair of terminals arranged in parallel to each other at opposite ends of the width of the secondary winding.

2. The transformer according to claim 1 , wherein the first primary winding is disposed such that a winding axial direction of the first primary winding is parallel to a winding axial direction of the second primary winding.

3. The transformer according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal is configured to input and output a current to and from the secondary winding, and the terminal is formed between a first line and a second line when the first line in a direction vertical to an arrangement direction of the first primary winding and the second primary winding and overlapped with the first primary winding, and the second line in a direction vertical to an arrangement direction of the first primary winding and the second primary winding and overlapped with the second primary winding are defined.

4. The transformer according to claim 1 , wherein a radiation sheet is disposed between the core and the secondary winding.

5. A power converter, wherein the transformer according to claim 1 is mounted in a case.

6. The power converter according to claim 5 , wherein a plurality of rectifier elements on a transformer secondary side is electrically connected in parallel, and the plurality of rectifier elements electrically connected in parallel are disposed along an arrangement direction of the first primary winding and the second primary winding of the transformer.

7. The transformer according to claim 1 , wherein the first pair of terminals is perpendicular to the second pair of terminals.

8. A transformer comprising:

a core;

a primary winding; and

a secondary winding,

wherein the core comprises a primary core and a secondary core disposed on a side of the primary core,

the primary winding comprises a first primary winding wound around the primary core and a second primary winding wound around the secondary core and electrically connected in series to the first primary winding,

the first primary winding is disposed such that a direction of a magnetic flux on an inner peripheral side of the first primary winding induced by the first primary winding is opposite to a direction of the magnetic flux on an inner peripheral side of the second primary winding induced by the second primary winding, and

the secondary winding is wound so as to form a parallel circuit by forming a winding axial line of the first primary winding and a winding axial line of the second primary winding on an inner peripheral side of the secondary winding,

wherein the secondary winding comprises a first secondary winding and a second secondary winding,

the first secondary winding comprises a first terminal and a second terminal that are perpendicular to each other,

the second secondary winding comprises a third terminal and a fourth terminal that are perpendicular to each other,

the second terminal is electrically connected to the third terminal,

the second terminal and the third terminal are formed on an inner peripheral side of the secondary winding, and

the first terminal and the fourth terminal are formed on an outer peripheral side of the secondary winding.

9. The transformer according to claim 8 , wherein the first terminal and the fourth terminal are parallel to each other and the second terminal and the third terminal are parallel to each other.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 25, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 056299/0447 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2016
From: CHIDA, TADAHIKO; KOMATSU, MIKITO; KUBO, KENJI
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 039572/0901 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-048315 · Mar 12, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160372250A1 · Dec 22, 2016
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