IP Library Granted Patent US 11,776,740
Granted Patent B2
US 11,776,740 · App. 17/587,737 · Granted Oct 3, 2023

Spark coil with the lead terminal between flanges

Inventors: Daisuke Suzuki (Tokyo, JP); Shuji Yamada (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
H01F38/12H01F5/02H01F2005/022
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Patent No.
US 11,776,740
App. No.
17/587,737
Granted
Oct 3, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A spark coil includes: a center core; a primary coil disposed on an outer periphery of the center core; a secondary coil disposed on an outer periphery of the primary coil; and an output terminal electrically connected to the secondary coil. The secondary coil includes a tubular secondary bobbin having a plurality of flanges on an outer peripheral side thereof, a secondary conductive wire wound around the secondary bobbin, and a long-sheet-shaped secondary lead terminal having one and another end portions electrically connected to the secondary conductive wire and the output terminal, respectively. The secondary lead terminal is disposed, between corresponding ones of the flanges, in surface contact with none of side surfaces of the flanges.

Claims (22)

1. A spark coil comprising:

a center core;

a primary coil disposed on an outer periphery of the center core;

a secondary coil disposed on an outer periphery of the primary coil; and

an output terminal electrically connected to the secondary coil, wherein

the secondary coil includes

a tubular secondary bobbin having a plurality of flanges on an outer peripheral side thereof,

a secondary conductive wire wound around the secondary bobbin, and

a sheet-shaped secondary lead terminal having one end portion electrically connected to the secondary conductive wire and having another end portion electrically connected to the output terminal,

each flange of the plurality of flanges comprises a protrusion protruding from a side surface of the flange,

the secondary lead terminal is disposed between corresponding ones of the flanges so as to be in contact with corresponding protrusions of the flanges.

2. The spark coil according to claim 1 , wherein the protrusion of each flange of the plurality of flanges comprises a rib, and

wherein the secondary lead terminal is disposed so as to be in line contact with the corresponding ribs formed on the side surfaces of the flanges.

3. The spark coil according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the secondary lead terminal and each of the side surfaces of the flanges includes a plurality of line-shaped protrusions.

4. The spark coil according to claim 1 , wherein the protrusion of each flange of the plurality of flanges comprises a conical protrusion, and

wherein the secondary lead terminal is disposed so as to be in point contact with the corresponding conical protrusions formed on the side surfaces of the flanges.

5. The spark coil according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the secondary lead terminal and each of the side surfaces of the flanges includes a plurality of needle-shaped protrusions.

6. The spark coil according to claim 1 , wherein a cut portion is formed in at least one of the secondary bobbin and the secondary lead terminal, in a position across which the secondary bobbin and the secondary lead terminal oppose each other.

7. The spark coil according to claim 2 , wherein a cut portion is formed in at least one of the secondary bobbin and the secondary lead terminal, in a position across which the secondary bobbin and the secondary lead terminal oppose each other.

8. The spark coil according to claim 3 , wherein a cut portion is formed in at least one of the secondary bobbin and the secondary lead terminal, in a position across which the secondary bobbin and the secondary lead terminal oppose each other.

9. The spark coil according to claim 4 , wherein a cut portion is formed in at least one of the secondary bobbin and the secondary lead terminal, in a position across which the secondary bobbin and the secondary lead terminal oppose each other.

10. The spark coil according to claim 5 , wherein a cut portion is formed in at least one of the secondary bobbin and the secondary lead terminal, in a position across which the secondary bobbin and the secondary lead terminal oppose each other.

Assignments (2)
COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Sep 4, 2024
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC MOBILITY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068834/0585 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 1, 2022
From: SUZUKI, DAISUKE; YAMADA, SHUJI
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058847/0783 →