IP Library Granted Patent US 12,512,259
Granted Patent B2
US 12,512,259 · App. 17/928,563 · Granted Dec 30, 2025

Spacer tape, method for manufacturing a winding and winding

Inventors: Gianluca Bustreo (Mirano, IT); Martina Perin (Pionca di Vigonza, IT); Paolo Pavanello (Granze, IT); Valentina Valori (Monselice, IT); Julia Forslin (Vasteras, SE); Mark Jovalekic (Adelsheim, DE); Orlando Girlanda (Västerås, SE); Robert Platek (Myślenice, PL)
Assignee: HITACHI ENERGY LTD
H01F27/323C09J7/20C09J7/38H01F41/122C09J2203/326C09J2301/124C09J2301/204C09J2301/416C09J2401/00
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,512,259
App. No.
17/928,563
Granted
Dec 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A spacer tape is provided for spacing apart turns of a winding, which comprises a tape having an upper surface, a lower surface and a longitudinal axis, wherein the lower surface is adhesable and configured to be adhered to a conductor forming a turn of the winding, and spacers with an upper surface and a lower surface arranged on the tape, wherein the lower surface of the spacers is adhered to the upper surface of the tape, and wherein the upper surface of the spacers are adhesable and configured to be adhered to the conductor forming an adjacent turn of the winding.

Claims (49)

1 . A spacer tape for spacing apart turns of a winding comprising,

a tape having an upper surface, a lower surface and a longitudinal axis,

wherein the lower surface is adhesable and configured to be adhered to a conductor forming a turn of the winding, and

spacers with an upper surface and a lower surface arranged on the tape,

wherein the lower surface of the spacers is adhered to the upper surface of the tape,

wherein the upper surface of the spacers are adhesable and configured to be adhered to the conductor forming an adjacent turn of the winding,

wherein the spacers comprise a bonding element at the upper surface and the lower surface, and

wherein the dimension of the bonding elements in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis is larger than the dimension of the tape.

2 . The spacer tape according to claim 1 ,

wherein the spacers are arranged on the tape equidistantly along the longitudinal axis.

3 . The spacer tape according to claim 1 ,

wherein the spacers comprise materials based on cellulose fiber or materials based on a polymer.

4 . The spacer tape according to claim 1 ,

wherein the bonding elements comprise a polymer.

5 . The spacer tape according to claim 1 ,

wherein the bonding elements comprise a reinforcement material.

6 . The spacer tape according to claim 1 ,

wherein the bonding elements have a distance of at least 1 mm to the edge of the spacers.

7 . The spacer tape according to claim 1 , wherein the upper surface of the tape is adhesable, and

wherein the spacers are adhered to the tape by the adhesable upper surface of the tape, or

wherein the spacers are adhered to the tape by an adhesive applied to the lower surface of the spacers.

8 . The spacer tape according to claim 1 ,

wherein the spacers comprise an UV curable adhesive film.

9 . The spacer tape according to claim 1 ,

wherein a removable protective layer is arranged on the upper surface of the spacers.

10 . A method for manufacturing a winding comprising the following steps:

arranging a spacer tape according to claim 1 on a conductor such that an adhesable lower surface of the tape is adhered to the conductor;

winding of the conductor forming turns of the winding such that spacers are arranged in between adjacent turns of the winding and are adhered to the adjacent turn of the winding.

11 . The method for manufacturing a winding according to claim 10 comprising the additional following steps:

thermal curing of the winding such that the spacers bond to the adjacent turns.

12 . A winding comprising,

a conductor forming at least two adjacent turns of the winding,

a spacer tape according to claim 1 ,

wherein the spacer tape is arranged in between the adjacent turns such that the spacer tape is adhered to both adjacent turns.

13 . A winding according to claim 12 ,

wherein the spacer tape is bonded to both adjacent turns.

14 . The winding according to claim 12 ,

wherein the spacers are arranged on the tape equidistantly along the longitudinal axis.

15 . The winding according to claim 12 ,

wherein the spacers comprise materials based on cellulose fiber or materials based on a polymer.

16 . The winding according to claim 12 ,

wherein the bonding elements comprise one of a polymer and a reinforcement material.

17 . The winding according to claim 12 ,

wherein the bonding elements have a distance of at least 1 mm to the edge of the spacers.

18 . The winding according to claim 12 , wherein the upper surface of the tape is adhesable, and wherein the spacers are adhered to the tape by the adhesable upper surface of the tape, or wherein the spacers are adhered to the tape by an adhesive-applied to the lower surface of the spacers.

19 . The winding according to claim 12 ,

wherein the spacers comprise an UV curable adhesive film.

20 . The winding according to claim 12 ,

wherein a removable protective layer is arranged on the upper surface of the spacers.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Nov 13, 2023
From: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AG
To: HITACHI ENERGY LTD
Reel/Frame 065548/0869 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2022
From: BUSTREO, GIANLUCA; PERIN, MARTINA; PAVANELLO, PAOLO; VALORI, VALENTINA; FORSLIN, JULIA; JOVALEKIC, MARK; GIRLANDA, ORLANDO; PLATEK, ROBERT
To: ABB POWER GRIDS SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 061912/0852 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 29, 2022
From: ABB POWER GRIDS SWITZERLAND AG
To: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 061912/0871 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 21150953 · Jan 11, 2021 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230215620A1 · Jul 6, 2023
References Cited (30)
US 5167063A · Hulsink · 1992 [cited by examiner]
US 20130021127A1 · Sarver · 2013 [cited by examiner]
US 20210319930A1 · Trimmel · 2021 [cited by examiner]
CN 1244288A · 2000 [cited by applicant]
CN 101379156A · 2009 [cited by applicant]
CN 104854664A · 2015 [cited by applicant]
CN 205122221U · 2016 [cited by applicant]
CN 106463217A · 2017 [cited by applicant]
CN 112136222A · 2020 [cited by applicant]
GB 551450A · 1943 [cited by applicant]
GB 2118483A · 1983 [cited by applicant]
JP H069462Y2 · 1994 [cited by examiner]
JP 2001143937 · 2001 [cited by examiner]
JP 2002064125A · 2002 [cited by applicant]
JP 2004115028A · 2004 [cited by applicant]
JP 2013010901A · 2013 [cited by applicant]
KR 1020120051091A · 2012 [cited by applicant]
SE 1951171A · 2019 [cited by examiner]
WO 2016073576A1 · 2016 [cited by applicant]
WO 2018215434A1 · 2018 [cited by applicant]
WO 2019238558A1 · 2019 [cited by applicant]
WO 2021151610A1 · 2021 [cited by applicant]
International Search Report and Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority, PCT/E P2022/050259, mailed May 25, 2022, 19 pages. [cited by applicant]
Anonymous: “Adhesable—Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary”, Merriam Webster online dictionary, May 28, 2021 (May 28, 2021), XP055808585, 5 pages. [cited by applicant]
Anonymous: “Neologism”, Wikipedia, Nov. 8, 2021 (Nov. 8, 2021), 6 pages. [cited by applicant]
Indian Examination Report, Indian Application No. 202247075487, mailed Jan. 21, 2025, 5 pages. [cited by applicant]
Korean Office Action and Translation, Korean Patent Application No. 10-2022-7046206, mailed Jul. 15, 2024, 11 pages. [cited by applicant]
First Office Action for Chinese Patent Application No. 202280005312.4, mailed Mar. 15, 2024, 8 pages. [cited by applicant]
He, et al. “Automating fluid delivery in a capillary microfluidic device using low-voltage electrowetting valves,” University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst MA, USA, Dec. 20, 2013, 8 pages. [cited by applicant]
Wang, et al. “FEA-based calculation of leakage inductance for high-voltage high-power E-core transformer”, Electric Power Automation Equipment, National Laboratory of Power Electronics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Ch… [cited by applicant]