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US 12,243,678 · App. 17/441,437 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Leakage transformer

Inventors: Junichi Kotani (Hyogo, JP); Osamu Moriya (Nara, JP); Hisayoshi Kato (Osaka, JP); Toshiyuki Asahi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
H01F38/08H01F27/26H01F27/2804H01F2027/2809
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Patent No.
US 12,243,678
App. No.
17/441,437
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A leakage transformer includes a core and a printed wiring board. The core includes a first magnetic leg and a second magnetic leg. The second magnetic leg is spaced from the first magnetic leg. The printed wiring board includes an insulating portion and conductor wiring. The conductor wiring includes a first coil and a second coil. The first coil is formed of a first winding and is wound around only the first magnetic leg, not around the second magnetic leg. The second coil is formed of a second winding and includes a first part and a second part. The first part is wound around only the first magnetic leg, not around the second magnetic leg. The second part is wound around both the first and second magnetic legs.

Claims (26)

1. A leakage transformer comprising:

a core including a first magnetic leg and a second magnetic leg arranged to be spaced from the first magnetic leg; and

a printed wiring board including an insulating portion and conductor wiring, wherein:

the conductor wiring includes:

a first coil composed of a first winding, the first coil being wound around the first magnetic leg but not wound around the second magnetic leg; and

a second coil composed of a second winding,

the second coil includes:

a first part wound around the first magnetic leg but not wound around the second magnetic leg; and

a second part wound around both the first magnetic leg and the second magnetic leg,

the core further includes two or more other magnetic legs different from the first magnetic leg and the second magnetic leg,

the two or more other magnetic legs include:

a third magnetic leg adjacent to the first magnetic leg; and

a fourth magnetic leg adjacent to the second magnetic leg, and

no wire is fully wound around the third magnetic leg, and no wire is fully wound around the fourth magnetic leg.

2. The leakage transformer of claim 1 , wherein the core has no gaps in any of the first magnetic leg, the second magnetic leg, or the two or more other magnetic legs.

3. The leakage transformer of claim 1 , wherein a winding direction of the second winding with respect to the first part and a winding direction of the second winding with respect to the second part are the same.

4. The leakage transformer of claim 3 , wherein the core has no gaps in any of the first magnetic leg, the second magnetic leg, or the two or more other magnetic legs.

5. A leakage transformer comprising:

a core including a first magnetic leg, a second magnetic leg, a third magnetic leg, a fourth magnetic leg, a first connection portion and a second connection portion, the first, second, third and fourth magnetic legs being disposed between the first and second connection portions and connected to the first and second connection portions, the first, second, third and fourth magnetic legs being arranged to be spaced from each other; and

a conductor wiring including a first coil and a second coil, wherein:

the first coil includes a first winding wound around the first magnetic leg but not wound around the second magnetic leg

the second coil includes a second winding,

the second coil includes:

a first part fully wound around the first magnetic leg but not wound around the second magnetic leg; and

a second part wound around both the first magnetic leg and the second magnetic leg, and

no wire is fully wound around the third magnetic leg, and no wire is fully wound around the fourth magnetic leg.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2022
From: KOTANI, JUNICHI; MORIYA, OSAMU; KATO, HISAYOSHI; ASAHI, TOSHIYUKI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058625/0124 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-069213 · Mar 29, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220189687A1 · Jun 16, 2022
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