IP Library Granted Patent US 7,623,015
Granted Patent B2
US 7,623,015 · App. 11/399,563 · Granted Nov 24, 2009

Electric coil or power inverter

Assignee: SMA Technologie AG
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Patent No.
US 7,623,015
App. No.
11/399,563
Granted
Nov 24, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

The subject matter of the invention is an electric coil such as the coil of a choke or of a transformer, said coil comprising at least one connecting member for connection to a printed circuit board, said connecting member ( 10 ) being configured to be a contacting dome, said contacting dome ( 10 ) comprising at least one cable socket ( 13 ), said printed circuit board ( 20 ) comprising a bridge ( 21 ) that is electrically connected to said printed circuit board ( 20 ), said bridge ( 21 ) being adapted for electrically conductive connection with the cable socket ( 13 ).

Claims (11)

1. An electric coil such as the coil of a choke or of a transformer, said coil comprising at least one connecting member for connection to a printed circuit board,

whereby said connecting member ( 10 ) is configured to be a contacting dome, said contacting dome ( 10 ) comprising at least one cable socket ( 13 ), said printed circuit board ( 20 ) comprising a bridge ( 21 ) that is electrically connected to said printed circuit board ( 20 ), said bridge ( 21 ) being adapted for electrically conductive connection with the cable socket ( 13 ).

2. The electric coil as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the contacting dome ( 10 ) comprises a circumferential rim ( 19 ).

3. The electric coil as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the cable socket ( 13 ) comprises, on its side turned toward the printed circuit board, a threading ( 7 ) for receiving a screw ( 23 ) for electrical connection to the bridge ( 21 ) of the printed circuit board ( 20 ).

4. The electric coil as set forth in claim 3 , wherein the bridge ( 21 ) approximately U-shaped in cross section.

5. The electric coil as set forth in claim 4 , wherein the leg of the U-shaped bridge ( 21 ) is divided Frito various leg arms ( 21 a ), with the spacing between the leg arms ( 21 a ) corresponding to the spacing of the circuit traces on the printed circuit board ( 20 ).

6. The electric coil as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the cable socket ( 13 ) is carried in the contacting dome ( 10 ) so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction.

7. The electric coil as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the contacting dome ( 10 ) comprises a feedthrough ( 11 ) for receiving the cable socket ( 13 ), said feedthrough comprising, in the region of the wall, superposed limit stops ( 15 , 16 ), said cable socket ( 13 ) comprising a collar ( 14 ), said collar ( 14 ) being carried between said limit stops so as to be longitudinally movable in said feedthrough ( 11 ).

8. An electric coil as set forth in claim 1 for use in a power inverter,

wherein said power inverter comprising a housing ( 1 ), said housing ( 1 ) comprising a partition plate ( 2 ), with the coil ( 6 ) being disposed on the one side of said partition plate ( 2 ) and the printed circuit board ( 20 ) on the other side of said partition plate ( 2 ), the contacting dome ( 10 ) projecting through said partition plate ( 2 ) to be connected to said printed circuit board ( 20 ) on the other side of said partition plate ( 2 ).

9. The power inverter with electric coil as set forth in claim 8 , wherein the coil ( 6 ) is carried in a cup ( 5 ).

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT RCVG PARTY STREET PREVOIUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 021237 FRAME 0617 Recorded Jul 16, 2008
From: SMA TECHNOLOGIE AG
To: SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG
Reel/Frame 021249/0415 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 14, 2008
From: SMA TECHNOLOGIE AG
To: SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG
Reel/Frame 021237/0617 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2006
From: BREMICKER, SVEN; MOLLER, NORBERT; LAMPE, FRANK
To: SMA TECHNOLOGIE AG
Reel/Frame 017771/0618 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2005 019 763 · Apr 28, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060244554A1 · Nov 2, 2006