Adjustment system for a coil device

• US 5,345,209 A
• Filed: 07/30/1992
• Issued: 09/06/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: TDK Corporation
• Original Assignee: TDK Corporation
• Inventors: Ito, Shinichiro, Saitoh, Yutaka, Kinoshita, Yukiharu
• Primary Examiner(s): Kozma, Thomas J.
• Application Number:
  US07/922,693
• Time in Patent Office: 768 Days
• Field of Search: 264/272.15, 264/275, 264/277, 264/278, 336/212, 336/83, 336/178, 336/134, 336/136
• US Class Current: 336/83
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 17/043 with two, usually identical or nearly identical parts enclosing completely the coil (pot cores)
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 21/065 Measures for obtaining a desired relation between the position of the core and the inductance
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49004 including measuring or testing of device or component part
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49071 by winding or coiling
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49073 by assembling coil and core

Abstract

The present invention is comprised of an outside magnetic substance forming an endless loop, an inside magnetic substance formed inside of said outside magnetic substance and coil wound on the periphery of said inside magnetic substance. In a coil device of the present invention with gaps between both ends of said outside magnetic substance and said inside magnetic substance, notches or holes are provided in said outside magnetic substance for the purpose of inserting insert a jig therein so as to adjustably move the position of said inside magnetic substance, wherein said notches or holes correspond to the gaps provided in both ends of said inside magnetic substance. In said coil device, the inside magnetic substance can be adjusted and moved its position by pressing a bar-like jig through the notches or the holes provided in the outside magnetic substance. Thus, it has become possible to adjust the value of the inductance by about 25% experimentally.

Claims

1. An adjustment system for a coil device, comprising:

an outside magnetic substance;

an inside magnetic substance arranged within said outside magnetic substance so as to form gaps between said inside magnetic substance and said outside magnetic substance;

a bobbin mounted on said inside magnetic substance, said bobbin having flanges;

a coil mounted on said bobbin;

first and second openings in said outside magnetic substance, said openings being aligned with said gaps;

third and fourth openings in said outside magnetic substance, said third and fourth openings being adjacent to said first and second openings and being aligned with said flanges of said bobbin; and

an elongate adjustment tool having a cross section sufficient to permit it to pass through either of said first and second openings in order to make contact with said inside magnetic substance in order to adjust the size of said gaps, and permitting it to pass through either of said third and fourth openings in order to make contact with said bobbin, whereby the position of said bobbin may be adjusted to adjust the inductance of said coil device.

2. An adjustment system for a coil device as defined in claim 1, wherein said outside magnetic substance is configured as a square-shaped ring.

3. An adjustment system for a coil device as defined in claim 1, wherein said inside magnetic substance is configured as a cylindrical bar.

4. An adjustment system for a coil device as defined in claim 1, wherein said outside magnetic substance has a toroidal shape.

5. An adjustment system for a coil device as defined in claim 1, wherein said inside magnetic substance is configured as a bar with a cross-section of a square.

6. An adjustment system for a coil device as defined in claim 1, wherein said inside magnetic substance is configured as an H-shaped bar.