Coil device

• US 5,382,937 A
• Filed: 07/30/1992
• Issued: 01/17/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: TDK Corporation
• Original Assignee: TDK Corporation
• Inventors: Stro, Shinichirre, Kimoshita, Yukiharu, Saitoh, Yutaka
• Primary Examiner(s): Picard, Leo P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Thomas, L.
• Application Number:
  US07/922,676
• Time in Patent Office: 901 Days
• Field of Search: 336/65, 336/83, 336/178, 336/212, 336/134
• US Class Current: 336/178
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 21/06 by movement of core or part of core relative to the windings as a whole
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 29/10 having movable part of magnetic circuit high leakage transformers H01F38/08; dynamo-electric machines with movable part of magnetic circuit H02K23/44, H02K23/48

Abstract

A coil device which can accurately maintain the proportion of voltage caused by the change of the current flowing in a coil device, wherein the outside magnetic substance and the coil are fixed during an assembly of the coil device so that inside magnetic substance can be adjustably moved, or the outside magnetic substance and the inside magnetic substance are fixed so that the coil can be adjustably moved, or only the outside magnetic substance is fixed so that the coil and the inside magnetic substance can be adjustably moved therein. In addition, the coil device produces only small errors in inductance and a minimum leakage flux.

Claims

1. A coil device comprising:

an outside magnetic substance forming an endless loop;

an inside magnetic substance having a first end and a second end formed inside of said outside magnetic substance;

a coil wound on said inside magnetic substance;

a first gap provided between said outside magnetic substance and said first end of said inside magnetic substance;

a second gap provided between said outside magnetic substance and said second end of said inside magnetic substance;

a holding device for supporting said inside magnetic substance in a first position relative to said outside magnetic substance and for supporting said inside magnetic substance in a second position relative to said outside magnetic substance, wherein said first position corresponds to a first inductance value and said second position corresponds to a second inductance value.

2. A coil device as defined in claim 1, wherein said inside magnetic substance is inserted in a bobbin having flanges, and said coil is wound on said bobbin.

3. A coil device as defined in claim 1, wherein said holding device is comprised of an outside plate in which said outside magnetic substance is placed and an inside plate having concave portions for holding said inside magnetic substance with said coil wound thereon.

4. A coil device as defined in claim 2 or 3, wherein said bobbin further comprises grooves engaging said flanges of said bobbin, said grooves being provided on said concave portions of said inside plate of said holding device.

5. A coil device as defined in claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein said outside magnetic substance further comprises guide grooves and projecting portions engaged in said guide grooves, said guide grooves being provided on said outside magnetic substance, and said projecting portions being provided on said outside plate of said holding device.

6. A coil device as defined in claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein said outside magnetic substance has a shape selected from the group consisting of a square and a polygon.

7. A coil device as defined in claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein said inside magnetic substance has a shape selected from the group consisting of a bar and an H.

8. A coil device comprising:

an outside magnetic substance forming an endless loop;

an inside magnetic substance having a first end and a second end formed inside of said outside magnetic substance;

a coil wound on said inside magnetic substance;

a first gap provided between said outside magnetic substance and said first end of said inside magnetic substance;

a second gap provided between said outside magnetic substance and said second end of said inside magnetic substance;

a holding device for supporting said inside magnetic substance in a first position relative to said outside magnetic substance and for supporting said inside magnetic substance in a second position relative to said outside magnetic substance, wherein said first position corresponds to a first inductance value and said second position corresponds to a second inductance value, wherein said holding device is comprised of an outside plate in which said outside magnetic substance is placed and an inside plate having concave portions for holding said inside magnetic substance with said coil wound thereon.

9. A coil device as defined in claim 8, wherein said bobbin further comprises grooves engaging said flanges of said bobbin, said grooves being provided on said concave portions of said inside plate of said holding device.

10. A coil device as defined in claim 8, wherein said outside magnetic substance further comprises guide grooves and projecting portions engaged in said guide grooves, said guide grooves being provided on said outside magnetic substance, and said projecting portions being provided on said outside plate of said holding device.