Coil body for miniature relays and the like

• US 5,781,287 A
• Filed: 05/06/1996
• Issued: 07/14/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Tyco Electronics Logistics AG (TE Connectivity Limited)
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Heinzl, Alfred, Stadler, Heinz
• Primary Examiner(s): Kozma, Thomas J.
• Application Number:
  US08/642,881
• Time in Patent Office: 799 Days
• Field of Search: 242/437, 242/437.3, 242/437.4, 242/604, 336/198, 336/208, 336/192
• US Class Current: 336/192
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 41/04 for manufacturing coils coils for transformer or inductances H01F27/28
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 5/02 wound on non-magnetic supports, e.g. formers
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2050/446 Details of the insulating support of the coil, e.g. spool, bobbin, former

Abstract

A coil body consists of a coil tube having flanges integrally formed onto the ends and having an axially through-extending opening. This core opening is formed by a successive arrangement of radial recesses which alternately extend through the coil tube wall from opposite sides. These radial recesses are formed by of reciprocally opposed projections of two cooperating mold halves of an injection molding tool. Such an arrangement permits manufacture of winding coil bodies with a simple two-part mold, eliminating a need for moveable components for forming the axial spindle core opening during the molding operation. The resulting coil body includes the continuous axial spindle opening defined by wall segments around its entire periphery and for easy attachment to a winding spindle for winding.

Claims

1. A one-piece insulative coil body comprising:

a coil tube having opposed end segments, at least two opposite sides extending between the end segments, and a central axis, the coil tube being adapted for bearing windings;

a pair of one-piece flanges, one of the flanges respectively formed integrally on each end segment of the coil tube;

at least one radial recess extending between the end segments, each formed radially into one of the opposite sides to a depth beyond the central axis;

a first recess formed axially adjacent one of the at least one radial recesses and radially into one of the opposite sides and one of the end segments to a depth beyond the central axis;

a second recess formed axially adjacent one of the at least one radial recesses and radially into one of the opposite sides and another of the end segments to a depth beyond the central axis;

each recess being formed into an alternatingly opposite side of the coil tube relative to each adjacent recess; and

an axially continuous core opening extending completely through the coil tube and shaped to receive a winding spindle, the core opening formed by the depth of each of the adjacent recesses.

2. The coil body according to claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of plugging channels provided in the flanges oriented parallel to the radial recesses, each plugging channel having a winding connection pin received therein.

3. The coil body according to claim 2, wherein the connection pins have winding regions which adjoin respective of the radial recesses that permeate the respective flanges.

4. The coil body according to claim 1, wherein the coil tube further comprises:

an end tube section at each end extending axially outwardly from the respective flange; and

the at least one radial recess is a radial recess defining an open side extending continuously over a winding length defined between the flanges, whereby an edge of the coil tube on the open side is disposed closer to the central axis than an outer edge of a wall forming the end tube section.

5. The coil body according to claim 4, wherein the continuous radial recess extends completely through the winding section, and wherein each of two facing longitudinal sides defining the winding section have outer edges closer to the central axis than the outer edge of the wall forming the end tube section.

9. The one-piece insulative coil body according to claim 1 further comprising:

a plurality of radial recesses extending between the end segments wherein each of the plurality of radial recesses is formed into an alternatingly opposite side of the coil tube relative to each adjacent recess.

11. The one-piece insulative coil body according to claim 1, wherein the at least one radial recess is also formed radially into each of the flanges.

12. The one-piece insulative coil body according to claim 1, wherein the first recess is also formed radially into one the flanges and the second recess is also formed radially into another of the flanges.

6. A one-piece coil body comprising:

a coil tube having at least two opposed sides, a middle winding section, a pair of integral flanges at opposite ends of the winding section, and end tube sections extending axially outwardly from the respective flanges;

at least one radial recess extending between the flanges, each formed radially into one of the opposed sides of the coil tube and the flanges to a depth beyond the central axis;

a first recess formed axially adjacent one of the at least one radial recesses and radially into the coil tube and one of the end tube sections into one of the opposed sides to a depth beyond the central axis;

a second recess formed axially adjacent one of the at least one radial recesses and radially into the coil tube and another of the end tube sections into one of the opposed sides to a depth beyond the central axis;

each recess being formed into an alternatingly opposite one of the opposed sides relative to each adjacent recess; and

an axially continuous core opening extending completely through the coil tube and shaped to receive a winding spindle, the core opening formed by the depth of each of the adjacent recesses.

7. The coil body according to claim 6, further comprising:

a plurality of plugging channels provided in the flanges oriented parallel to the radial recesses, each plugging channel being adapted to receiving a winding connection pin.

8. The coil body according to claim 6, wherein the at least one radial recess is a radial recess extending continuously over a length of the winding section defined between the flanges, a radial dimension of the winding section being smaller than a radial dimension of the end tube sections.

10. The one-piece coil body according to claim 6, further comprising:

a plurality of radial recesses extending between the flanges wherein each of the plurality of radial recesses is formed into an alternatingly opposite one of the opposed sides relative to each adjacent recess.