Inductive coil assembly

• US 6,975,198 B2
• Filed: 04/27/2005
• Issued: 12/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Philips IP Ventures B.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Access Business Group International LLC (Alticor Incorporated)
• Inventors: Lautzenheiser, Terry L., Baarman, David W.
• Primary Examiner(s): VU, DAVID HUNG
• Application Number:
  US11/115,716
• Publication Number:
  US 20050194914A1
• Time in Patent Office: 230 Days
• Field of Search: 336/192, 336/205, 336/208
• US Class Current: 336/192
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2/10 Ultraviolet radiation
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 1/001 Processes for the treatment of water whereby the filtration technique is of importance C02F1/44 takes precedence; construction of filters in general B01D24/00 - B01D41/00
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 1/008 Control or steering systems not provided for elsewhere in subclass C02F
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 1/325 Irradiation devices or lamp constructions
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 2201/3228 Units having reflectors, e.g. coatings, baffles, plates, mirrors
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 2201/326 Lamp control systems
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 2209/005 Processes using a programmable logic controller [PLC]
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 2209/008 comprising telecommunication features, e.g. modems or antennas
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 2209/40 Liquid flow rate
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 9/20 Portable or detachable small-scale multistage treatment devices, e.g. point of use or laboratory water purification systems
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 2005/027 wound on formers for receiving several coils with perpendicular winding axes, e.g. for antennae or inductive power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 2005/043 having multiple pin terminals, e.g. arranged in two parallel lines at both sides of the coil
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 2005/046 Details of formers and pin terminals related to mounting on printed circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 38/14 Inductive couplings for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling H02J50/10
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 5/02 wound on non-magnetic supports, e.g. formers
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/005 Mechanical details of housing or structure aiming to accommodate the power transfer means, e.g. mechanical integration of coils, antennas or transducers into emitting or receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/402 the two or more transmitting or the two or more receiving devices being integrated in the same unit, e.g. power mats with several coils or antennas with several sub-antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 39/00 Circuit arrangements or apparatus for operating incandescent light sources structurally associated with the incandescent lamps H01K1/62
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 41/24 in which the lamp is fed by high frequency ac, or with separate oscillator frequencyH05B41/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 41/36 : Controlling
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/20 : Responsive to malfunctions or to light source life; for protection

Abstract

An inductive coil assembly having multiple coils arranged at distinct orientations to provide efficient inductive coupling of power or communications or both to a device when the device is arranged at different orientations with respect to the inductive primary coil. In one embodiment, the inductive coil assembly includes three coils, each oriented along one of the x, y and z axes of a standard Cartesian three-dimensional coordinate system. The three separate coils provide effective transfer of power and communication when the device is at essentially any orientation with respect to the primary coil. In an alternative embodiment, the multi-axis inductive coil assembly of the present invention can function as a primary to inductively transmit power or communication or both over a plurality of magnetic fields at distinct orientations.

Claims

1. A bobbin for a three-axis inductive coil assembly, manufactured by a process including the steps of:

providing a first mold piece;

providing a second mold piece;

closing the first mold piece and the second mold piece together to cooperatively define a mold cavity, the mold cavity defining a first spool having an axis extending substantially perpendicularly to a direction in which a molded part is removed from the mold, the mold cavity further defining a second spool having an axis extending substantially perpendicularly to the direction in which a molded part is removed from the mold, the mold cavity further defining a third spool having an axis extending substantially in the direction in which a molded part is removed from the mold, the third spool including a plurality of inner guides extending substantially along a first plane and a plurality of outer guides extending substantially along a second plane, the first plane being spaced apart from the second substantially in the direction in which a molded part is removed from the mold, the plurality of inner guides being in non-overlapping relationship with the plurality of outer guides in the direction in which a molded part is removed from the mold;

injecting material into the mold cavity; and

removing the molded part from the cavity.