Reactor and manufacturing method for reactor

• US 8,922,327 B2
• Filed: 08/24/2011
• Issued: 12/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Inventors: Inaba, Kazuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Lian, Mangtin
• Application Number:
  US13/814,445
• Publication Number:
  US 20130135072A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,224 Days
• Field of Search: 336/212, 336/90, 336/233, 336/221, 336/96
• US Class Current: 336/233
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/02 Casings
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/022 Encapsulation
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/23 Corrosion protection
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 3/08 made from powder powder coatings on sheets H01F3/02; on strips or ribbons H01F3/04; on wires H01F3/06
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 37/00 Fixed inductances not covered by group H01F17/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 41/0246 Manufacturing of magnetic circuits by moulding or by pressing powder magnetic cores made by moulding or by pressing powder H01F27/255; soft magnetic particles H01F1/20, H01F1/36

Abstract

A reactor 1α includes a coil 2 formed by winding a wire 2w, a magnetic core 3 that is disposed inside and outside of the coil 2 and forms a closed magnetic circuit, and a case 4 that has an opening portion and a bottom surface 40 that opposes the opening portion and that houses an assembly 10 of the coil 2 and the magnetic core 3. At least the opening portion of the case 4 side of the magnetic core 3 is formed of a molded solid body that contains magnetic powder and resin. A surface layer 5, which prevents the magnetic powder from rusting, is provided on a surface of the magnetic core 3 on the opening portion of the case 4 side. The surface layer 5 has a resin portion formed of resin similar to the resin contained in the magnetic core 3. The resin portion is formed so as to be continuous with the resin contained in the magnetic core 3 without an interface formed therebetween.

Claims

1. A reactor comprising:

a coil formed by winding a wire;

a magnetic core that is disposed inside and outside of the coil and forms a closed magnetic circuit; and

a case that has an opening portion and a bottom surface that opposes the opening portion, an assembly of the coil and the magnetic core being housed in the case,

wherein at least the opening portion of the case side of the magnetic core is formed of a molded solid body that contains magnetic powder and resin,

wherein a surface layer is provided on a surface of the magnetic core on the opening portion of the case side, the surface layer preventing the magnetic powder from rusting,

wherein the surface layer has a resin portion formed of resin similar to the resin contained in the magnetic core, the resin portion being formed so as to be continuous with the resin contained in the magnetic core without an interface formed therebetween,

wherein the resin portion of the surface layer and the resin contained in the magnetic core are integrated with each other in tight contact,

wherein the molded solid body covers at least part of an outer periphery of the coil, and

wherein the magnetic powder contained in the molded solid body is sparsely distributed on the opening portion of the case side and densely distributed on the bottom surface of the case side.

2. The reactor according to claim 1,

wherein the resin portion is formed of part of the resin contained in the magnetic core.

3. The reactor according to claim 1,

wherein the surface layer is formed of the resin portion that does not contain the magnetic powder.

4. The reactor according to claim 1,

wherein the magnetic core has an internal core portion inserted through the coil and a core coupling portion that covers the outer periphery of the coil, is formed of the molded solid body, and is joined to the internal core portion, and

wherein the internal core portion and the core coupling portion are integrated with each other by the resin contained in the molded solid body.

5. The reactor according to claim 1, wherein at least part of the resin portion of the surface layer, the part being a part where curing reaction occurs, and at least part of the resin contained in the magnetic core, the part being a part where curing reaction occurs, are superposed each other, and both the resins are combined to each other.

6. The reactor according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of the surface layer is from 0.1 to 5.0 mm.