A coil component including a substantially rectangular parallelepiped first magnetic portion that includes a coil conductor and a second magnetic portion disposed on at least the upper surface of the first magnetic portion. The first magnetic portion contains first magnetic particles including a metal magnetic material, the second magnetic portion contains second magnetic particles and a resin, and the resin content in the second magnetic portion is higher than the resin content in the first magnetic portion.

A compression housing for a laminate core of an inductive current transformer is disclosed herein. The laminate core may include a portion wound with a secondary winding. The laminate core may be housed in the housing operable between opened and closed configurations. The compression housing may include contact plates for providing an electrical contact to the laminate core in closed configuration. The compression housing may include compression wedges to provide compression to the laminate core between the compression wedge and the contact plate. The current transformer may be used to obtain electric power and electric current measurements from a primary conductor.

Systems and methods for forming a magnetically-enabled part via additive manufacturing. The method includes depositing a layer of additive manufacturing material on a build plate, melting or sintering the layer of additive manufacturing material, depositing additional layers of additive manufacturing material on previous layers of additive manufacturing material, the additive manufacturing material of at least some of the additional layers being magnetically permeable, and melting or sintering the additional layers of additive manufacturing material such that the magnetically-enabled part has a transition region including at least some of the magnetically permeable additive manufacturing material.

According to one configuration, an inductor device comprises: core material and one or more electrically conductive paths. The core material is magnetically permeable and surrounds (envelops) the one or more electrically conductive paths. Each of the electrically conductive paths extends through the core material of the inductor device from a first end of the inductor device to a second end of the inductor device. The magnetically permeable core material is operative to confine (guide, carry, convey, localize, etc.) respective magnetic flux generated from current flowing through a respective electrically conductive path. The core material stores the magnetic flux energy (i.e., first magnetic flux) generated from the current flowing through the first electrically conductive path. One configuration herein includes a power converter assembly comprising a stack of components including the inductor device as previously described as well as a first power interface, a second power interface, and one or more switches.

A soft magnetic material powder includes soft magnetic material particles, the soft magnetic material particles each include a core formed from an Fe-based soft magnetic material and an insulating film covering the surface of the core, and the insulating film contains an inorganic oxide and a water soluble polymer. A magnetic core includes soft magnetic material particles and a binder bonding the soft magnetic material particles to each other, the soft magnetic material particles each include a core containing an Fe-based soft magnetic material and an insulating film covering the surface of the core, and the insulating film contains an inorganic oxide and a water soluble polymer.

The present invention has an object of providing a reactor including cores with higher heat dissipation and a coil with less eddy-current loss. A reactor according to the present invention includes: a plurality of divided cores having a shape obtained by dividing an annular core in a circumferential direction, the divided cores being made of a soft magnetic material; a core gap part disposed between the divided cores in the annular core formed by combining the plurality of divided cores, the core gap part being made of a non-magnetic material; annular heat-dissipating cases that house the divided cores and the core gap part; and a coil wound around the heat-dissipating cases, wherein the heat-dissipating cases are made of a material whose thermal conductivity is as high as 100 W/(m.Math.K) or more.

A transformer core for a dry-type transformer includes a laminated construction having several groups of stacked laminations that form a step-lap sequence of laminations. Each group in the step-lap sequence has a mean length different than an adjacent group in the step-lap sequence and has at least two identical laminations per group, wherein at least one group has at least four identical laminations. Methods of assembling a transformer core are also provided, as are other aspects.

A magnetic component having a unitary structure, a transverse flux electric machine having the magnetic component, and a method of making the magnetic component are disclosed. The unitary structure of the magnetic component includes a magnetic region and a non-magnetic region. The magnetic region includes a magnetic phase and an electrically insulating phase. The non-magnetic region includes a non-magnetic phase. The magnetic phase includes a metallic material and the non-magnetic phase includes a nitrogenated metallic material formed by a controlled nitrogenation of the metallic material.

A one-piece solenoid stator core is provided, comprising: a plurality of outer wall segments; a plurality of inner wall segments; and a lower wall extending between the plurality of outer wall segments and the plurality of inner wall segments; wherein a plurality of outer slots is defined between the plurality of outer wall segments and a plurality of inner slots is defined between the plurality of inner wall segments, each of the outer slots being radially aligned with an inner slot relative to a central axis of the stator core.

A coil device includes: a drum core having first and second flange portions and a winding core portion therebetween; a coil wound around the core portion; a plate core connected to first and second flange portions first and second flange surfaces at a first direction side; a first electrode terminal on the first flange portion, one coil end portion electrically connected on the first electrode terminal; and a second electrode terminal on the second flange portion, the other coil end portion electrically connected on the second electrode terminal. The plate core has a first and second projecting portions respectively protruding toward the first and second flange surfaces and having first and second flat surfaces facing the first and second flange surfaces. The drum core and the plate core are connected by abutting and bonding the first and second flange surfaces against the first and second flat surfaces.