Inventor · Madison, AL, US

Donald Folker

50Patents
6h-index
22Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 27, 1995 → Oct 20, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5777539A Inductor using multilayered printed circuit board for windings Electricity 49 Expired
US8498124B1 Magnetic circuit board stacking component Electricity 25 Active
US8242870B1 Magnetic component with a notched magnetic core structure Electricity 14 Active
US9837194B1 Output transformer and resonant inductor in a combined magnetic structure Electricity 12 Active
US8406007B1 Magnetic circuit board connector component Electricity 7 Active
US9183974B1 Bobbin apparatus for reducing gap losses in magnetic components Electricity 6 Active
US9396865B1 Magnetic component with auxiliary winding circuit board Electricity 6 Active
US9980396B1 Low profile magnetic component apparatus and methods Electricity 5 Active
US8031040B1 Magnetic component having a bobbin structure with integrated winding Electricity 5 Active
US9799442B1 Magnetic core structures for magnetic assemblies Electricity 5 Active
US9093212B1 Stacked step gap core devices and methods Electricity 4 Active
US9842683B1 Bobbin and E-core assembly configuration and method for E-cores and EI-cores Electricity 4 Active
US9666355B1 Common mode inductor assembly with magnetic I bar defined leakage path Electricity 4 Active
US5675192A Printed circuit board with header for magnetics all mounted to mother board Electricity 3 Expired
US8212643B1 Bobbin for an inductive electronic component Electricity 3 Active
US10650959B1 Inductor with flux path for high inductance at low load Electricity 3 Active
US9295145B1 Multifunction magnetic device with multiple cores and coils Electricity 2 Active
US10930423B1 Single magnetic assembly combining three independent magnetics using a modified “E” core with four winding windows Electricity 2 Active
US9293246B1 Magnetic component with integrated component circuit board Electricity 2 Active
US8310160B1 Anti-arcing circuit for current-fed parallel resonant inverter Electricity 2 Active
US9362044B1 Magnetic component with multiple pin row bobbin Electricity 2 Active
US9680244B1 Header apparatus for providing electrical connection to a printed circuit board, and daughter card and circuit assembly incorporating the header apparatus Electricity 2 Active
US8116089B1 Method and apparatus for securing a magnetic component to a printed circuit board for soldering Electricity 2 Active
US10709024B1 Low-cost SMT printed circuit board connector Electricity 1 Active
US9721716B1 Magnetic component having a core structure with curved openings Electricity 1 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.