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Transformer for use in a rail vehicle

US11984248B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 7, 2018
Grant dateMay 14, 2024
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Expiry dateApr 30, 2041

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01F41/0233
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A transformer for use in a rail vehicle and/or for rail applications, including a core which is at least partially surrounded by at least one coil is, with regard to the objective of providing a transformer in which the geometry of a coil can be selected to be as variable as possible, characterized in that the core is produced from individual segments, wherein the total cross-sectional surface-area of the core is greater than or equal to the sum of the individual cross-sectional surface-areas of the segments and wherein at least two individual cross-sectional surface-areas differ from each other and/or from the total cross-sectional surface-area in terms of their size and/or geometric shape.

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