Patent · US Expired

Core and coil assembly for a transformer having an amorphous steel core

US4924201A · kind A · utility

5Cited by
5References
10Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateJan 13, 1989
Grant dateMay 8, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 13, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01F41/024
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This amorphous steel core transformer comprises: (i) a coil subassembly having a coil window of generally rectangular cross-section bounded by two end faces and two side faces, at least one of the side faces being slightly concave, and (ii) a core having a leg that fits within the coil window and comprises superposed aligned strips of amorphous steel stacked in the direction of the leg thickness and between said side faces. Each strip has two edges and, disposed between the two edges, a width that approximates the distance between the end faces of the coil window. The strips are further characterized by a slightly greater thickness in their central region than in the region of their edges. The core leg has a thickness that is substantially less in both edge regions of the strips than in the central region of the strips, thus rendering the leg capable of fitting more tightly within said coil window.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.