Welding power supply transformer apparatus and method
US6046664A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 5, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 4, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 5, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB23K9/1006
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A welder power supply configuration wherein the power supply includes a combined transformer and inductor assembly wherein the combined transformer and inductor assembly is comprised of a four-legged core, primary windings, secondary windings and inductor windings. The four-legged core includes isolation slits in the leg of the four-legged core shared by the inductor and transformer in order to isolate the magnetic flux of the inductor from the remaining lens in the four-legged core assembly.
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