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Hans Wennerstrom

Grant A MacLennan

Edward Handy

Steve Schiffer

Corey D Jones

Saul Gonzalez

Matt Cotner

Grant A Maclennan

Steve Shiffer

The invention comprises a method and apparatus for processing power, comprising the steps of: generating/using 3-phase power; feeding an AC drive with the 3-phase power, the AC drive generating a first output; and transforming the first output with a zigzag transformer, the zigzag transformer linked to at least one load output/load connector. The method and apparatus comprises an optional filter for filtering the 3-phase power prior to the step of transforming, the filter including a distributed gap core material.

AC drive coupled to zigzag transformer power processing apparatus and method of use thereof

The invention comprises a method of: providing an inductor core, placing a winding guide within an inch of the inductor core, positioning a first turn element with the winding guide, positioning a second turn element with the winding guide, and mechanically coupling the first turn element to the second turn element to form at least a part of a winding, the winding forming a wrapped shape about the inductor core. Optionally and preferably, turn elements are subsequently joined, mechanically coupled, and/or welded together to form sections of the winding.

Inductor winding guide apparatus and method of use thereof

The invention comprises an apparatus, comprising an inductor, the inductor comprising: an inductor core; a first winding section comprising a first cast shape and a second winding section comprising the first cast shape, the first winding section mechanically joined to the second winding section to form a winding, the winding forming a wound shape about the inductor core. Optionally and preferably, a third winding section, comprising a second cast shape, mechanically joins the first winding section to the second winding section and a mechanical connector and/or an aluminum weld join the first winding section to the third winding section.

Cast winding inductor apparatus and method of use thereof

The invention comprises an apparatus, comprising: an inductor, comprising: an inductor core and a winding comprising a wound shape around the inductor core, where the winding comprises a first cross-sectional area at a first longitudinal position along the winding and a second cross-sectional area at a second longitudinal position along the winding, the second cross-sectional area at least twenty percent larger than the first cross-sectional area. Optionally and preferably, the winding includes a first set of cast elements sharing a first geometric shape and a second set of cast elements sharing a second geometric shape, where the alternating members of the first set of cast elements and the second set of cast elements are welded together to form the winding.

Inductor winding shape controlled apparatus and method of use thereof

The invention comprises an apparatus, comprising: a toroid shaped inductor and a cooling jacket including at least two sections joined to encase the toroid shaped inductor, where the cooling jacket has an inner toroid shaped surface separated by a coolant flow gap from the toroid shaped inductor. Optionally, the inductor comprises a cast winding, a cast heat sink element of the cast winding protruding from a longitudinal length of a turn of the winding, and/or a distributed gap pressed powder inductor core.

Cooled / cast inductor apparatus and method of use thereof

The invention comprises a harmonic filter apparatus and method of use thereof for magnetically isolating and filtering individual phases of three-phase power comprising a delta circuit that includes: (1) a first leg connecting to a second leg and a third leg and (2) first circuitry on the first leg matching second circuitry on the second leg, the first circuitry comprising at least two contactors electrically wired in parallel, the harmonic filter magnetically isolating individual phases of three-phase power, where inductor&#x2014;coupled inductor pairs couple apexes of the delta circuit to individual phases of the three-phase power.

Magnetic phase isolating harmonic filter for multi-phase power apparatus and method of use thereof

The invention comprises a method for manufacturing an inductor, comprising the steps of: casting a cast winding comprising an inner cavity; inserting a first inductor core subsection into the inner cavity; inserting a second inductor core subsection into the inner cavity; and mechanically coupling the first inductor core subsection to the second inductor core subsection to form an inductor core wound by the cast windings. The method of manufacturing optionally includes the steps of: forming at least a portion of the cast winding into an arced helical shape; forming the first inductor core subsection and the second inductor core subsection into elements of a torpid shaped inductor core; deforming the cast winding to physically allow the step of inserting the first inductor core subsection into the inner cavity; and/or deforming at least a portion of the cast winding into an arced helical coil shape after the step of inserting.

Method of forming a cast inductor apparatus

The invention comprises an inverter/converter yielding high frequency harmonics and/or non-sixty Hertz output coupled to a high frequency inductor-capacitor filter apparatus. For example, an inverter/converter apparatus is provided that uses a silicon carbide transistor to output power having a carrier frequency modulated by a fundamental frequency and a set of harmonic frequencies, where the minimum carrier frequency is above that usable by an iron-steel inductor, such as greater than ten kiloHertz at fifty or more amperes. An inductor-capacitor filter, comprising an inductor having a distributed gap core material, receives power output from the inverter/converter and processes the power by passing the fundamental frequency while reducing amplitude of the harmonic frequencies.

High frequency inverter/distributed gap inductor&#x2014;capacitor filter apparatus and method of use thereof

The invention comprises an inductor, such as used in processing transmission of a 3-phase power system. The inductor comprises a flat/rectangular winding with a narrow edge of the flat winding wound around a core, where the width of the winding exceeds three times the height of the inductor facing edge of the winding. The inductor optionally comprises a distributed gap particle core and/or is wound in parallel with multiple windings. Optionally, the inductor is used as part of an equal coupling common mode electrical system for processing the 3-phase transmission and/or a high frequency inverter comprising a switching device, such as a silicon carbide metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor.

Flat winding / equal coupling common mode inductor apparatus and method of use thereof

A high frequency inductor filter cooling apparatus, method of manufacture, and method of use thereof is described. In one embodiment, an inductor is potted in an epoxy-silica mixture to facilitate thermal transfer from the inductor. The inductor is optionally used with a capacitor to filter/invert/convert power. The inductor optionally comprises a distributed gap core and/or a powdered core material. In one example, a minimum carrier frequency used with the filter is above that usable by a traditional wound iron-steel inductor, such as greater than seven hundred or ten thousand Hertz at fifty or more amperes. Optionally, the inductor is used in an inverter/converter apparatus in conjunction with a notched low-pass filter, a low pass filter combined with a notch filter and a high frequency roll off filter, and/or one or more of a silicon carbide, gallium arsenide, and/or gallium nitride based transistor.

Method for potting an electrical component

The invention comprises an electrical system apparatus for processing three-phase power, comprising: a first, second, and third inductor connected on a first end to a first common magnetic field carrying plate and connected on a second end to a second common magnetic field carrying plate, where the three inductors are equidistant from each other and/or equidistance from a central axis, which yields an equal coupling common mode inductor-capacitor based filtering apparatus. Generally, inductor placement symmetry and/or equal magnetic field permeabilities between each pair of the three inductors balances magnetic fields within each inductor at each point of time, where each of the three inductors is connected to a single phase of three-phase power, the three phases offset from each other by one-third of a period.

Equal coupling common mode inductor apparatus and method of use thereof

A high frequency inductor filter cooling apparatus and method of use thereof is described. In one embodiment, an inductor is potted in an epoxy-silica mixture to facilitate thermal transfer from the inductor. The inductor is optionally used to filter/invert/convert power. The inductor comprises a distributed gap core and/or a powdered core material. In one example, the minimum carrier frequency is above that usable by an iron-steel inductor, such as greater than ten kiloHertz at fifty or more amperes. Optionally, the inductor is used in an inverter/converter apparatus, where output power has a carrier frequency, modulated by a fundamental frequency, and a set of harmonic frequencies, in conjunction with a notched low-pass filter, a low pass filter combined with a notch filter and a high frequency roll off filter, and/or one or more of a silicon carbide, gallium arsenide, and/or gallium nitride based transistor.

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Hans Wennerstrom