Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.

3m Innovative Properties Company

Hideya Maki

Kenichi Hoshi

Masahiko Ito

Hideki Uchida

Toshikazu Numaguchi

Masanori Tomaru

An object of the present invention is to provide an ionizer having a cleaning system for cleaning an electrode needle of the ionizer automatically or remotely, while also being compact in size. The cleaning system () has a rotating member () configured to coaxially rotate with the fan (), a plurality of rods (to) attached to the rotating member () such that each rod extends radially from the rotating member, and brushes (to) each attached to the end of each rod. The rotating member () is driven by an electromagnetic solenoid () via a coupling means ().

Ionizer having cleaning system

A laminate includes a plurality of first magnetic substances having a high magnetic permeability, and a plurality of second magnetic substances having a low magnetic permeability or non-magnetic substances. The second magnetic substances are located so that the inductance element in each of the first magnetic substances causes magnetic saturation in response to direct currents of substantially the same magnitude flowing therein.

Multilayer component having inductive impedance

A laminate has a structure in which a plurality of first magnetic substances of a strong permeability, and a plurality of second magnetic substances of a low permeability or non-magnetic substances are laminated. The second magnetic substances are located so an inductance element in each of the first magnetic substances causes magnetic saturation to occur by direct currents of different magnitudes to provide a multilayer inductor having optional direct-current characteristics.

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Hideya Maki