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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Loek J D'Hont, Almelo, NL;
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340572 ; 29600 ; 342 51 ; 343895 ;
Abstract
In one aspect, the present invention provides an air coil 20. The air coil 20 may be made from a strip of electrically conductive material 22 which has an insulating material overlying it. For example, the conductive material may comprise copper. The strip 22 is wound into a coil to perform a plurality of windings. The insulating material electrically insulates each of the windings from adjacent ones of the windings.