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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:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hanson Liu, Brighton, MA (US);
Pi-Yao Aileen Liu, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
International Power Devices, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01F 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01F 5/00 ;
Abstract
A coil element with no solder joints is made of a continuous conductive strip includes a first terminal, a second terminal, a conductive path between the first terminal and the second terminal. The conductive path has curved regions and foldable hinge regions shaped such that the coil element may be folded into single or multi-turn coils for use in transformers and other electronic devices.