US3432785A - Coil form - Google Patents

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US3432785A
US3432785A US610348A US3432785DA US3432785A US 3432785 A US3432785 A US 3432785A US 610348 A US610348 A US 610348A US 3432785D A US3432785D A US 3432785DA US 3432785 A US3432785 A US 3432785A
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01F—MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
    • H01F27/00—Details of transformers or inductances, in general
    • H01F27/02—Casings
    • H01F27/027—Casings specially adapted for combination of signal type inductors or transformers with electronic circuits, e.g. mounting on printed circuit boards
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    • H01F—MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
    • H01F21/00—Variable inductances or transformers of the signal type
    • H01F21/02—Variable inductances or transformers of the signal type continuously variable, e.g. variometers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03H—IMPEDANCE NETWORKS, e.g. RESONANT CIRCUITS; RESONATORS
    • H03H7/00—Multiple-port networks comprising only passive electrical elements as network components
    • H03H7/01—Frequency selective two-port networks
    • H03H7/0153—Electrical filters; Controlling thereof
    • H03H7/0161—Bandpass filters
    • H03H7/0169—Intermediate frequency filters
    • H03H7/0184—Intermediate frequency filters with ferromagnetic core

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  • a coil form for transformer assembly having adjustable coupling consisting of two telescoping cylindrical members. An interfitting projection and window are respectively provided on the members to limit the relative axial and rotational movement therebetween.
  • Additional projections on one member ride within axial slots in the other to permit axial movement for adjusting the transformer coupling and for providing a temporary locking o'f such movement upon relative rotation of the members to cause the projection to frictionally engage the wall of the other member.
  • Final locking of the coupling adjustment is achieved by fusing the telescoping members with a soldering iron or adhesive material.
  • This invention relates to a transformer assembly and in particular to the form on which the windings of the transformer are wound.
  • transformer assembly in which the degree of magnetic coupling can be readily adjusted after the transformer has been incorporated into the electrical circuit with which it is to cooperate.
  • the transformer .assembly be provided with easily operated means for temporarily holding the parts in an adjusted position, and means for providing a permanent locking of the parts.
  • An object of this invention is to provide an improved coil form having means to adjust the coupling between the coils to be wound thereon.
  • Another object of this invention is to provide a coil form with means to adjustably couple coils wound thereon and having means to respectively temporarily .and permanently lock the coupling during and after the adjustment thereof.
  • Another object is to provide a coil form with means to vary the coupling between coils mounted thereon wherein such adjustment may be made from the exterior of a shield can surrounding said coil form.
  • a coil form assembly embodyingA the invention includes an inner tubular member, an outer tubular member, both of said members having exterior bobbin portions thereon, wherein said outer member is adapted to slidably receive said inner member;
  • One of the members has a window portion therein, and the other of said 3,432,785 Patented Mar. 11, 1969 members has a wedge-like radial projection which is positioned to engage the window portion so as to limit the relative rotational and axial movement between said two members and prevent their accidental separation.
  • These members may also be provided with axially extending radial ridges on the interior portions thereof for retaining threaded tuning slugs. Also intertting projections and depressions may be provided on the members on contiguous surfaces thereof to allow relative and axial motion therebetween, and to "produce a binding action when One member is rotated with respect to the other.
  • FIGURE l is an exploded front view of a coil form embodying the invention.
  • FIGURE 2 is an enlarged cross section of part of an assembled coil Iform of the type shown in FIGURE 1;
  • FIGURE 3 is an enlarged section of FIGURE 2 taken along line 3-3;
  • FIGURE 4 is a perspective view of a shield ca-n cut away to show a coil form embodying the present invention with coils wound thereon.
  • FIGURE 1 A coil form usable in a double tuned transformer is shown in FIGURE 1. It is molded in two parts from a resilient material such as polypropelene. The parts comprise an inner tubular member 11 with a base portion 12 molded thereon and an outer tubular member 17. Afiixed to the base portion are terminals 13, 14, 15, and 16 to which the coil windings may be attached.
  • the outer tubular member 17 consists of a tubular sleeve which is slidable over the inner tubular member 11. Each of these sections have bobbin portions 18 molded thereon which contain spiral grooves into which coils may be wound.
  • Pairs of outwardly extending closely spaced projections 19 are molded into the respective sections at both ends of said bobbin portion 18 serve to grip the wire at each end of the coils wound onto said spiral bobbin portions 18.
  • On the exterior of the outer tubular member 17 at the top thereof is a roughened surface 20 which provides a means to securely grip the outer p0rtion for producing axial and rotational movement thereof during an alignment procedure.
  • An aperture 21 and a window 22 are located on the upper portion of member 17.
  • the aperture 21 provides a place wherein adhesive or bonding material may be inserted, in order to permanently lock the relative positions of coil form members 11 and 17.
  • the window 22 cooperates with a wedgeshaped projection 30 extending from the inner tubular member 11, as will be described in conjunction with FIGURE 2.
  • FIGURE 2 is ⁇ a cross section taken through the wedgeshaped projection portion of an assembled coil form of the type shown in FIGURE l. From this section it can be seen that the radial wedge-shaped projection 30 protrudes beyond the outer circumference of the inner member 11.
  • the area 31 immediately below the wedge-shaped projection 30 is made thinner and, as shown in FIGURES 1 and 3, axial slots 32 and 33 are positioned on each side of the projection 30, extending from the top of said projection to the bottom of said thinned portion 31, so as to permit inward and outward motion of the projection 30 with respect to the surrounding wall area of inner tubular member 11. Because of this, and the fact that the coil form is molded from resilient material, the projection 30 will move inwardly upon the insertion of the inner member 11 into the outer 'member 17 and then flex outwardly when the projection 30 is positioned within the window portion 22.
  • the projection 30 may be designed with other shapes depending upon the amount of relative motion desired between the members; in this embodiment a wedge-shape was chosen to facilitate the assembly of the two coii form members 11 and 17 and thereafter to limit the amount of relative axial travel of the outer member 17 with respect to the inner member 11. It can be seen from FIGURES 1 and 2 that the bottom 24 of said wedge-shaped projection will abut the ledge 23 of said window portion 22 when the outer member 17 is in its extreme upper, or uncoupled position. In this embodiment the maximum coupled position is limited by the abuting of the bottom end 34 of outer member 17 with the top projection 19 on the inner member 11. Relative rotational movement is limited when vertical sides of the wedge-shaped projection bears against the vertical walls of the window 22. The amount of permissible rotational movement is great enough to allow a locking of the two coil portions as described below.
  • FIGURE 3 is a cross section of FIGURE 2 taken along lines 3 3.
  • Running axially along the inside of the inner tubular member 11 are radial projections 35 so arranged as to grip and support threaded tuning slugs of conventional design. Such slugs are self-tapping into the resilient material forming the projections. Six projections are shown, however, any number may be employed so long as they provide support for the tuning slugs.
  • Two tuning slugs 36 and 37, shown in FIGURE 2 will be used, one underlying each of the respective bobbin portions 18 on said inner and outer members.
  • adjustment of the respective slugs is made through the top and bottom of the coil form.
  • FIGURE 3 Also shown in FIGURE 3 are two axially running outward radial projections 38.
  • this projection 38 is straddled by a corresponding axially running indentation 39 in the inner wall of the outer member 17.
  • the projection 38- can be made to engage said inner wall of outer tubular member 17 rather than said depression 39. This will provide a temporary friction type locking of the two members. This locking feature is especially useful to prevent any parameter changes during other alignment operations before the element are permanently locked as described below.
  • FIGURE 4 illustrates a coil form as above described as it would appear in an actual assembly. It is shown positioned inside a shield can 41, and projecting through an aperture 4Z in the top thereof. Coils 43 and 44 are respectively shown wound on the top and bottom portions of said form.
  • the two leads 4S from coil 43 extend outwardly from the outer tubular member 17, overlie the lower coil 44, and then are connected to terminals 13 and 14. These leads are given enough slack to allow full axial movement between the inner and outer sections of said coil form.
  • a piece of tape 46 is used to secure the leads 45 to the bottom portion of said form to provide uniform positioning of these leads over the manufacture of several of such said assemblies.
  • the leads from the lower coil 44 are connected to terminals 15 and 16. The complete assembly is readily insertable into a printed circuit or a socket member during the construction of an actual receiver.
  • the coupling between the two coils thereon is continuously adjustable, and such adjustment may be easily made after the coil is located inside the shield can 41 by gripping and axially positioning the outer member. Once the coupling adjustment is made it may be temporarily locked by merely twisting the outer member 17. Then the inductance of the individual coils may be varied by positioning the tuning slugs with respect to each coil in a conventional manner. Such adjustment may require a further change in coupling. This is easily rectified by unlocking the outer member and charging its axial position. After the nal adjustments are made the coupling adjustment may be permanently locked by passing a hot solder iron tip through the two coil form members.
  • an adhesive or bonding material or even a wax like substance may be inserted into aperture 19 in order to achieve a bonding of two sections. Even this permanent locking may be changed by unbonding the coil form with an adhesive solvent or with the application of heat to defuse the two sections, depending upon which locking method is used.
  • the respective locations of the motion limiting window and projection means disclosed, as well as the axially oriented radial projection and depression locking means may be interchanged between the two members.
  • only one part of the locking means need extend axially on either the inner or outer member; for example, the projection 38 on the outer surface of the inner member FIGURE 3 need not extend at all in an axial direction, or the depression 39 might take the form of two projections on the inner surface of the outer member which would engage the ridge 38 upon relative rotation between the two members.
  • a coil form of resilient material for providing adjustable coupling ⁇ between two or more coils comprising:
  • an outer tubular member having a bobbin portion therean inner tubular member having a bobbin portion thereon, said member being adapted to telescope within said outer member to provide rotational and axial movement therebetween;
  • one of said members having a window portion therein;
  • a radial projection on the other of said members adapted to engage said window portion, so as to limit the relative rotational and axial movement between said two members, the window portion .and the radial projection being respectively dimensioned so as to permit both axial and rotational movement of the tubular members.
  • a coil form as claimed in claim 2 wherein said inner member is provided with a plurality of axial ridges on its interior surface so that metallic slugs having screw threads thereon may be easily inserted into the interior of each of said portions whereby said ridges will engage said threads.
  • a tubular coil form of resilient material for providing adjustable coupling -between two or more coils comprising:
  • an outer tubular member having an exterior bobbin portion, said outer member being adapted to slidably receive said inner member, and having a window portion;
  • a resilient radial projection mounted on said inner memiber positioned to engage said window portion, the Window portion and the radial projection being respectively dimensioned so as to permit adjustment of both the relative axial and relative rotational position of the tubular members and so as to limit the relative rotational and axial movement between said two members, and prevent the accidental separation of the two members.
  • a coil form as claimed in claim 6 wherein said outer member is provided with an aperture on a portion thereof overlying said inner member, whereby relative motion between said members may be arrested by the insertion of a bonding material in said aperture to fuse said two members.
  • a coil form of resilient material for providing ad justable coupling between two or more coils comprising:
  • an inner tubular member having a bobbin portion thereon, said member being adapted to telescope within said outer member to provide rotational and aXia movement therebetween, one of said members having at least one radial projection thereon, and the other of said members having a corresponding number of radial depressions so dimensioned as to engage said radial projections to permit both axial and rotational movement and allow free axial movement between said members,

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US3935397A (en) * 1974-01-28 1976-01-27 Electronic Industries, Inc. Electrostatic loudspeaker element
US4531109A (en) * 1983-03-28 1985-07-23 Rca Corporation Tuning coil structure
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USRE22195E (en) * 1942-10-06 Coupling system
US2925495A (en) * 1958-01-06 1960-02-16 Aladdin Ind Inc Tuner with primary coil on moving sleeve
US2982586A (en) * 1959-08-07 1961-05-02 Francis J Gliebe Fishing net construction
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US1554935A (en) * 1924-11-22 1925-09-22 Harold H Wilcox Induction-coil mounting
US2925495A (en) * 1958-01-06 1960-02-16 Aladdin Ind Inc Tuner with primary coil on moving sleeve
US2982586A (en) * 1959-08-07 1961-05-02 Francis J Gliebe Fishing net construction
US3281744A (en) * 1964-04-22 1966-10-25 Cambridge Thermionic Corp Variable core locked impedance devices

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US3935397A (en) * 1974-01-28 1976-01-27 Electronic Industries, Inc. Electrostatic loudspeaker element
US4531109A (en) * 1983-03-28 1985-07-23 Rca Corporation Tuning coil structure
US20040263307A1 (en) * 2003-06-30 2004-12-30 International Business Machines Corporation Adjustable coilform for variable inductance
US6950005B2 (en) * 2003-06-30 2005-09-27 International Business Machines Corporation Adjustable coilform for variable inductance

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