US 12,412,699 B2
Thomson coil design and potting process
Xin Zhou, Wexford, PA (US); Santhosh Kumar Chamarajanagar Govinda Nayaka, Moon Township, PA (US); Robert Michael Slepian, Murrysville, PA (US); and Zhixi Deng, Moon Township, PA (US)
Assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin (IE)
Filed by EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin (IE)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/232,460.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/398,602, filed on Aug. 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0062956 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. H01F 41/12 (2006.01)
CPC H01F 41/12 (2013.01) 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An insulation manufacturing assembly for manufacturing an insulation layer for a Thomson coil, the assembly comprising:
a base plate;
a coil housing structured to seat the Thomson coil;
a cover plate comprising a plurality of ribs and a plurality of flow passages; and
a number of fasteners that fasten the cover plate, the coil housing, and the base plate to one another,
wherein the base plate seats the coil housing and the coil housing seats the cover plate,
wherein the ribs are structured to engage multiple turns of the Thomson coil and secure the multiple turns in place such that the multiple turns form a level surface, and
wherein the flow passages are structured to enable a liquid epoxy to flow around the ribs and cover a top surface of the Thomson coil that faces away from the coil housing.