Drum Core Flange R-Edge Design for Coil Protection

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing drum cores with curved surfaces at the corners and ridges of flange parts face issues with swollen shape portions during molding, leading to potential damage during handling and mounting processes due to protrusion and sharp edges cutting into coils.

Innovation Solution

The drum core design includes side surfaces with an inside and outside region, featuring a straight surface, an outside sloped surface, and a curved R surface, which reduces the likelihood of swollen shape portions protruding and increases the dimension of the sloped surface to minimize damage, with terminal electrodes on the bottom surfaces to prevent exposure and facilitate mounting.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Object-affected harmful factors

If curved surfaces (R surfaces) are provided at corners and ridges of flange parts, then the sharp edges cutting into coils is prevented, but swollen shape portions protrude from the outer shape causing damage during handling

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesharp edges cutting into coilsVSAvoiddamage during handling
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies curvature by providing R surfaces at corners and ridges of flange parts to eliminate sharp edges. However, it controls the curvature radius to be 0.01 mm or more and 0.05 mm or less, creating a subtle curvature that prevents edge cutting without causing significant protrusion that would lead to handling damage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #14Spheroidality (Curvature)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the parameter of curvature radius to a specific range (0.01 mm or more and 0.05 mm or less) to optimize the balance between preventing sharp edge damage and avoiding protrusion-induced handling damage. This precise parameter control resolves the contradiction between the two harmful effects.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Object-affected harmful factors

If curved surfaces with larger curvature radius are provided, then the sharp edges cutting into coils is prevented, but the swollen shape portion protrudes more from the outer shape

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesharp edges cutting into coilsVSAvoidprotrusion from outer shape
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSShape

Solution Approach 1:

The patent precisely controls the curvature radius parameter within the range of 0.01 mm or more and 0.05 mm or less. This parameter optimization ensures sufficient curvature to prevent sharp edge cutting while limiting protrusion magnitude to avoid significant shape deviation and handling damage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality by providing curved surfaces only at specific locations (corners and ridges of flange parts) rather than throughout the entire structure. The curvature is localized to where sharp edges would form, preventing cutting into coils while minimizing overall shape protrusion.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Manufacturing precision

If the drum core is made with precise molding, then the shape accuracy is improved, but the swollen shape portion still forms beyond the R part

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveshape accuracyVSAvoidswollen shape portion formation
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSShape

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the curvature radius parameter to a specific range (0.01 mm or more and 0.05 mm or less) that accounts for molding variations. This parameter selection ensures that even with molding-induced swelling, the R surface prevents sharp edge formation while the controlled curvature limits excessive protrusion.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent anticipates molding-induced swelling by designing R surfaces with carefully controlled curvature radii before molding occurs. The pre-calculated curvature parameters provide a buffer that absorbs molding variations, preventing both sharp edge formation and excessive protrusion despite shape inaccuracies.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #11Beforehand cushioning (Prior cushioning)

Data Source

PatentUS10867737B2Drum core and coil component
Publication Date: 2020.12.15 MURATA MFG CO LTD
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AI summary

A side surface of a flange part includes a central region having a straight surface and an outside region having an outside sloped surface. In the outside region, a ridge portion at which the outside sloped surface and an outside end surface are in contact with each other is chamfered into a first outside R surface. As a result, even when a swollen shape portion is formed at a location beyond the first outside R surface, the location where the swollen shape portion is formed is on the outside sloped surface, which is recessed from the straight surface toward the inside of the flange part. Thus, it is possible to reduce the degree and the probability of protruding of the swollen shape portion.