Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reuse of screw thread
- Patent Title (中): 螺纹重复使用
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Application No.: US13125091Application Date: 2009-10-21
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Publication No.: US08390416B2Publication Date: 2013-03-05
- Inventor: Jacobus Josephus Leijssen , Jeroen Jacob Arnold Tol
- Applicant: Jacobus Josephus Leijssen , Jeroen Jacob Arnold Tol
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
- Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Priority: EP08167695 20081028
- International Application: PCT/IB2009/054635 WO 20091021
- International Announcement: WO2010/049849 WO 20100506
- Main IPC: H01F27/28
- IPC: H01F27/28 ; H01F27/02 ; A61N1/00

Abstract:
Components having a screw thread useful for mechanical fixation of the component to a corresponding component may be equipped with electrical wire following at least part of the turns of the screw thread and thereby forming at least a part of a coil. The corresponding component may have a matching screw thread, or the component of the invention may be self-tapping, in which case a matching screw thread in the corresponding component would be superfluous. The coil may be used as charging and/or power-conversion coil and/or communication antenna. The reuse of the screw thread for a coil maximizes the coil area without consuming extra space of the component. This is in particular useful in medical electrical implant devices, such as a pace maker or a neuron pace maker in deep brain stimulation, in that the maximum size of such a pace maker is very limited. Moreover, the screw thread of such components may additionally comprise connectors for providing electrical connection to other electrical parts in a matching component.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110199173A1 REUSE OF SCREW THREAD Public/Granted day:2011-08-18
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