Resistor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12476029-B2
Application number	US-202318172500-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 22, 2023
Priority date	Feb 22, 2022
Publication date	Nov 18, 2025
Grant date	Nov 18, 2025

Abstract

A resistor includes a resistor main body, and a resin portion covering the resistor main body. The resin portion includes a radiation fin.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A resistor, comprising:
a resistor main body; and a resin portion covering the resistor main body, wherein the resin portion comprises a plurality of radiation fins, wherein the plurality of radiation fins comprises a plurality of lateral radiation fins protruded in a lateral direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the resistor main body, and a plurality of vertical radiation fins protruded in a vertical direction orthogonal to both the longitudinal direction of the resistor man body and the lateral direction, and wherein the plurality of the lateral radiation fins protrude from opposite sides of the resistor man body in the lateral direction, and a plurality of the vertical radiation fins protrude from only one side of the resistor man body in the vertical direction, wherein the plurality of vertical radiation fins comprise a first vertical radiation fin formed straight in the vertical direction, and a second vertical radiation fin comprising a base end portion along the lateral direction, and a tip end portion protruded from the base end portion from the one side in the vertical direction, and wherein the second vertical radiation fin is formed at a location overlapping with the plurality lateral radiation fins in the vertical direction.

2 . The resistor according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of radiation fins are formed lengthy in a longitudinal direction of the resistor main body.

3 . The resistor according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the plurality of radiation fins is not less than two times a maximum thickness of the plurality of radiation fin in a cross-section orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the resistor main body.

4 . The resistor according to claim 1 , wherein the resistor main body comprises an exposed terminal exposed from the resin portion, and wherein the plurality of vertical radiation fins protrude from a side opposite to a tip end side of the exposed terminal.

5 . The resistor according to claim 1 , wherein the resin portion comprises a base resin and a filler having a thermal conductivity higher than the base resin.

6 . The resistor according to claim 5 , wherein a thermal conductivity of the resin portion is 3 W/(m·K) or more and 10 W/(m·K) or less.

Assignees

• Proterial Ltd

Inventors

• Fukuchi Keisuke

Classifications

• H01C1/146

  the resistive element surrounding the terminal · CPC title

• H01C1/084 Primary

  using self-cooling, e.g. fins, heat sinks · CPC title

• H01C1/034

  the housing or enclosure being formed as coating or mould without outer sheath (H01C1/032 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01C3/20

  wound on cylindrical or prismatic base (H01C3/16 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01C1/08

  Cooling, heating or ventilating arrangements · CPC title