Patent ID: 11929201
Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. A surface mount inductor, comprising:
a coil including a wound portion and a feeder end portion drawn out from the wound portion;
a compact that contains a magnetic powder and that encapsulates the coil therein; and
an external terminal disposed on the compact and connected to the coil,
wherein
the feeder end portion has an exposed portion which is exposed from a mount surface of the compact and connected to the external terminal,
the mount surface of the compact includes an irregular interface,
the coil has two feeder end portions each corresponding to the feeder end portion, and
the irregular interface includes multiple gaps that are arranged irregularly from a corner of the exposed portion of one of the feeder end portions exposed from the mount surface to a corner of the exposed portion of the other feeder end portion exposed from the mount surface.