Patent ID: 11908603
Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 18:
19. An inductor comprising:
an element assembly made of an electrical insulating material;
a plurality of conductors disposed inside the element assembly and extending between a pair of end portions of the element assembly, each of the plurality of conductors is made of a flat-type wire having a rectangular cross section and includes a cylindrical winding section in which the flat-type wire in a longitudinal direction of the rectangular cross section is wound a number of turns less than one about a second direction intersecting with a first direction connecting the pair of end portions along the second direction, and the plurality of conductors are connected in parallel with each other; and
a pair of outer electrodes disposed on the pair of end portions of the element assembly and electrically connected to end portions of the conductors.