Patent ID: 9672971
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: H01F

Claim:
1. A coil component comprising: a coil section; an outer package in which the coil section is embedded, the outer package being made of magnetic material, and having a bottom face, a top face opposite the bottom face, a first lateral face, and a second lateral face opposite the first lateral face, the top face being provided with cut-out sections; and a pair of outer electrodes extending from both ends of the coil section respectively, drawn out from the first lateral face, bent at a first bending section toward the bottom face and extending along the first lateral face, further bent at a second bending section toward the second lateral face and extending along the bottom face, further bent at a third bending section toward the top face and extending along the second lateral face, and further bent at a fourth bending section toward the cut-out section formed on the top face, then engaged with the cut-out sections, wherein the bottom face is provided with recesses at places overlapped with the pair of outer electrodes, respectively, and each one of pair of the outer electrodes is bent to form a projection protruding toward inside of one of the recesses, wherein a notch is disposed inside the second bending section, and the notch includes an opening that spreads over the first lateral face and the bottom face, wherein a notch is disposed inside the third bending section, and the notch of the third bending section includes an opening that spreads over the bottom face and the second lateral face, and wherein a vertex portion of the second bending section inside the notch of the second bending section is curved and a vertex portion of the third bending section inside the notch of the third bending section is curved.