Patent ID: 6847280
Filing Date: 2005-01-25
Classification: H01F

Abstract:
1. An inductor comprising: a coil including a pair of terminals; and a shielded core including a first portion and second portion; each of the portions including: wherein when the first and second portions e engaged together with the coil received by the seats: the mating edges of the side walls of the housings mate with each other to form a magnetically continuous shield; the end faces of the core segments contact each other to form a magnetically continuous core, such that a closed magnetic loop is formed by the shield and the core; the notches of the housing of the first portion respectively align with the notches of the housing of the second portion to form a pair of aperatures in the shield; and the coil is received by the seats about the core with the terminals respectively projecting through the apertures of the shield.