Patent ID: 7005954

Claim:
An inductor comprising: a nonconductive, tube having an outer surface and defining a tube axis, said outer surface formed with a groove extending substantially helically about said tube axis, and wherein said tube is formed with a cylindrical inner surface, with said inner surface being distanced from said tube axis by a radial distance, R; and a coiled wire formed with a plurality of turns for passing an electrical current therethrough, said wire being wound around said form with at least a portion of said wire disposed in said groove to maintain a predetermined separation between adjacent turns during a generation of magnetic forces created by electrical currents passing through said wire wherein said wire extends from a first end to a second end and said inductor further comprises a first clamp mounted on said form for clamping said first end at a first clamping point distanced from said tube axis by a radial distance, r, with r>R, and a second clamp mounted on said form for clamping said second end.