Patent ID: 8098125

Claim:
An electronic assembly, comprising: three or more shaped ferrous core elements mated to one another in a substantially side-by-side fashion, said mated shaped ferrous core elements forming a plurality of winding channels, each winding channel having a respective aperture associated therewith; a bonded wire winding having a plurality of turns and disposed at least partly within at least one of said channels, said winding further comprising at least two ends which are routed through said respective aperture; and a termination element comprising a plurality of electrically conductive terminals associated therewith, said plurality of electrically conductive terminals adapted for mating to corresponding electrical interfaces disposed on a printed circuit board, said at least two ends of said winding being in electrical communication with ones of said terminals; wherein said at least one of said channels associated with said bonded wire winding includes no former or bobbin for said bonded wire winding; and wherein said bonded wire winding does not protrude below a bottom surface of said termination element.