Patent ID: 7626479

Claim:
A noise filter comprising: a first core having a first facing surface and having one end portion provided with a first contacting portion at a side of the first facing surface and another end portion provided with a second contacting portion at the side of the first facing surface; a second core having a second facing surface confrontable with the first facing surface and having a first end portion provided with a third contacting portion at a side of the second facing surface and contactable with the first contacting portion and a second end portion provided with a fourth contacting portion at a side of the second facing surface and contactable with the second contacting portion, a cable insertion hole being defined between the first facing surface and the second facing surface and between the first contacting portion and the second contacting portion when the first contacting portion and the second contacting portion are in surface contact with the third contacting portion and the fourth contacting portion, respectively; a first holding member detachably connectable to the one end portion; a second holding member detachably connectable to the another end portion; a third holding member detachably connectable to the first end portion; a fourth holding member detachably connectable to the second end portion; a first coupling portion provided to couple the first holding member to the third holding member for maintaining a surface contact between the first contacting portion and the third contacting portion; and a second coupling portion provided to couple the second holding member to the fourth holding member for maintaining a surface contact between the second contact portion and the fourth contacting portion, wherein the first holding member, the second holding member, the third holding member and the fourth holding member are independent holding members.