Patent ID: 8653924

Claim:
A reactor comprising: an induction component comprising: a coil; a core in an interior of which a magnetic path is formed; and an insulation bobbin which positions and engages a wire wound part of the coil, is housed in a case, and is to be soaked with a mold resin, wherein an inner bottom face of said case has a plurality of surfaces having different heights with respect to an outside bottom surface of said case being a reference surface, the plurality of surfaces of the inner bottom face of the case comprises a highest surface disposed in a center portion of the case, a lowest inner bottom surface disposed at a periphery of the case, and an intermediate surface which is disposed between the highest surface and the periphery of the case and has a height which is intermediate between heights of the highest surface and the lowest inner bottom surface, with respect to said reference surface, and a lower end face of said core is in contact with any of said plurality of surfaces of the inner bottom face of said case excluding the lowest inner bottom surface disposed at the periphery of the inner bottom face of said case.