Patent ID: 7423853

Claim:
An aluminum wound transformer comprising: a primary winding formed from magnet wire; a secondary winding formed from magnet wire; wherein at least one of said primary winding and said secondary winding are formed from an aluminum conductor; a ferromagnetic core for said primary and secondary windings; a bobbin about which said primary and secondary windings are wound, said bobbin formed with integral primary and secondary sockets; at least two primary terminals connected to said magnet wire forming said primary winding, configured to be received in said primary sockets; and; at least two secondary terminals connected to said magnet wire forming said secondary winding, configured to be received in said secondary sockets, wherein at least one of said primary and secondary terminals being insulation displacement type terminals for connection to said magnet wire, said insulation displacement type terminals configured to exert a spring force on said magnet wire after said magnet wire has been connected thereto.