Patent ID: 7710228

Claim:
An electrical inductor assembly, comprising: an inductor core having a circular shape; a wire guide that surrounds the inductor core, the wire guide comprising: a first slot for a first wire; a second slot adjacent to the first slot for a second wire; a third slot adjacent to the second slot for a third wire, wherein the first slot, second slot, and third slot form paths that wind around the inductor core; and a fourth slot adjacent to the third slot to provide a gap between the third wire and another wire at an outer perimeter of the wire guide, wherein the gap terminates such that the gap is absent along an inner perimeter of the wire guide; and an insulating material placed in the slots containing the wires to electrically insulate the wires and to thermally couple the wires to at least one heat sink, wherein the insulating material fills the entire slot into which the wires are placed.