Patent ID: 7135950

Claim:
A thin transformer comprising: a hollow coil bobbin around which a coil is wound, the coil having drawn-out lines; an iron core provided to pass through a hollow portion of the coil bobbin; a terminal section including a plurality of terminals electrically connected to the drawn-out lines of the coil, the terminal section electrically and mechanically connected to a circuit board and disposed adjacent to the coil bobbin below the iron core, each of the terminals including a first portion connected to the drawn-out lines and exposed from a side surface of the terminal section other than a lower surface of the terminal section from which a second portion of the terminal is exposed to the circuit board, and the terminal section includes grooves through which the drawn-out lines connected to the side surface of the respective terminals can pass; and a protection cover extending from the side surface of the terminal section to cover the first portions of the terminals connected to corresponding ones of the drawn-out lines and to protect the side surface of the terminal section.