Patent ID: 8035472

Claim:
An inductor core comprising: a first core segment having a body and a plurality of spaced legs extending from the body, each of said legs having a distal end relative to said body, at least one of said distal ends having a ridge projecting therefrom; and a second core segment having a body and a plurality of spaced legs extending from the body, each of said legs having a distal end relative to said body, at least one of said distal ends having a ridge projecting therefrom; wherein said first and second core segments are constructed and arranged such that distal ends of legs of the first core segment are paired with distal ends of legs of the second core segment in an opposing relation, whereby said at least one distal ends of said first core segment having a ridge projecting therefrom is paired with said at least one distal ends of said second core segment having a ridge projecting therefrom in an opposing relation, and wherein said opposingly paired projecting ridges are oriented to cross at an angle to one another to form a cross arrangement.