Patent ID: 8508322

Claim:
A magnetic element comprising: a first core member having a bobbin; a second core member so placed as to face the first core member in a whole range around an outer circumference of the first core member; a coil placed by winding a lead wire and placed at the bobbin; and a base having a first mount portion for placing the first core member, a second mount portion for placing the second core member and being raised higher than the first mount portion and positioned between both end portions, and a plurality of terminals protruding from a side of the base; wherein the end portion of the second mount portion has a protrusion lengthening in a direction apart from the second mount portion, and the protrusion is sized smaller than the thickness of the base; and a coil end part of the coil is wound on the terminal after the coil end part of the coil is placed at a reverse surface of the protrusion opposite to a side for placing the second core member; wherein the end of the second mount portion in the base has a concave portion recessed in a direction toward the opposite side of the base from one side of the base; the end of the coil is inserted into the concave portion at the side opposite to the one side of the concave portion then the one side of the concave portion, and the protrusion is provided in a state of covering over the concave portion from the side for placing the second core member.