Patent ID: 8451082

Claim:
A low profile bobbin, comprising: a spool configured to receive a coil-wire arrangement wound around an axis of the spool; a terminal to be coupled to the coil-wire arrangement and to a first side of a circuit board, wherein the terminal is configured to couple the low profile bobbin to the first side of the circuit board such that the axis of the spool is substantially normal to the circuit board and that the low profile bobbin extends completely through the circuit board to a second side of the circuit board; a lower flange coupled to the spool to at least partially contain the coil-wire arrangement on the spool; and a terminal base member coupled to the lower flange and the terminal, wherein the coil-wire arrangement includes at least one wire end to be coupled to the terminal, and wherein the terminal base member includes a vertical member having a chamfer region on a top edge of the vertical member to guide and reduce stress on the wire end.