Patent ID: 7786834

Claim:
An inductor with a magnetic body and a coil embedded in the magnetic body, wherein the coil integrally has a part constituted by a helically wound coil wire, two leader parts provided at two respective ends of the wound coil wire, and terminal parts connected to respective ends of the leader parts and having a width wider than that of the respective leader parts, where a boundary between each leader part and each terminal part is positioned inside the magnetic body and each terminal part is partially exposed from a surface of the magnetic body, wherein the coil wire comprises a metal wire and an insulation sheath provided on a surface of the metal wire, and each terminal part comprises a wide part constituted by a part of the metal wire at the end of the coil wire being crushed flat and a soldered part covering the wide part, and wherein the wide part of each terminal part is comprised of two or more adjoining wide parts.