Patent ID: 8866580

Claim:
A power converting apparatus comprising a core made of a magnetic material and a winding wound at a predetermined position on the core to operate in a two-phase mode, wherein the core includes: a plurality of E-shaped cores, each including at least two L-shaped magnetic materials and a I-shaped block core made of a magnetic material, the at least two L-shaped magnetic materials being coupled to the I-shaped block core, wherein, in each of the E-shaped cores, the block core is defined as a central leg, wherein two outside legs including the two L-shaped magnetic materials are defined as a first outside leg and a second outside leg, respectively, and wherein the plurality of E-shaped cores are combined such that one of respective central legs in the plurality of E-shaped cores, one of respective first outside legs therein, and one of respective second outside legs therein are caused to face the other of the central legs, the other of the first outside legs, and the other of the second outside legs, respectively, wherein a closed magnetic path is configured by the first outside leg and the second outside leg opposed to the first outside leg relative to the central leg, and wherein the power converting apparatus is a power converting apparatus for boosting an output voltage of a DC power source, the power converting apparatus comprising: at least two reactors, respective primary windings thereof being connected to a positive electrode of a positive power source of the DC power source; at least two switching elements, which are connected between the primary windings of the respective reactors and a negative electrode of the DC power source, respectively, and an inductor portion, which is connected between a secondary winding of a first reactor of the at least two reactors and a secondary winding of a second reactor thereof; at least two series circuits, each including a diode and a capacitor, which are connected between the respective primary windings of the at least two reactors and the negative electrode of the DC power source, respectively, wherein: the secondary windings of the at least two reactors and the inductor portion are connected in series so as to form a closed loop, the capacitor included in the at least two series circuits corresponds to a single shared smoothing capacitor, and the core includes at least two outside legs on which the primary windings of the at least two reactors are wound, and the core includes the central legs.