Patent ID: 7973634

Claim:
An electronic component which is formed for automatic mounting and comprises a holding element ( 8 , 18 , 28 ) which is made of plastic and which is injection molded on the electronic component and which is formed as a holding point for a grasper; wherein the electronic component is formed as a coil with a coil core ( 1 ) and with a coil winding ( 3 ) that surrounds the coil core ( 1 ) and includes a plurality of individual coils ( 4 ) extending between at least two connection ends ( 5 , 6 ); wherein the coil core 1 ) is provided without end flanges for preventing the coil core ( 1 ) from sliding within the coil winding ( 3 ); wherein a gap ( 7 ) is provided between two spaced apart adjacent coils among the plurality of individual coils ( 4 ) of the coil winding ( 3 ) in the longitudinal direction of the coil winding ( 3 ), and wherein the holding element ( 8 , 18 ) is attached as an injection molded body that contacts the coil core ( 1 ) and bridges the gap ( 7 ) between the two spaced apart adjacent coils ( 4 ), and wherein the holding element ( 8 , 18 , 28 ) grips both the coil core ( 1 ) and the two spaced apart adjacent coils ( 4 ) in the gap and intermediate opposite ends of the coil winding ( 3 ) to prevent longitudinal movement of the core relative to the coil winding; and wherein the gap between the two spaced apart adjacent coils is provided at only one location along the length of the coil core, with the other coils being adjacent to one another and providing no additional gap.