Patent ID: 6847280

Claim:
An inductor comprising: a coil including a pair of terminals; and a shielded core including a first portion and second portion; each of the portions including: a housing having an end wall and a side wall, the side wall having a mating edge and a pair of notches; a core segment disposed on an inner surface of the end wall and having an end face; and a seat defined between the housing d the core segment for receiving the coil; wherein when the first and second portions e engaged together with the coil received by the seats: the mating edges of the side walls of the housings mate with each other to form a magnetically continuous shield; the end faces of the core segments contact each other to form a magnetically continuous core, such that a closed magnetic loop is formed by the shield and the core; the notches of the housing of the first portion respectively align with the notches of the housing of the second portion to form a pair of aperatures in the shield; and the coil is received by the seats about the core with the terminals respectively projecting through the apertures of the shield.