Patent ID: 7969272

Claim:
A magnetic component, comprising: a pair of core halves, each of the core halves comprising: a base and a pair of outer legs extending therefrom; a center leg extending from the base in the same direction as the pair of outer legs; wherein the center leg has a cross-section having a primary axis that is parallel to a mounting plane, and a secondary axis that is perpendicular to the primary axis, wherein the primary axis has a larger dimension than the secondary axis, and wherein the base of the core has a width that extends in a direction parallel to the primary axis and a height that extends in a direction parallel to the secondary axis, and wherein the center leg is centered on the base of the core with respect to both the height and the width, and wherein the pair of core halves, when assembled, form a structure that has a length, width, and height that defines a cuboid; a substantially hollow bobbin that receives each center leg of the core halves, wherein the bobbin is positioned entirely within the cuboid; and a conductor that is wound around the bobbin, wherein a top surface of the conductor, when wound around the bobbin, is flush with a top surface of the cuboid, and wherein a bottom surface of the conductor, when wound around the bobbin, is flush with a bottom surface of the cuboid; wherein the center leg of each of the core halves is inserted into the bobbin.