A dust core contains a powder of a crystalline magnetic material powder and a powder of an amorphous magnetic material. The sum of the content of the crystalline magnetic material powder and the content of the amorphous magnetic material powder is 83 mass percent or more. The mass ratio of the content of the crystalline magnetic material powder to the sum of the content of the crystalline magnetic material powder and the content of the amorphous magnetic material powder is 20 mass percent or less. The median diameter D50 of the amorphous magnetic material powder is greater than or equal to the median diameter D50 of the crystalline magnetic material powder.

An EMI filter for an inverter may include a choke including a magnetic inner core, a magnetic outer core, and at least one conductor pair. The at least one conductor pair may include an electrically conductive positive conductor and an electrically conductive negative conductor. The inner core, the outer core, the positive conductor, and the negative conductor may extend along a longitudinal central axis of the choke. The inner core may be arranged in the outer core. The positive conductor and the negative conductor may be arranged between the inner core and the outer core. The positive conductor and the negative conductor may be arranged spaced apart from one another in a circumferential direction extending around the longitudinal central axis. A gap may be formed between the inner core, the outer core, the positive conductor, and the negative conductor, which are adjacent in the circumferential direction.

The present invention relates to a bracket device for bearing an inductor, an inductor device, and an uninterruptible power supply. The inductor comprises a toroidal magnetic core; and a coil comprising a plurality of wires wound around the toroidal magnetic core. The bracket device comprises: a bracket having a bearing portion adapted to bear the inductor; an insulating pad adapted to be sandwiched between the inductor and the bearing portion of the bracket, the insulating pad having an integrally formed positioning structure capable of being embedded between two adjacent wires of the coil and keeping the toroidal magnetic core fixed; and a fastener adapted to wrap around the toroidal magnetic core and press the toroidal magnetic core together with the insulating pad against the bracket. The bracket device of the present invention is capable of effectively fixing an inductor and allowing it to dissipate heat well.

An insulating material-coated soft magnetic powder includes: a core particle that includes a base portion containing a soft magnetic material containing Fe as a main component and at least one of Si, Cr, and Al, and that includes an oxide film provided on a surface of the base portion and containing an oxide of at least one of Si, Cr, and Al; and an insulating film that is provided on a surface of the core particle and that contains a ceramic, in which a thickness of the insulating film is 5 nm or more and 300 nm or less, and the oxide contained in the oxide film and the ceramic contained in the insulating film are mutually diffused at an interface between the oxide film and the insulating film.

A common mode choke coil includes a core, and first and second coils opposed to each other and wound on the core. The core can have a square shape, or an elongated shape having a long axis and a short axis when viewed in a direction along a central axis of the core. Each of the first and second coils is a single-layer coil. An area of a cross-section of the core taken perpendicular to a circumferential direction of the core is constant in the circumferential direction of the core. The cross-section of the core has a quadrilateral shape.

A thermal management includes an inductor, a housing in thermal communication with the inductor, the housing defining a wall, and a conductor. The conductor has a greater heat transfer rate than the wall and is positioned within a groove and/or an aperture formed in the wall. The conductor is configured to transfer heat through the wall more efficiently than if the conductor were not present. A method of manufacturing a thermal management system includes forming a housing by additive manufacturing. The housing defines a wall having at least one of a groove and an aperture defined therein. The method includes positioning a conductor in at least one of the groove and the aperture. The conductor has a greater heat transfer rate than the wall. The method includes positioning an inductor into thermal communication with the housing.

An inductor includes a plurality of stacked core parts having aligned central openings, at least one spacer separating the core parts from one another, and a winding comprising a plurality turns wound around the stack of core parts through central openings of the core parts. The at least one spacer may include respective groups of spacers disposed between respective pairs of the core parts. In some embodiments, the at least one spacer may include a plurality of spacers disposed between first and second ones of the core parts and radially distributed in a circular pattern aligned with the first and second core parts.

A common mode choke is provided, including a hollow ferrite core, a plurality of coils wound around the ferrite core, and a substrate. Each of the coils has a first end and a second end. The substrate is disposed on the side of the ferrite core and has a plurality of through holes. The first and second ends of the coils are engaged in the through holes. When viewed along the central axis of the ferrite core, the first and second ends of the coils are located on the outer side the ferrite core.

Provided is soft magnetic powder containing an amorphous metal particle having a composition expressed by a compositional formula Fe.sub.100-a-b-c-d-e-f-gCr.sub.aSi.sub.bB.sub.cC.sub.dAl.sub.eTi.sub.fCo.sub.g. Here, a, b, c, d, e, f, and g are that express atom %, 0<a≤3.0, 5.0≤b≤15.0, 7.0≤c≤15.0, 0.1≤d≤3.0, 0<e≤0.016, 0<f≤0.009, and 0≤g≤0.025.

A toroidal inductor includes a toroidal core and at least one coil is disclosed. Each coil comprises at least one first winding portion, and at least one second winding portion. At least one first winding portion comprises at least one alpha electrical pathway which extends between a first alpha pathway end to a second alpha pathway end. At least one second winding portion comprises at least one beta electrical pathway which extends between a first beta pathway end to a second beta pathway end (30B). The first and second winding portions are electrically connected to form at least one coil wound around the toroidal core. Each coil is comprised of a plurality of pathway units, and each pathway unit comprises an alpha electrical pathway connected to a beta electrical pathway.