A planar coil (10) of the present disclosure includes a base (1) including a first surface (1a), a metal layer (2) located on the first surface (1a) and including a through hole (2a) and a plurality of voids (3), and a first fixing tool (8) inserted through the through hole (2a) and fixing the metal layer (2) to the first surface (1a) side of the base (1).

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.

A receiving device of a system for inductive power transfer includes a housing, which includes a cover element and a base element, at least one reception area for a circuit board, at least one magnetic shielding element, wherein the at least one magnetic shielding element covers the at least one reception area of the cover element at least partially, and a winding structure, the magnetic shielding element is arranged below the winding structure with respect to a vertical axis of the receiving device and the vertical axis of the receiving device is oriented orthogonal to an upper surface of the cover element and a bottom surface of the base element.

A inductive component is provided, which comprises a magnetic core, an insulation body formed of an electrically insulating material and having the magnetic core accommodated therein, and a coil body having at least one winding wound thereon. The insulation body comprises at least two mechanically connected insulation wall sections, which each face, at least partially, a respective side surface section of the magnetic core. The coil body comprises at least one contact element attached to a side surface section of the coil body and used for establishing an electric connection to the at least one winding, and a magnetic core accommodation in which the magnetic core accommodated in the insulation body is partially accommodated. A side surface section of the magnetic core, which faces the contact element, is covered, at least partially, by an insulation wall section of the insulation body.

An inductor element includes a first conductive portion, a second conductive portion, and a magnetic core. The first conductive portion includes a first round-about portion, a first mount portion, and a second mount portion. The second conductive portion includes a second round-about portion, a third mount portion, and a fourth mount portion. The magnetic core houses at least a part of the first and second conductive portions so that each mount surface of the first to fourth mount portions is exposed from one side of the magnetic core. The first and second conductive portions are arranged so that the first and second directions are substantially parallel and opposite to each other. The first and third mount portions are at least partially overlapped with each other in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions.

Terminal electrodes are disposed on mounting surfaces of flanges of a substantially drum-shaped core that are directed to a mounting substrate. A rounded surface is formed on the mounting surface. An end portion of the wire extends along the rounded surface from a side on which the inner end surface is present toward a side on which the outer end surface is present.

A power supply module having at least one inductor modules, a top PCB mounted on top of the at least one inductor modules, and at least one pair of power device chips mounted on top of the top PCB, wherein power pins and signal pins for connecting the top PCB and a board that the at least one inductor modules are attached to, are implemented by metal layers wrapping each of the at least one inductor modules.

A reactor includes: an outer peripheral iron core; three leg iron cores; and three coils, each of the coils having an input side coil end and an output side coil end projecting from a same end surface on an end side in the axial direction of the three leg iron cores, where the three coils include two first coils in which a projecting position of the input side coil end and a projecting position of the output side coil end has a first relative positional relationship and include one second coil having a second relative positional relationship opposite to the first relative positional relationship and where winding directions from the input side coil end to the output side coil end of the first and the second coils are reversed to each other.

A multi-layer coil structure and an inductor are provided. The multi-layer coil structure includes a first coil body and a second coil body. The first coil body includes a first extension portion and a second extension portion extending in a first direction, and at least one third extension portion extending in a second direction. The second coil body includes a fourth extension portion, a fifth extension portion, and at least one sixth extension portion, the fourth extension portion and the fifth extension portion extend in the first direction, and the at least one sixth extension portion extend in the second direction. When the first coil body is detachably assembled with the second coil body, at least one first pin is formed by the first extension portion and the fourth extension portion, and at least one second pin is formed by the second extension portion and the fifth extension portion.

The invention comprises an apparatus, comprising: an inductor, the inductor comprising: an electrical turn about an inductor core, the inductor core comprising a ring shape; the electrical turn comprising a first width at a first radial distance from a center of the inductor core and a second width at a second radial distance from the center, the second width at least ten percent larger than the first width. Optionally and preferably, the electrical turn comprises: a first cast element and a second cast element and a mechanical connection connecting the first cast element to the second cast element, such as an aluminum weld.