An inductor component includes an element body, a coil, and a first outer electrode and a second outer electrode, in which the coil includes a coil wiring, a first extended wiring, and a second extended wiring. The first extended wiring includes a first connection surface connected to the coil wiring and a second connection surface connected to the first outer electrode, and a first straight line connecting the first connection surface and the second connection surface is inclined to the direction orthogonal to the first main surface.

An embodiment provides a magnetic core comprising a first powder and a second powder, wherein the hardness of the first powder is lower than that of the second powder, and the volume of the first powder is 40% to 60% with respect to the combined volume of the first powder and the second powder.

A transformer comprises at least two windings and each of the at least two windings includes at least one lead-out wire, and a silicone rubber heat-shrinkable sleeve is wrapped around the outer surface of the lead-out wire. The at least two windings and a portion of the silicone rubber heat-shrinkable sleeve are encapsulated in a potting box with a first potting sealant, and another portion of the silicone rubber heat-shrinkable sleeve is exposed outside of the potting box.

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 D50a of the amorphous magnetic material powder is greater than or equal to the median diameter D50c of the crystalline magnetic material powder. A 10% cumulative diameter D10a in a volume-based cumulative particle size distribution of the amorphous magnetic material powder is 9.5 μm or less.

A powder core includes a compact including a soft magnetic powder, and an outer coating of the compact. The outer coating contains polyethersulfone. An electric or electronic component including the powder core, and an electric or electronic device having the electric or electronic component mounted therein are also provided.

A method of forming magnetically permeable material is provided. The method includes introducing magnetorheological (MR) fluid including one or more of magnetically permeable particles, fibers and fillers suspended in a curable liquid into a cavity, driving the magnetically permeable particles, fibers and/or fillers in the MR fluid into flux line formations and curing the curable liquid of the MR fluid during the driving to lock the flux line formations in place.

The invention provides a powder magnetic core and a method for manufacturing a powder magnetic core through simple compression molding and capable of manufacturing a complicatedly shaped powder magnetic core with reliable high strength and insulating properties. A method for manufacturing a powder magnetic core with a metallic soft magnetic material powder includes: a first step including mixing a soft magnetic material powder and a binder; a second step including compression molding the mixture obtained after the first step; a third step including performing at least one of grinding and cutting on the compact obtained after the second step; and a fourth step including heat-treating the compact after the third step, wherein in the fourth step, the compact is heat-treated so that an oxide layer containing an element constituting the soft magnetic material powder is formed on the surface of the soft magnetic material powder.

A surface mount inductor includes a molded body made of a composite material containing a magnetic powder, and a metal plate including a first metal plate portion that is buried in the molded body and second metal plate portions that extend from the first metal plate portion to outside the molded body. The second metal plate portions each include a first bent portion that extends from a side surface of the molded body and is bent in a direction that intersects the mounting surface and a second bent portion that is bent from the direction that intersects the mounting surface toward a side surface the molded body. The second metal plate portions extend along the molded body onto the mounting surface and form an external terminal. An internal angle of each first bent portion is formed so as to be an obtuse angle.

A method for manufacturing a powder magnetic core, including a step of compacting a raw material powder to form a compact, a step of performing a first heat treatment on the compact to obtain a first heat-treated body, and a step of performing a second heat treatment on the first heat-treated body to obtain a second heat-treated body, wherein the raw material powder contains a soft magnetic powder and a lubricant that has a melting point Tm, the first heat treatment is performed in a temperature range from Tm to Tm+50° C. inclusive for a time longer than 10 minutes, and the second heat treatment is performed in a temperature range from 400° C. to 900° C. inclusive for a time of 3 minutes to 90 minutes inclusive, the temperature range of the second heat treatment being higher than the temperature range of the first heat treatment.

The invention discloses a method and its device for preparing a magnetic core with amorphous ribbon. The magnetic core is prepared with amorphous ribbon, the size of the amorphous ribbon is controlled according to the target requirements, and the magnetic core with required size and shape is prepared according to the target requirements; the single-roller rapid quenching technology with online automatic segmentation and automatic storage capability is used for preparation, which can control the length, width and thickness of the amorphous ribbon according to the target requirements; the amorphous ribbon segmented by single-roller rapid quenching technology is used to spray and cool down one by one, and then air-dry, transfer, spray adhesive and online store it one by one; the stored amorphous ribbon is reshaped, compressed and heat-treated successively, and then demoulded to prepare a magnetic core.