A transformer includes: a magnetic core including a lower magnetic structure and an upper magnetic structure; a printed circuit board arranged between the lower magnetic structure and the upper magnetic structure and including a core hole through which a midsection of the magnetic core penetrates, a primary coil, a secondary coil, a primary via-hole formed at an end of the printed circuit board and electrically connected to the primary coil, and a secondary via-hole formed at another end of the printed circuit board and electrically connected to the secondary coil; a primary pin inserted into the primary via-hole; a secondary pin inserted into the secondary via-hole; an insulating block into which a portion of the printed circuit board is inserted; and a mount on which the printed circuit board and the insulating block are mounted.

A power electronic converter includes a plurality of converter cells, each comprising an inductive power transfer stage having a coupled inductor coupling first and second sides of the converter cell, wherein the inductor comprises a first winding around a first magnetic core and a second winding around a second magnetic core; wherein the first winding and the first magnetic core are separated from the second winding and the second magnetic core by a flat electric insulation layer that provides electric insulation between the first and second sides of the converter cell; wherein at least two of the coupled inductors are arranged so that their insulation layers form a single contiguous insulation layer.

A substrate module according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first substrate which includes transformer connection part to be connected to terminals of a transformer, at least one second substrate on which a switch module to be connected to the transformer is formed; and a conductive connector which connects the first substrate and the second substrate to each other, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are arranged by the conductive connector such that a predetermined angle is formed therebetween.

A substrate module according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first substrate which includes transformer connection part to be connected to terminals of a transformer, at least one second substrate on which a switch module to be connected to the transformer is formed; and a conductive connector which connects the first substrate and the second substrate to each other, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are arranged by the conductive connector such that a predetermined angle is formed therebetween.

An electronic component includes an insulating layer that has a principal surface, a passive device that includes a low voltage pattern that is formed in the insulating layer and a high voltage pattern that is formed in the insulating layer such as to oppose the low voltage pattern in a normal direction to the principal surface and to which a voltage exceeding a voltage to be applied to the low voltage pattern is to be applied, and a shield conductor layer that is formed in the insulating layer such as to be positioned in a periphery of the high voltage pattern in plan view, shields an electric field formed between the low voltage pattern and the high voltage pattern, and suppresses electric field concentration with respect to the high voltage pattern.

An electronic component includes an insulating layer that has a principal surface, a passive device that includes a low voltage pattern that is formed in the insulating layer and a high voltage pattern that is formed in the insulating layer such as to oppose the low voltage pattern in a normal direction to the principal surface and to which a voltage exceeding a voltage to be applied to the low voltage pattern is to be applied, and a shield conductor layer that is formed in the insulating layer such as to be positioned in a periphery of the high voltage pattern in plan view, shields an electric field formed between the low voltage pattern and the high voltage pattern, and suppresses electric field concentration with respect to the high voltage pattern.

An object is to improve a core and heat radiation properties from the coil, and to reduce the size of a transformer. In order to attain the object described above, a transformer includes a bobbin wound around with a coil, a columnar core center portion in which the bobbin is mounted, and a plurality of core leg portions joining both ends of the core center portion on the outside of the coil. The size of the core leg portion is larger than the size of the other core leg portions, and the core leg portion includes a flat outer circumferential surface approximately parallel to a surface which is tangent to an outer circumferential side surface of the coil. The transformer is disposed in a housing such that the outer circumferential surface of the core leg portion is tangent to a floor surface of the housing.

A coil device includes a conductive wire forming a coil, a coil base having a groove for accommodating the conductive wire, and a stopper being separate from the coil base and attached to the coil base to cover the conductive wire. The stopper includes a base portion attached to the coil base at a position adjacent the groove, and a distal end portion integrated with the base portion to cover the conductive wire. The base portion of the stopper is rotatable. Alternatively, the distal end portion of the stopper is deformable.

A coil device includes a conductive wire forming a coil, a coil base having a groove for accommodating the conductive wire, and a stopper being separate from the coil base and attached to the coil base to cover the conductive wire. The stopper includes a base portion attached to the coil base at a position adjacent the groove, and a distal end portion integrated with the base portion to cover the conductive wire. The base portion of the stopper is rotatable. Alternatively, the distal end portion of the stopper is deformable.

An external switch actuator includes: a guide tube having a first end and a second end, the first end configured to be attached to a door of a compartment in substantial alignment with both a hole in the door and a switch actuator within the compartment, and the second end configured to be disposed within an interior of the compartment and separated from the switch actuator by a gap when the door is closed; a coupling shaft configured to be operably placed within the guide tube, the coupling shaft having an electrical insulator disposed between an actuator side adapter and a switch side adapter, and a length equal to or greater than a distance between the switch actuator and the hole in the door when the door is closed.