US 11,817,255 B2
Inductor element
Chen Wang, Tokyo (JP); and Satoshi Sugimoto, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to TDK CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by TDK CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/009,909.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-170385 (JP), filed on Sep. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0090785 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. H01F 27/29 (2006.01); H01F 27/24 (2006.01)
CPC H01F 27/292 (2013.01) [H01F 27/24 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inductor element comprising:
a core including a first core portion and a second core portion that are disposed face to each other in a first direction; and
a conductor including;
a first mounting portion exposed from a bottom surface of the core, the first mounting portion including;
a first narrow portion; and
a first wide portion perpendicular to the first narrow portion and overlapping the first core portion and the second core portion as seen from a second direction orthogonal to the first direction;
a second mounting portion exposed from the bottom surface of the core, the second mounting portion being disposed apart from the first mounting portion in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, the second mounting portion including;
a second narrow portion extending over the bottom surface of the core in a direction away from the first mounting portion along the third direction; and
a second wide portion perpendicular to the second narrow portion and overlapping the first core portion and the second core portion as seen from the second direction: and
a connecting portion passing between the first core portion and the second core portion to connect the first mounting portion and the second mounting portion,
wherein the first narrow portion extends over the bottom surface of the core in a direction away from the second mounting portion along the third direction.