Abstract: A coil device includes a coil body with a wiring coil wound therearound. The coil body is composed of an insulative core cover with a core received therein. An insulative base is provided with terminals, which the coil body is to be mounted thereon. The core cover includes a planar support portion to be attached to the base, and one of the support portion and the base has, at areas in the vicinity of opposite end portions thereof, engagement grooves, and the other has, at areas in the vicinity of opposite ends thereof, ridges engageable with the engagement grooves. Thus, the support portion can be engaged with the base through a combination of the engagement grooves and the ridges.

Abstract: An inductive device includes a magnetic core, a conductive winding surrounding the core, a conductive element formed on a selected portion of the surface of the magnetic core, and a termination of the winding mechanically attached and electrically connected to the conductive element. In an assembly that includes a circuit board the conductive element is mechanically attached and electrically connected to a connection pad on the board and the winding termination is connected to the conductive element.

Abstract: A magnetic sensor includes a bobbin having one surface provided with a toroidal groove, and a toroidal inductor accommodated in the groove. The toroidal inductor has a toroidal core and an excitation coil wound on the toroidal core. The excitation coil has a conductive pattern of a plurality of thin-film linear conductors individually extending in a radial direction on a surface of the bobbin and on inner side and bottom surfaces of the toroidal groove with a predetermined angular space, a toroidal core received in the groove, and a plurality of connecting wires each of which is bridged over the toroidal groove and toroidal core to interconnect an inner end of one of the thin-film linear conductors and an outer end of a next adjacent one of the thin-film linear conductors. The conductive pattern and the connecting wires form the excitation coil wound around the toroidal core. Thus, the toroidal inductor is formed in the toroidal groove.

Abstract: An RF induction coil for inductively coupled ionized sputtering applications having at least one extremely smooth surface, on the order of about 30 &mgr;m or less, which faces, substantially resides within, or is immediately proximate a plasma field in a sputtering chamber. The smooth induction coil requires only an extremely short burn-in time to remove surface damage and contaminants until a steady-state sputtering rate is achieved. The smooth induction coil may be constructed of target material, or a material distinct from the target material, and can be of any suitable geometry or configuration.

Abstract: A current transformer assembly comprises a toroidal core and a conductor having a body portion and a mounting portion. The conductor's body portion extends through the aperture of the toroidal core. The mounting portion is positioned for a mechanical and electrical connection between an external conductor and the current transformer. A connection is made between the body portion and the mounting portion wherein mechanical engagement is sufficient to prevent unintended separation of the body portion from the mounting portion and electrical coupling is sufficient to permit the flow of current between the body portion and the mounting portion.

Abstract: An electrical choke comprises a magnetic amorphous metal core having, in combination, a distributed gap and a discrete gap. The amorphous metal is an iron based, rapidly solidified alloy. The distributed gap configuration is achieved by subjecting the magnetic core to a heat treatment, causing partial crystallization of the amorphous alloy. Such partial volume crystallization reduces the permeability of the magnetic core from several thousands to a value ranging from 200 to 800. The discrete gap is introduced by cutting the core and inserting a spacer. Depending on the width of the gap and the value of the annealed permeability, effective permeabilities in the range of 200 to 40 can be achieved. Advantageously, the reduced permeability magnetic core maintains its initial permeability under DC bias field excitation and exhibits low core loss, making it especially suited for use in power factor correction applications.

Abstract: A winding of a motor is formed by coiling a wire around a slotless stator core with combination of troidal coiling and array coiling. The toroidal coiling is carried out in a manner such that the wire is coiled without any intersecting turns in one direction for the formation of the winding as it is coiled rotating spirally. By this coiling method, the accuracy of the position of the winding in the direction tangent to the surface of the stator core can be improved. The array coiling is carried out in a manner such that the winding is formed in layers that are stacked on one another. By this coiling method, the accuracy of the position of the winding in the direction normal to the surface of the stator core can be improved. Thus, the overall thickness of the winding can be made uniform.

Abstract: A housing for a toroid coil has side walls closely formed around the coil and a top connected at a gap from the side walls by attachments. The top provides a flat, relatively smooth vacuum pick up surface for mounting the coil on a circuit board and is removable by breaking off the attachments. The side walls have a front wall with wire wrap posts extending therefrom positioned so that the wire of the coil lies in the mounting plane for surface mount connection when wrapped on the posts. Slots are provided in the front wall to receive the wire to prevent cutting or scoring of the wire or its coating or cover during removal of the top. The back of the walls is open to reduce length and thickened supports are provided at the edges of the walls adjacent the back.

Abstract: An apparatus for creating and controlling a toroidal magnetic field, and a poloidal magnetic field employs a conductive sheet rolled into a spiral with cut outer legs aligned and bent outwardly toward a position approximately adjacent to corresponding other cut outer legs. Such apparatus is formed by forming a conductive sheet; cutting a first plurality of cut outer legs into the sheet; cutting a second plurality of cut outer legs into the sheet; rolling the conductive sheet into a spiral; and bending outwardly each of the cut outer legs. In an alternative, the apparatus has a conductive tube with each of a first plurality cut outer legs bent outwardly to couple to corresponding ones of a second plurality of cut outer legs.

Abstract: An electronic component such as a transformer or choke coil in which a coil is wound around the toroidal core to form a coil element which is completely encased in resin case. The inside of the case is partitioned by a plate so that the external terminals are fixed within terminal housing sections formed in four corners of the case and the toroidal core is fixed within a core housing section formed at the center of the case.

Abstract: A degaussing coil designed to be mounted on the glass panels of cathode-ray tubes used to display color images wherein, the link between the ends of the winding of the degaussing coil and the conductors provides connection to the electrical supply circuit is encased in an insulating thermoplastic material. The degaussing coils is utilized for color television receivers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas-insulated current transformer of simple structure for a single-phase or multi-phase switchgear, which transformer can be made in various dimensions and with magnetic cores of various lengths. The transformer comprises at least one support tube carrying three annular cores carrying respective secondary windings. The windings are superposed and disposed coaxially about the tube, and they are held by a clamping strap. The tube and the windings are disposed inside an enclosure defined by two metal plates constituting a bottom closure end plate and a top closure end plate, and by four metal side walls. The end plates are interconnected by link rods disposed in their corners. The two end plates are fixed to the ends of the rods by screws, and the metal side plates are screwed to said rods.

Abstract: A device for electrically interconnecting the wire leads of various electronic elements within a microminiature package. A non-conducting base member having a plurality of electronic element barriers and wire lead through-holes is provided. The through-holes are generally located within the interior regions of the base element to minimize potentially detrimental field interactions or capacitive coupling between the leads and the external package terminals. During package assembly, the electronic elements are placed within recesses created within the base member by the aforementioned barriers. These recesses and barriers align the elements and help maintain electrical separation and uniformity during manufacturing. The wire leads from two or more elements are interconnected by twisting them together and inserting them into one of the through-holes.

Abstract: A microelectronic component carrier package and method of its manufacture. A non-conducting component carrier having vertical risers and guide channels permits the rapid and accurate routing of microelectronic component leads with respect to the leadframe. Specially shaped perforations in the leadframe adjacent to and aligned with the guide channels receive the leads, strip away the necessary amount of insulation, and sever the leads to the proper length in one manufacturing process step. The leads are joined to the leadframe by an interference fit, conventional bonding technique (such as solder or thermal compression bonding), or other techniques. The perforations further provide for stress relief of the leads in the assembled package, and permit the joints between the leadframe and leads to reside outside of the package, thereby minimizing the overall volume of the package.

Abstract: A current-detection coil for a current transformer operating by the Rogowski principle has an insulating annular body made of a fiber-reinforced thermosetting plastic and manufactured as a single-piece solid body in a divisible mold. The parting line of a mold serving for manufacturing the annular body is in a flattened region on the outer periphery of the annular body and on a flattened region on the inner periphery. The annular body allows current transformers operating by the Rogowski principle to be manufactured that are capable of measuring in the entire range of currents that may occur and are resistant to mechanical and thermal stresses.

Abstract: A triple core transformer including a coupler connected to a third core between two primary windings. Two sets of twisted pairs are wound around each primary core such that a strand of each pair communicates with primary each core. One strand of each pair is wound denser than the complementary strand of that pair. The denser strands are connected to a third winding around the third core. The third winding is wound in a series of segments. Each of the segments is connected to the preceding segment in a wire twist.

Abstract: An apparatus for facilitating mounting of an inductor assembly to a printed circuit board that is easy to assemble into any mounting scheme and which assures that an adequate clamping force to overcome vibration forces is provided. The apparatus includes an inductor assembly, a spacer assembly adapted to receive the inductor assembly, a wedge member for engaging one side of the inductor assembly and for distributing a clamping force substantially evenly about the inductor assembly, and a bushing disposed through each of the inductor assembly, the spacer assembly, and the wedge member, such that when a clamping force is applied to the wedge member, the inductor assembly is clamped to the spacer assembly.

Abstract: A magnetic core-coil assembly generates an ignition event in a spark ignition internal combustion system having at least one combustion chamber. The assembly comprises a magnetic core of amorphous metal having a primary coil for low voltage excitation and a secondary coil for a high voltage output to be fed to a spark plug. A high voltage is generated in the secondary coil within a short period of time following excitation thereof. The assembly senses spark ignition conditions in the combustion chamber to control the ignition event. The assembly is constructed from sub-assembly parts that can be manufactured with existing machines at reasonable cost. The assembly is then potted in a housing consisting of a high temperature polymer.

Abstract: A superconductive multi-phase transformer has a toroidal winding disposed in a tank with a cooling medium. The toroidal winding is divided along its course for each phase into winding sections. Magnetic fluxes in the winding sections are closed by at least one yoke. The tank is divided into tank sections at separating points of the toroidal winding by the at least one yoke.

Abstract: An inductor (100) optimized for surface-mount vacuum-pickup automated circuit assembly eliminates the expense of an inductor housing. The inductor has a hollow rectangular ferrite core (101) and a winding defined by a stripline (102) deposited on the core surface. Winding ends are formed by conductive vias (103) in the core that open onto the core surface, where they connect and mount the inductor to a circuit board (150). A flat sheet (104) adhered to one face of the core provides a surface for vacuum pickup and for labeling of the inductor. The core of a passively tuneable inductor (200) defines multiple unconnected winding segments (102-103). Segment ends mount the inductor to the circuit board and connect the segments to circuit board striplines (254) that are laid out in a pattern to interconnect a number of the segments into a winding. The inductor is tuned by changing the stripline layout and thereby varying the number of interconnected segments.

Abstract: A device for improving the quality of audio and/or video signals comprises a main electrical circuit comprising an integrated circuit arranged for producing an output pulse signal having a predetermined frequency, and a toroidal inductor having a magnetic core which has a central opening and which is surrounded by a conducting wire, said toroidal inductor being arranged to be powered by said output signal.The device is arranged between a power supply unit and a signal processing unit which is connected by at least a phase- and a neutral conductor to said power supply unit such that said conductors pass through said central opening of said magnetic core, said toroidal inductor creating an alternating magnetic field within its core when it is powered by said output signal, so that said magnetic field induces an electric field which acts on said conductors.

Abstract: A magnetic core-coil assembly generates an ignition event in a spark ignition internal combustion system having at least one combustion chamber. The assembly comprises a magnetic core of amorphous metal having a primary coil for low voltage excitation and a secondary coil for a high voltage output to be fed to a spark plug. A high voltage is generated in the secondary coil within a short period of time following excitation thereof. The assembly senses spark ignition conditions in the combustion chamber to control the ignition event. The assembly is constructed from sub-assembly parts that can be manufactured with existing machines at reasonable cost.

Abstract: A magnetic core-coil assembly generates an ignition event in a spark ignition internal combustion system having at least one combustion chamber. The assembly comprises a magnetic core of amorphous metal having a primary coil for low voltage excitation and a secondary coil for a high voltage output to be fed to a spark plug. A high voltage is generated in the secondary coil within a short period of time following excitation thereof. The assembly senses spark ignition conditions in the combustion chamber to control the ignition event. The assembly is constructed from sub-assembly parts that can be manufactured with existing machines at reasonable cost.

Abstract: Toroidal transformers and other toroidal magnetic components need insulation between separate windings. International safety standards specify minimum requirements for both total insulation thickness and number of layers of insulation. The safety requirements can be met by a toroidal transformer insulation method and toroidal transformer having, in combination, a wide sheet of insulation material covering the outside perimeter and the top and bottom radial surfaces of a winding but not entering into the center hole, and wrapping with a narrow strip of insulation material for covering the entire winding and the wide sheet of insulation material. Because the wide sheet adds insulation on the outside perimeter of the winding, which is larger then the inside perimeter of the center hole, the outer wrapping with the narrow strip need only provide the insulation actually required on the inside perimeter of the center hole.

Abstract: An apparatus for connecting primary conductive lines of a flexible transformer which assures the simple and reliable connection between the primary conductive lines. The apparatus includes a circular rigid supporting plate having an opening at the center thereof, a connecting member having an opening at the center thereof fabricated of a flexible insulator sheet having one surface where the supporting plate is adhered and the other surface where a plurality of radial conductive lines are deposited. The connecting member has a plurality of projecting portions at inner and outer peripheral edge portions thereof by cutting out the inner and outer peripheral edge portions where the radial conductive lines are not deposited. The projecting portions are folded to connect inner and outer parallel primary conductive lines.

Abstract: A toroidal current transformer magnetic shield includes, in one form, a cup portion and a cap portion. Both the cup and the cap are C-shaped, and when the cap is placed over the cup, the cup and cap define a toroidal sensor chamber. The cup portion and the cap portion are constructed of magnetically permeable material, such as iron or steel. A toroidal current transformer is positioned within the sensor chamber, so that the cap and cup enclose, and magnetically shield, the toroidal current transformer.

Abstract: A coil is inherently aligned with the open face of a cup core and prevented from recessing into the core upon assembly of the coil and core into a housing by placing a resilient foam washer within the core under the coil to cause the coil to normally extend beyond the open face of the core and subsequently securing the subassembled core and coil pressed against a common internal surface of the housing, compressing the foam washer. Internal tabs on the foam washer are compressed between the center boss of the cup core and the internal surfaces of the coil opening to retain the coil assembled to the core as a separate subassembly.

Abstract: A toroidal shaped transformer having two levels of structureborne noise isolation is disclosed. A 30-60 dB reduction in noise is achieved by isolation mounting the toroidal transformers coaxially on a central support rod which in turn is supported by an isolation mounted cradle. The isolation layers are made of compliant elastomeric foam rubber material.

Abstract: High quality factor (Q) spiral and toroidal inductor and transformer are disclosed that are compatible with silicon very large scale integration (VLSI) processing, consume a small IC area, and operate at high frequencies. The spiral inductor has a spiral metal coil deposited in a trench formed in at dielectric layer over a substrate. The metal coil is enclosed in ferromagnetic liner and cap layers, and is connected to an underpass contact through a metal filled via in the dielectric layer. The spiral inductor also includes ferromagnetic cores lines surrounded by the metal spiral coil. A spiral transformer is formed by vertically stacking two spiral inductors, or placing them side-by-side over a ferromagnetic bridge formed below the metal coils and cores lines. The toroidal inductor includes a toroidal metal coil with a core having ferromagnetic strips. The toroidal metal coil is segmented into two coils each having a pair of ports to form a toroidal transformer.

Abstract: A current transformer for a load switch which has an interior construction tightly engaged with a main bushing therein, allows a voltage in a cable to be detected by forming an engaging hole, communicated with a conductive socket of the main bushing, on a portion of an outer circumferential surface thereof, and which has a current transformer coating casing, made of a rubber material, for thereby diminishing a thickness of the current transformer, includes a core in a ring shape, a coil winding the core, a rubber coating member for tightly covering the core and the coil therein, and coil terminals connected to both ends of the coil. The rubber coating member includes a lower coating part for tightly covering a base unit of the main bushing, and an upper coating part for tightly covering a jaw unit of the main bushing, as well as the coil and the core.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a saturable reactor and a method for decoupling the interwinding capacitance from the frequency limitations of the reactor so that the equivalent electrical circuit of the saturable reactor comprises a variable inductor. The saturable reactor comprises a plurality of physically symmetrical magnetic cores with closed loop magnetic paths and a novel method of wiring a control winding and a RF winding. The present invention additionally discloses a matching network and method for matching the impedances of a RF generator to a load. The matching network comprises a matching transformer and a saturable reactor.

Abstract: A degaussing coils designed to be mounted on the glass panels of cathode-ray tubes used to display color images wherein the link between the ends of the winding of the degaussing coil and the conductors provides connection to the electrical supply circuit is encased in an insulating thermoplastic material. The degaussing coils is utilized for color television receivers.

Abstract: An inflatable high Q toroidal inductor is fabricated from an inflatable tidal-shaped shell made from a flexible material provided with a fitting adapted to receive and vent pressurized gas. A pair of flexible strips are disposed on opposite sides of the inflatable toroidal-shaped shell to hold litz windings in a predetermined toroidal configuration to thereby provide a suitable inductor of high Q and low loss. The inductor may be compactly carried to a remote instrumentation site, inflated and used and then deflated, folded and taken to the next site for reuse.

Abstract: A transformer including a core; a concentric inner primary tube passing through the core and running up and over at least a portion of the core, the concentric inner primary tube defining a longitudinal axis within the core; and a concentric outer secondary tube passing through the core and running up and over the concentric inner primary tube, the concentric outer secondary tube defining a longitudinal axis within the core and being spaced apart from the concentric inner primary tube, the longitudinal axis of the concentric inner primary tube and the longitudinal axis of the concentric outer secondary tube being aligned with one another so as to be coaxial. The concentric outer secondary tube substantially encloses the concentric inner primary tube so as to provide a low impedance shield.

Abstract: A novel method and apparatus are described for modifying the field within the toroidal chamber of a stellarator or a tokamak. At least one additional electrical conductor is arranged around the straight axis of the toroidal chamber and has a sawtooth or zigzag shape with the number of teeth being the same as the number of toroidal field coils or a factor thereof. The conductor is shaped so that one edge of each tooth is substantially parallel to a portion of one of the toroidal field coils while the other edge of the tooth extends from the upper portion of one coil to a lower portion of the toroidal field coil associated with another tooth. The conductor is adapted to carry a current that is approximately the same as that in the toroidal field coil but in the opposite direction.

Abstract: The subject invention provides an inductor mounting assembly that is easy to assemble into any mounting scheme and which assures that an adequate clamping force to overcome vibration forces is provided.In one aspect of the present invention, an inductor mounting assembly is provided. The inductor mounting assembly includes an inductor assembly, a spacer assembly adapted to receive the inductor assembly, a wedge member for engaging one side of the inductor assembly and for distributing a clamping force substantially evenly about the inductor assembly, and a bushing disposed through each of the inductor assembly, the spacer assembly, and the wedge member, such that when a clamping force is applied to the wedge member, the inductor assembly is clamped to the spacer assembly.

Abstract: An electronic surface mount package provides a one piece construction package (with an open bottom) with one or more terminal pins molded into the package. Each of the pins have a notched post upon which a wire is wound which is from a toroid transformer carried within the package. Each of the posts are notched so their respective wires are separate from one another so as to prevent arcing. The case is opened at the bottom which prevents harm from expansion or cracking.

Abstract: The method comprises producting a linear coil (4) by winding around a cylindrical mandrel (5) a conductor wire coated with a thermo-adhesive varnish, opening the toroidal magnetic circuit (1), withdrawing the linear coil (4) from the cylindrical mandrel (5), heating the linear coil (4) so as to render it flexible, slapping the linear coil over the open toroidal magnetic circuit (1), reclosing the toroidal magnetic circuit, and allowing the assembly to cool.

Abstract: A transformer or coupled inductor with any arbitrary turns ratio (for example, non-integral), and optionally with multiple secondary windings, has primary and secondary windings interleaved on the same winding layer, preferably around a magnetically permeable or an air core. This is capable of giving optimum magnetic coupling, minimum leakage fields and negligible proximity effect losses. The electrical turns ratio is determined by series or parallel, or combination series-parallel, connections of the physical turns of each winding.

Abstract: An induction device has an elongated core made of two or more uniform ferromagnetic spaced-apart toroids. A first winding around the core creates an inductor. When the induction device includes a second winding, a transformer is created. The transformer acts as a powercord transformer when the exposed ends of one winding are available at one end of the elongated core for connection to a source of alternating current and the exposed ends of the other winding are available at the other end of the core for connection to a load. An inductor with a single-turn winding can be constructed by first forming the core by stacking two or more ferromagnetic toroids end-to-end and spaced apart, then threading two wires through the core center and placing two wires outside the core and connecting the ends of the wires to create the winding. A transformer can be constructed by first following the steps to create an inductor. A second winding is then created in a similar manner as the first winding.

Abstract: Insulation tubing (66) having adjustable dimensions is disclosed. The insulation tubing has an outer tubular wall that defines a central opening for receiving the core (4) and windings (8) of a partially assembled toroidal transformer. The wall is formed by preformed sections (44, 62) of electrical insulating material (10-20). The preformed sections have overlapping surfaces that are slidably positioned relative to one another. In this way, the extent of the surfaces that overlap can be changed to alter the size of the opening such that conductive windings (8) of various sizes and configurations can be accommodated.

Abstract: A high-tension current transformer having two or three type of insulating units with one coil, the transformer being provided for storing and for being assembled in a short time, to prevent the need for performing the insulation and the production of transformers on order.

Abstract: A current transformer device is formed on a ceramic substrate which is provided with a plurality of planar conductive tracks formed on a surface of the substrate where the conductive tracks extend substantially radially from an imaginary point on the surface of the substrate. A structure of permeable material layers is then tape cast or epitaxially formed by vapor deposition of a thick film of magnetic ceramic over the major portion of each of the conductive tracks to form a permeable toroidal core. A lead frame is then placed over the core and a plurality of metal conductors are soldered to each of the respective exposed ends of the metal conductive tracks on the substrate to form a toroidal coil surrounding the toroidal core. The required electrical elements to complete the current transformer device are mounted to a second side of the ceramic substrate and electrically connected to the toroidal coil for powering and/or receiving signals therefrom.

Abstract: A ring coil winding assisting device for winding with an enamel wire to form into a ring coil, consisted of two symmetrical annular insulation shields and an iron core insulated in between, one insulation shield having a projecting stator at the top in parallel with the central axis of the iron core for fastening one end of the enamel wire to be wound, the stator having a circularly smooth ridge around the periphery for passing the enamel wire during its winding.

Abstract: A transformer secondary winding comprises a laminated structure which includes first and second outer sheets fabricated from an insulator material, sandwiched between the outer sheets is a thin flexible sheet of a magnetizable material. The first and second outer sheets each have a parallel conductive line pattern on a surface thereof. Selected ends of the lines on the first sheet are connected to the selected ends of the lines on the second sheet in such a manner as to provide a coiled pattern between the sheets, which coiled pattern encircles the central magnetizable sheet. The above laminated configuration can be flexed or rolled into a circular configuration to form a transformer secondary winding. The circular secondary windings are concentrically positioned about a first primary cylinder fabricated from an insulator sheet having parallel conductor elements or lines arranged on a surface thereof.

Abstract: A single core triaxial flux-gate magnetometer including a tall-toroidal core having a radial excitation winding, two orthogonal sets of axial or circumferential output windings, and an equatorial output winding oriented orthogonal to both axial output windings. The core is fabricated from a strip of magnetic tape material wrapped to form a toroid having a height ranging from approximately equal to its diameter to one and one half times its diameter. Each end of the strip is uniformly tapered along the top and bottom edges such that the tapered segments extend around an integer multiple of complete revolutions of the wrapping, the length of each tapered segment thereby being equal to the inner or outer circumference of the toroid or an integer multiple thereof.

Abstract: Core support blockings (10, 12) used to support a toroidal transformer (2) within a transformer housing (4) includes a pie-shaped body (28) having a second end (32) secured to the transformer core (14) using an adhesive (41). The body has adhesive flow regions, typically countersunk holes (42) passing through mounting flanges (38, 40) extending laterally adjacent the second end of the body. Electrical windings (26) can be wound on first end of the mounting flanges so to help mechanically secure the body to the core. A mounting stud (46), or other mounting element, is used to secure the transformer to a support bracket (8). Together the support bracket and core support blockings are used to support the transformer within the transformer housing.

Abstract: A self leaded holder for surface mounting of a circuit element to a PC board comprises a generally box-like support body having a cavity for mounting a circuit element, the support body having a base and a plurality of lead support members having a generally spool configuration extending generally horizontally outward from the support body adjacent the base, lead ports extending from the cavity through the sides, an inductance coil mounted in the cavity, and a lead extending from the coil via the lead ports to and wound a partial turn around each of the lead support members and disposed for surface bonding to a PC board.

Abstract: For use in a trip unit, a transformer assembly is provided in a compact and cost effective form. The assembly includes a toroidal transformer between a pair of busses, and plastic retainers around a conductor which connects the busses. Each of the plastic retainers are molded as a plastic part which features: a flat portion separating the transformer axially from the adjacent bus, a tubular section attached to the flat portion which protrudes through the center of the transformer and serves to separate it radially from the bus, and a set of ribs protruding from the tubular, flat portions which serve to slightly penetrate the insulation material in the center of the transformer and grip the transformer to prevent it from rotating, and a lip protruding from the flat portion which causes the retainer to stop rotational motion relative to the bus.

Abstract: Magnetic circuit elements, e.g. for inclusion on circuit boards including one or more windings about a toroidal core are produced by joinder of mating sheets, one or both recessed to hold the core, and each containing partial windings. Joinder is by use of an anisotropically conducting adhesive layer. The layer is applied as an uncured thermosetting adhesive containing spherical conducting particles of such size and distribution as to statistically result in electrical completion of windings while avoiding turn-to-turn shorting.