Abstract: A solenoid for a motor vehicle starter includes at least one coil wound on at least one spool, the at least one coil defines a toroidal space encircling the at least one coil. A stop member is positioned adjacent to the at least one spool. A diode holder is positioned in the toroidal space defined by the at least one coil, and a diode is positioned in the diode holder. The diode includes a cylindrical body, a first lead extending from a first end of the cylindrical body, and a second lead extending from a second end of the cylindrical body. The cylindrical body of the diode is retained by the diode holder within the toroidal space, and the first lead of the diode extends out of the toroidal space and is electrically connected to the stop member.

Abstract: A top head housing for a current transformer, mounted on top of an insulating column of the current transformer, and forming a chamber for windings of the current transformer, the top head housing being made of two parts fixed one to the other, and including two openings through each of which a conductor penetrates the chamber, the openings being symmetrically opposed with reference to a main vertical axis of the top head housing, wherein the two parts of the top head housing consist of two half shells including identical bodies.

Abstract: A reactor includes a coil body, an exterior case, and a filler. The coil body includes a core and a coil wound around the core. The exterior case includes a metal structure and a resin frame. The metal structure has a bottom surface and a side wall provided to stand upright from the bottom surface. The bottom surface and the side wall of the metal structure are unitarily formed with each other. The frame is disposed at an opposite side to the bottom surface of the metal structure. The exterior case houses the core and the coil. The filler is filled between the exterior case and the coil body.

Abstract: Provided is a reactor configured to suppress damage to a core thereof accompanying vibrations during an operation of the reactor and to reduce noise, while fixing an assembly of a coil and the core to a casing. A reactor includes: a coil, a magnetic core and a coil, a casing and a sealing resin portion. The reactor includes a support portion that is attached to the casing and arranged so as to overlap an upper face of an outer core portion of the magnetic core exposed from the coil, and, together with the sealing resin portion, prevents detachment of the assembly from the casing, the sealing resin portion is interposed between an upper face of the outer core portion and a lower face of the support portion, and the outer core portion and the support portion are not in direct contact with each other.

Abstract: A contactless feeding pad includes a power-receiving side pad, a power-transmitting side pad, and an auxiliary pad. The power-transmitting side pad is different from the power-receiving side pad in size or shape and transmits electric power contactlessly to the power-receiving side pad while being situated oppositely to the power-receiving side pad. The auxiliary pad is installed between the power-transmitting side pad and the power-receiving side pad in close proximity to the power-transmitting side pad or the power-receiving side pad and forms a resonance circuit.

Abstract: A resonator has an increased isolation for stable wireless power transmission. A material that reduces resonance coupling may be disposed in a space between each of a plurality of resonators and a resonator adjacent to each of the plurality of resonators. A material that reduces resonance coupling may be disposed on a plane opposite to a direction in which a resonator resonates. Power at an operating frequency set to be equal to or within a predetermined range of a frequency corresponding to a resonant mode may be injected into a plurality of transmission resonators.

Abstract: A wireless power transmission system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a source coil at a primary side; a load coil at a secondary side; and at least two intermediate coils coupled with each other in an insulated manner with a predetermined turn ratio with respect to the source coil. An effective inductance of the source coil is increased by the at least two intermediate coils and thus a coupling coefficient between the source coil and the load coil is increased.

Abstract: A wireless power transfer system includes a receive coil system nested within a transmit coil system forming a closed magnetic circuit. The transmit coil system includes a non-planar tapered transmit coil disposed within a tapered ferrite housing and a layer of insulating material surrounding the non-planar tapered transmit coil and the tapered ferrite housing. The receive coil system includes a ferrite plug comprising a column portion centrally secured to a plate portion, a non-planar receive coil wound around the column portion, a layer of insulating material surrounding the column portion and the non-planar receive coil, and a hemispherical covering surrounding the insulated column portion and non-planar receive coil. The non-planar receive coil has a smaller diameter than the non-planar tapered transmit coil. The maximum outside diameter of the hemispherical covering is less than or equal to the minimum inside diameter of the non-planar tapered transmit coil.

Abstract: In an ignition coil, a housing has an inner chamber, and a transformer is installed in the inner chamber of the housing. A molded side-core assembly of a transformer includes an arched side core magnetically coupled to first and second ends of a longitudinal center core and located outside a circumferential part of primary and secondary windings. The molded side-core assembly includes an insulation cover molded to cover at least part of the arched side core. The insulation cover has a surface and at least one molding mark formed on the surface thereof. An insulation filler is filled in the inner chamber of the housing while the at least part of the arched side core is exposed from the insulation filler and the at least one molding mark is hermetically sealed in the insulation filler.

Abstract: Disclosed is a signal coupling apparatus for power line communication, the apparatus comprising a housing centrally formed with a groove to pass a power line there through, and a non-contact interface unit accommodated inside the housing to induce a power signal or a power line communication signal from the power line using an electromagnetic induction.

Abstract: An ignition coil includes a primary coil, a secondary coil, a center core, a case, and a filler resin. A connection terminal is connected to a high-voltage-side winding end portion of the secondary coil. A cylindrical high-voltage tower section is formed projecting outside the case. A high-voltage terminal connected to the connection terminal is disposed within the high-voltage tower section. The connection terminal has a contacting portion and a conducting portion. The contacting portion comes into contact with the high-voltage terminal. The conducting portion ensures electrical conduction with the high-voltage terminal. The contacting portion comes into contact with and presses against the high-voltage terminal in an axial direction of the high-voltage tower section.

Abstract: A resin-mold core includes right and left leg portions, and a yoke portion interconnecting those. The resin-mold core includes a magnetic core, and a mold component having the magnetic core embedded therein by molding. Openings where the magnetic core in the mold component is exposed are formed in multiple faces of the mold component that are upper, lower, front, rear, and right and left faces. A part of the yoke portion of the resin-mold core corresponding to a location where terminals are drawn to the exterior of the core from coils attached to the outer circumferences of the leg portions of the core has no opening formed in the multiple faces of the mold component. Positioning members to coaxially align the leg portions of the opposing resin-mold core are formed in abutting faces of the leg portions of the resin-mold core.

Abstract: A wireless power transmission apparatus includes: a transmission resonator installed in one side wall within a specific space and configured to comprise a transmission feeding loop for transmitting impedance matching and power and receive and transmit the impedance matching and power using the transmission feeding loop. Further, the wireless power transmission apparatus includes a relay resonator installed in another side wall within the specific space and configured to have a resonant frequency identical with that of the transmission resonator and store energy in the specific space by generating mutual resonance through a resonance characteristic with the transmission resonator; and one or more reception resonators installed within the specific space and configured to have a resonant frequency identical with that of the transmission resonator and receive the energy stored in the specific space.

Abstract: A retainer includes a pair of housings having opening surfaces; a connecting portion connecting outer peripheral surfaces of the pair of housings. The retainer is configured to be at a closed state with the opening surfaces of the pair of housing put together and to be at an open state with the opening surfaces of the pair housings separated. Parts of wall surfaces, constituting the housings, are structured as flexible walls capable of deforming, and the connecting portion is connected to the flexible walls.

Abstract: A cable magnet ring of adjustable length and able to include anti-EMI magnets of different strengths includes a bracket and a number of pairs of magnetic blocks. The bracket includes a first connecting member and a second connecting member detachably mounted to the first connecting member. The magnetic blocks are detachably received in the first and second connecting members. The first connecting member is movable relative to the second connecting member, to adjust a length of the bracket. Through holes for receiving a cable are defined in the shape of each pair of magnetic blocks, in the first connecting member, and in the second connecting member.

Abstract: A device for absorption of electrical noise on lines contains a housing which is formed from two half-shells, which are connected to one another with the aid of a film hinge and, in the area of their opposite edges, have a locking device, which locks the two half-shells. A ferrite element is held in each half-shell. An aperture or a window is formed in the wall of one half-shell, through which the locking device can be seen, which locking device acts per se in a depression within the wall. Through this aperture it is possible to check and to inspect whether two elements which form the locking device are correctly seated.

Abstract: An electromagnetic device arrangement includes a transformer assembly having a core, windings, and a housing disposed around at least a portion of the core and windings. An enclosure at least partially encloses the transformer assembly. The transformer assembly is mounted to a first portion of the enclosure such that heat is transferred from the transformer assembly to the first portion of the enclosure. A second portion of the enclosure has an extension extending therefrom such that the extension is placed in thermal contact with the transformer assembly to transfer heat from the transformer assembly to the extension.

Abstract: U-shaped cores and fasteners are embedded in resin members, and brackets provided at respective ends of the fasteners protrude from the resin members. By fixing the brackets and a casing with screws, a reactor main body and the casing are fixed together. Openings formed by a partition wall that suppresses a direct application of a resin flowing from resin-filling portions to the fasteners are provided between the respective fasteners and the respective resin-filling portions. A protrusion extending in an opposite direction to a core and in parallel with the partition wall is provided between the resin-filling portions and the partition wall. The resin flowing from the resin-filling portion flows in between a core upper face and the fastener, and between a fastener surface located behind the partition wall and the internal surface of a die.

Abstract: In an ignition coil for an internal combustion engine, a column section and a notched section are provided in a side wall section of a case section of the ignition coil. A ventilation opening is formed in an up/down direction in the column section. The ventilation opening communicates with a ventilation passage formed between a sealing rubber and the case section and is open in an upper end section. A cover surrounding the column section and covering the upper end section is provided in the side wall section. A sealing section sealing the notched section is provided in the cover. The ignition coil has a filler resin that fills a space within the case section being in continuous contact with the sealing section and the side wall section and fixing the cover to the side wall section.

Abstract: An inductive device may include a pair of half-shell magnetically-conductive housings joined together and defining an enclosed cavity between them. The inductive device may also include primary and secondary windings provided spatially within the cavity providing magnetic coupling between them. The windings may be electrically insulated from each other and terminals of the primary and secondary windings may traverse to an exterior of the inductive device.

Abstract: A transformer apparatus includes: a case with a component mounting surface; an external-terminal provided on a wall adjacent to the component mounting surface of the case; a transformer provided on the component mounting surface and including a magnetic core and a winding; and a support provided in a position between the external-terminal and the core on the component mounting surface, and including a first-slit in a top surface of the support, the first-slit holding a first-conductor of the winding drawn from the core and a second-conductor drawn from the external-terminal, wherein the first-conductor is held at one end of the first-slit by a conductive member, the second-conductor is held at the other end of the first-slit by the conductive member, the first-conductor and the second-conductor are electrically connected through the conductive member, and the first-conductor and the second-conductor have surplus lengths.

Abstract: A dual-purpose transformer may be oriented in a plane perpendicular to planes in which printed circuit boards connected thereto are oriented, thereby providing structural support for a framework that can include a dense arrangement of internal power adapter components, in addition to stepping down voltage. Methods for ultrasonic welding are also provided and may be used to concurrently assemble, join and press-fit power adapter housing components. A ground lug is also provided that is shaped and located within a cover piece of a power adapter housing to allow for blind mating with a printed circuit board during an assembly process.

Abstract: An inductor mechanism includes a base member having two opposite side portions, a bottom portion, and an upper portion, a conductive coil member engaged in the base member and having two terminals extended toward the side portions of the base member, two conductive coverings attached to the side portions of the base member and electrically connected to the terminals of the coil member, and two electro-plated devices attached to the conductive coverings respectively. The electro-plated devices each include an inner layer attached onto the conductive covering, and one or more further layers attached onto the inner layer, the layers are made of copper, brass, nickel, tin, or silver, or the like.

Abstract: A power supply apparatus includes a magnetic component having a coil section, a conductive case body housing the magnetic component and having an opening plane facing an axial direction of the coil section, a case lid closing the opening plane, and conductive parts electrically connecting the case body and the case lid to each other at the opening plane. The conductive parts are provided so as to satisfy a positional relationship that at least one of the conductive parts is disposed at an intersection point at which a straight line making an angle within a range of 45±15 degrees with a perpendicular line drawn from a center of the coil section to a closest one of the side plate portions of the case body to the center intersects with the closest one of side plate portions when viewed from the axial direction.

Abstract: A reactor 1? includes one coil 2, a magnetic core 3 to which the coil 2 is arranged, and a case 4 containing an assembly 10 of the coil 2 and the magnetic core 3. The magnetic core 3 includes an inner core portion 31 inserted into the coil 2, and a coupling core portion 32 disposed around the coil 2. The coupling core portion 32 is made of a mixture of magnetic powder and resin. The coil 2 is covered with the coupling core portion 32 and is enclosed within the case 4 in a sealed state. The reactor 1? includes, in an outermost surface region exposed at an opening of the case 4, a magnetic shield layer 5 made of non-magnetic powder, having smaller specific gravity than the magnetic powder and having electrical conductivity, and the resin. A small reactor capable of reducing magnetic flux leaked to the outside is thereby provided.

Abstract: There is provided a shield case allowing efficient power delivery while ensuring environmental resistant such as strength and waterproof and provided a contactless feed system using the shield case. A contactless feed system includes: a feed-side device installed in a fixed body; a receive-side device installed in a mobile body and fed electric power from the feed-side device in a contactless manner, and a shield case used in the feed-side device of the contactless feed system includes: a case open toward the receive-side device; a coil housed in an interior of the case; and a cover covering an opening of the case, wherein a load support member extending from a bottom surface of the case to an inner surface of the cover is provided inside the case.

Abstract: A transformer (1) includes: an input-side primary coil (21); an output-side secondary coil (22); a core (20) around which the primary and secondary coils (21, 22) are coiled; a casting case (3) housing a transformer body (2) provided by the primary and secondary coils (21, 22) and the core (20); and a mold resin (4) filling a clearance between the case (3) and the transformer body (2). The case (3) includes: a bottom portion (31) attached with the transformer body (2); a side wall (32) surrounding the bottom portion (31); and an opening (30) provided opposite to the bottom portion (31), the transformer body (2) being housed and the mold resin (4) being filled through the opening (30).

Abstract: A stationary induction electric apparatus includes a porcelain tube, a connection conductor, a conductor, a casing, a lead, a terminal, a spacer, an electric connection member and a first and a second insulating medium. The connection conductor is disposed at one end of the porcelain tube. The conductor is disposed in the porcelain tube, and connected to the connection conductor. The casing covers a stationary induction electric apparatus main body, and has an opening part. The lead extends from the main body to the opening part. The terminal is disposed at an end part of the lead. The spacer seals the other end of the porcelain tube and the opening part. The member includes an electrode connected to the terminal and a joint part connected to the conductor, and penetrates the spacer. The first and second insulating media are respectively filled in the porcelain tube and the casing.

Abstract: A magnetic assembly is formed by a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) and a cover. A plurality of magnetic elements is electrically disposed on the PCB, and the magnetic elements are connected to one another through an electric circuit on the PCB. An accommodation space is formed on the cover for receiving the magnetic elements. During the manufacturing of the magnetic assembly, a cover with an appropriate space is selected according to the size, quantity, and specification type of the magnetic elements. After the two components are assembled, adhesive is injected into the cover, so that the cover and the PCB are fixedly disposed, and the elements in the accommodation space are protected. Therefore, in a process of manufacturing the magnetic assembly, covers with different accommodation spaces are selected for collocation according to requirements of the assembled electrical elements.

Abstract: High- or medium-voltage equipment comprising an induction-activated portion, a tank surrounding the active portion and filled with a dielectric fluid, such as oil, and passive acoustic reduction means for reducing acoustic waves coming from the active portion and propagating in the dielectric fluid. According to the invention, the passive means create an interference field that divides the propagated waves into two groups of waves of opposite phase that interfere with each other in a zone that is at a distance from the walls of the tank so as to at least limit the amplitude of the waves before they make contact with said walls. The equipment provides an effective solution for significantly reducing the noise that is propagated by the dielectric fluid medium.

Abstract: A coil component includes a magnetic core, a coil-wire portion wound on the magnetic core, and a case made of a resin covering the magnetic core and the coil-wire portion. The magnetic core is made of a pressed magnetic material powder and forms a closed magnetic circuit. The magnetic core has a lower surface configured to contact a mounting surface. The case has a lower surface configured to contact the mounting surface. The lower surface of the magnetic core includes an exposed-core portion exposed from the case. The exposed-core portion is flush with the lower surface of the case. This coil component enhances the efficiency of heat dissipation.

Abstract: Provided is a reactor including a core; and a case housing the coil and the core, the core including an inner core portion arranged inside the coil and an outer core portion partly or entirely covering the outside of the coil, the outer core portion being formed of a mixture of a magnetic material and a resin. The coil is arranged such that the axial direction of the coil is substantially parallel to a bottom surface of the case. The difference in concentration of the magnetic material in the outer core portion in the axial direction of the coil is smaller than the difference in concentration of the magnetic material in the outer core portion in a direction along a side wall of the case. With the reactor, even if the outer core portion covering the outside of the coil is formed of the mixture of the magnetic material and the resin, a desirable inductance value can be easily achieved and the reactor can have good heat radiation performance.

Abstract: A housing system can comprise a plastic cover (12); a plastic base (14) comprising a floor (20) having side walls (22, 24); a first elevation (26); a second elevation (34); a first mounting column (40) located in a transformer end (32) of the plastic base (14) adjacent a major axis first sidewall (22); a second mounting column (42) located in the transformer end (32) of the plastic base (14) adjacent a major axis second sidewall (22); wherein the first and second mounting columns (40,42) have a top surface (44) that protrudes a distance from the floor (20), in the Z direction, in an amount greater than or equal to elevation walls (28,36), wherein the top surface (44) is configured to receive an attachment element (46). The housing system can also comprise a transformer (72), physically attached to the mounting columns; a capacitor (74); a fan (78), and a printed circuit board (80).

Abstract: A reactor is disclosed. The reactor is comprised of a housing, a solenoid coil, a center columnar member, and a core. The center columnar member provides first surfaces contacting with sandwich portions of the housing, and the core is comprised of resin including magnetic powder. The coil and the center columnar member are fixed in the core. A surface roughness (Rz2) of a second surface which contacts to the core is larger than a surface roughness (Rz1) of the first surfaces. The center columnar member further provides a basis surface of which roughness (Rz3) is smaller than the Rz2 and larger than the Rz1.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a common mode filter including: a body element including an insulating member enclosing a coil electrode pattern and a magnetic member disposed on one surface or both surfaces of the insulating member; and an insulating layer disposed on at least one side of the body element, thereby increasing an interlayer adhesion between the respective components configuring the common mode filter.

Abstract: A power supply apparatus includes a magnetic component having a coil section, a conductive case body housing the magnetic component and having an opening plane facing an axial direction of the coil section, a case lid closing the opening plane, and conductive parts electrically connecting the case body and the case lid to each other at the opening plane. The conductive parts are provided so as to satisfy a positional relationship that at least one of the conductive parts is disposed at an intersection point at which a straight line making an angle within a range of 45±15 degrees with a perpendicular line drawn from a center of the coil section to a closest one of the side plate portions of the case body to the center intersects with the closest one of side plate portions when viewed from the axial direction.

Abstract: There is provided a multilayered inductor, including: an inductor body; a coil part formed on the inductor body and having a conductive circuit and a conductive via; and external electrodes formed on both end surfaces of the inductor body, wherein the inductor body includes 65 to 95 wt % of a metallic magnetic material and 5 to 35 wt % of an organic material.

Abstract: A reactor having a good heat dissipation effect is provided. The reactor includes one coil formed by winding a wire, a magnetic core arranged inside and outside the coil and forming a closed magnetic circuit, and a case for housing an assembly of the coil and the magnetic core. An end surface of the coil has a race track shape, and the coil is housed in the case such that the axial direction of the coil is parallel to an outer bottom surface of the case. A part of an outer peripheral surface of the coil is covered with the magnetic core (outer core portion), and a remaining part thereof not covered with the magnetic core is contacted with an inner bottom surface of the case. Since a part (mainly a linear portion) of the outer peripheral surface of the coil is directly contacted with the inner bottom surface of the case, heat of the coil can be directly dissipated such that the heat is released through the case to an installation target, e.g., a water cooling base, on which the case is installed.

Abstract: A reactor 1 of the present invention includes a coil 2, a magnetic core 3 at which the coil 2 is disposed, and a case 4 storing a combined product 10 made up of the coil 2 and the magnetic core 3. The case 4 includes a bottom plate portion and a side wall portion 41A surrounding the combined product 10. The side wall portion 41A is made of an insulating resin. A hook portion 43a on which a line 71, which is coupled to a sensor 7 for measuring the physical quantity of the reactor 1, such as a temperature sensor, is hooked is integrally molded with the side wall portion 41A by the resin structuring the side wall portion 41A. Allowing the line 71 to be hooked on the hook portion 43a and fixed thereto, the sensor 7 can be prevented from being displaced or coming off because of the line 71 being pulled or the like. Thus, the sensor 7 can be maintained at a proper position.

Abstract: A vibration-suppressed transformer is fixed to a base plate and includes a magnetic lower core, two or more magnetic upper cores, primary and secondary coils. The lower core is on the base plate. The upper cores are arranged face to face over the lower core. The coils are arranged between the lower and upper cores. Each upper core contacts the lower core, on an outer side of the coils, with a first gap being provided between the upper and lower cores, on an inner side of the coils. The upper cores are extended towards each other from the outer to the inner side of the coils, with a second gap being provided therebetween. The second gap is provided therein with a non-magnetic pressing member to press the lower core against the base plate, on an inner side of the coils.

Abstract: A system comprises a tank, a radiator connected to the tank, and a component situated within the tank and susceptible to creating increasing pressure within system when under a fault condition. The radiator is configured to directionally vent pressure under excessive pressure conditions.

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a power supply may include a filter stage coupled to an input terminal of a discharge circuit and a supply capacitor coupled to an output terminal of the discharge circuit. In accordance with another embodiment, a method for discharging at least one capacitor includes discharging the at least one capacitor in response to a signal at the input terminal of the discharge circuit being different from a reference signal.

Abstract: A rupture resistant system comprises a tank comprising a top member, a sidewall member, and a bottom member, and a component situated within the tank and susceptible to creating increasing pressure within the tank when under a fault condition. At least one of the top, sidewall, and bottom members is connected to another of the top, sidewall, and bottom members in a manner so as to cause an increase in inner volume of the tank under increased pressure conditions.

Abstract: The size of a status indicator for monitoring a current in a power cable is reduced by integrating a bobbin for the secondary winding with a current transformer core and integrating a circuit board including output terminals with a current transformer assembly.

Abstract: A current or voltage sensor for use with a busbar has a support body having a proximal end juxtaposed with the busbar and a distal end spaced therefrom and a U-shaped conducting bar in the proximal end and having a pair of arms having free ends transversely engaging the busbar. A Rogowski coil in the proximal end is juxtaposed with the U-shaped conducting bar. A grounded screening element at the distal end is conductive and forms a chamber open toward the U-shape conducting bar. A source electrode has a proximal end engaging the U-shaped conducting bar outside the first chamber and a distal end in the chamber. An electrical field sensor in the first chamber is juxtaposed with the distal end of the source electrode.

Abstract: A vibration-suppressed transformer is fixed to a base plate and includes a magnetic lower core, two or more magnetic upper cores, primary and secondary coils. The lower core is on the base plate. The upper cores are arranged face to face over the lower core. The coils are arranged between the lower and upper cores. Each upper core contacts the lower core, on an outer side of the coils, with a first gap being provided between the upper and lower cores, on an inner side of the coils. The upper cores are extended towards each other from the outer to the inner side of the coils, with a second gap being provided therebetween. The second gap is provided therein with a non-magnetic pressing member to press the lower core against the base plate, on an inner side of the coils.

Abstract: An element for forming an induction component contains a coil body with a core and two radially projecting flanges, which are formed on the respective axial ends of the core and of which the one flange is designed to be attached to a printed circuit board and is larger than the other flange. On its outer side, the coil body is surrounded by a shielding ring, which sits on the larger of the two flanges. To this end, the shielding ring has an inwardly directed step on the lower end corner, the one limb of which step forms an abutment surface to be placed on the inner side of the flange. The other limb forms an abutment surface to be placed against the outer edge of the flange. The step preferably runs over the entire circumference of the shielding ring. As a result, an air gap formed between the upper flange and the inner side of the shielding ring is fixed in terms of its dimensions and position.

Abstract: The invention provides a reactor to be built in a power converter. In the reactor, an induction component composed of a coil being a winding of a conductor wire, a core in which interior a magnetic path is formed and an insulation bobbin positioning and engaging a wire wound part of the coil is housed in a case to be soaked with a mold resin. Inner bottom face of the case has a plurality of surfaces having not less than two different heights letting the outside bottom of the case a reference surface, and the lower end face of the core is in contact with any of the case inner bottom surfaces excluding the lowest inner bottom surface. As a result, the reactor is suitable for on-vehicle applications to achieve reduced article variation as well as a longer service life, a shorter operation time and decreased cost.

Abstract: A reactor which may be employed in an inverter for automotive vehicles. The reactor includes a coil, a core, a casing, and a positioning member. The core is made of a solidified magnetic powder/resin mixture and has the coil embedded therein. The positioning member is disposed in the casing to position the coil relative to the casing and equipped with fins configured to stir the magnetic powder/resin mixture before solidified. Specifically, the positioning member is designed to perform two functions: one is to fix the location of the coil within the casing, and the other is to stir the magnetic powder/resin mixture through the fins, thus eliminating the need for removing a portion of the magnetic powder/resin mixture adhered to the fins, which leads to improved productivity of the reactor.

Abstract: A core fixing member including: a core fixing part that has a plate-like shape and is to be fixed to a core; a case fixing part that has a plate-like shape and is to be fixed to a case; and at least one an arm part connecting the case fixing part with the core fixing part, and wherein the core fixing part and the case fixing part are arranged in a same plane, and the at least one arm part is formed in a shape of a letter ‘U’, and one end of the at least one arm part is connected to the core fixing part and the other end of the at least one arm part is connected to the case fixing part.