Magnetic component apparatus with interconnectable bobbins

摘要

An interconnectable bobbin has first and second end flanges and a fastener on the first end flange positioned to engage a second bobbin on an adjacent leg of a multiple leg magnetic core. A magnetic component apparatus includes one or more of the interconnectable bobbins, the magnetic component apparatus including a magnetic core with first and second legs, the first leg extending into a first bobbin, and the second leg extending into a second bobbin, wherein the first and second bobbins are fastened together.

主权项

1. An interconnectable bobbin apparatus comprising a first bobbin positionable on a first leg of a multi-leg core and a second bobbin positionable on an adjacent leg of the multi-leg core, wherein the first leg and the adjacent leg are parallel and are not longitudinally aligned with each other, each of the first bobbin and the second bobbin comprising:
a bobbin body having an axial passage to receive the first leg of the multi-leg core, the axial passage extending axially from an outer face of a first end flange to an outer face of a second end flange, the second end flange positioned at an opposite end of the axial passage with respect to the first end flange, each of the first end flange and the second end flange having a respective inner face in a plane normal to the axial passage, the bobbin body configured to receive a winding wound from the inner face of the first end flange to the inner face of the second end flange; and a first fastener element on the outer face of the first end flange of one of the first bobbin and the second bobbin, the first fastener element configured to engage a second fastener element on the outer face of the first end flange of the other of the first bobbin and the second bobbin with at least a portion of the outer face of the first end flange of the first bobbin positioned against at least a portion of the outer face of the first end flange of the second bobbin and with the first fastener element of the first bobbin aligned with the second fastener element of the second bobbin.