Coil component

• US 7,411,478 B2
• Filed: 06/14/2007
• Issued: 08/12/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TDK Corporation
• Original Assignee: TDK Corporation
• Inventors: Hatakeyama, Yutaka, Kajiwara, Kouzou
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Tuyen T.
• Application Number:
  US11/812,053
• Publication Number:
  US 20080003864A1
• Time in Patent Office: 425 Days
• Field of Search: 336/65, 336/83, 336/107, 336/192, 336/200, 336/232
• US Class Current: 336/192
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 17/045 with core of cylindric geometry and coil wound along its longitudinal axis, i.e. rod or drum core
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/292 Surface mounted devices
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 41/10 Connecting leads to windings making electric connections in general H01R43/00

Abstract

A coil component including a connection part not excessively welded to a terminal electrode. End portion of a conducting wire of a common mode filter is laser-welded, while being held by a holding piece and a surface of the terminal electrode. A portion melted by laser-welding includes a bulge portion which bulges in a direction away from a core. There is provided a lower insulation covering portion between a foundation and the portion corresponding to the end portion of the conducting wire. For the bulge portion, the lower insulation covering portion is provided only between the foundation and the portion corresponding to the end portion of the conducting wire, thereby preventing excessive welding to a terminal electrode.

Claims

1. A coil component comprising:

at least one conducting wire;

a core on which the at least one conducting wire is wound, the core having mounting portions to be mounted on a circuit board;

terminal electrodes provided at the mounting portions and having numbers corresponds to the numbers of end portions of the at least one conducting wire, each of the end portions of the at least one conducting wire being electrically connected to each of the terminal electrodes, wherein each of the terminal electrodes has a foundation portion facing each end portion, and a bulge portion facing the foundation and bulging in a direction away from the core for electrically connecting each end portion to the foundation, and

an insulating layer provided in the bulge portion at a position between the end portion and the foundation portion, or between an equivalent end portion corresponding to the end portion and the foundation portion.

2. The coil component as defined in claim 1, wherein the at least one conducting wire is insulated with a covering, the insulating layer being a part of the covering.

3. The coil component as defined in claim 1, wherein each of the terminal electrode is in a form of a terminal bracket, a part of the terminal bracket and the end portion of the conducting wire forming the equivalent end portion in the bulge portion as a result of melting thereof upon laser welding.

4. The coil component as defined in claim 1, wherein the bulge portion is made from a brazing filler metal covering the end portion for connecting the end portion to each terminal electrode.

5. The coil component as defined in claim 1, wherein the insulation covering is made from a material providing a heat resistance capable of avoiding melting at a temperature required for electrically connecting the end portion to the terminal electrode.