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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1998
Claude Fernandez, Palatine, IL (US);
Glynn Russell Ashdown, Lake Bluff, IL (US);
Power Trends, Inc., Warrenville, IL (US);
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.