Inductive device

An inductive device, comprising a soft magnetic core which consists of two E-shaped core halves (1), each of which comprises three parallel rectangular limbs (5, 7) which are interconnected by a yoke (9), which core halves are arranged one against the other by way of the free ends of the limbs, the central limbs (7) extending within a rectangular coil former (3) on which a winding (29) is provided, the coil former (3) having connection strips (17) thereon the lower surfaces of which define a lower boundary (34) of the device, the outer limbs (5) extending between an upper boundary plane (25) and a lower boundary plane (27), the lower boundary plane (27) being above the boundary (34), and the upper and lower boundary planes extending parallel to the longitudinal directions of the limbs and the yokes;

• the distance (d) between the boundary planes being determined by the height (x) of the outer limbs in a direction perpendicular to the boundary planes, which height (x) is greater than the height (y) of the central limbs, the central limbs (7) having a symmetry plane (31) extending parallel to the boundary planes;
• characterized in that the lower surfaces of the central limbs (7) are in a plane which is at a distance from the lower boundary plane (27) such that the symmetry plane (31) of the central limbs (7) is situated halfway between the upper boundary plane (25) and a plane (33) which extends parallel to the boundary planes (25, 27) and is situated from 0.1 to 1 mm above the lower boundary (34) of the device.