Surge voltage reduction member

1. A surge voltage reduction member comprising:

a tubular magnetic body having longer portions and shorter portions and a through-hole that is defined by an inner circumferential surface of the magnetic body; and

at least one coil wire which is inserted through the through-hole and has a winding portion which is winded around a portion of the magnetic body,

wherein the coil wire is formed by connecting a bent coil element wire which is bent so as to have a U shape and a straight coil element wire which has an approximately straight shape;

wherein the coil wire has (N−1) bent coil element wires and one straight coil element wire where N is the number of times in which the bent coil element wire and the straight coil element wire are inserted through the through-hole;

wherein each of the bent coil element wire and the straight coil element wire is formed from a flat-plate-shaped member having a rectangular cross section taken perpendicularly to its axial direction and the bent coil element wire and the straight coil element wire are approximately identical in thickness;

wherein the width of the through-hole in the shorter-axis direction of the magnetic body is approximately equal to the thickness of the bent coil element wire or wires and the straight coil element wire;

wherein the bent coil element wire has a through-hole passing portion that is inserted through the through-hole and an outside passing portion that passes the magnetic body outside when the through-hole passing portion is inserted through the through-hole;

wherein where the coil wire has only one bent coil element wire, the winding portion is formed by connecting the outside passing portion of the bent coil element wire and the straight coil element wire after the through-hole passing portion of the bent coil element wire and the straight coil element wire are inserted through the through-hole; and

wherein where the coil wire has two or more bent coil element wires, the winding portion is formed by connecting the through-hole passing portion of one of adjacent bent coil element wires to the outside passing portion of the other of the adjacent bent coil element wires and connecting the outside passing portion of the one of the adjacent bent coil element wires to the straight coil element wire after the through-hole passing portions of the bent coil element wires and the straight coil element wire are inserted through the through-hole.

2. The surge voltage reduction member according to claim 1 , wherein where the coil wire has only one bent coil element wire, a portion where the outside passing portion of the bent coil element wire and the straight coil element wire are connected to each other is provided with an insulating member; and

wherein where the coil wire has two or more bent coil element wires, a portion where the through-hole passing portion of the one of the adjacent bent coil element wires and the outside passing portion of the other of the adjacent bent coil element wires are connected to each other and a portion where the outside passing portion of the one of the adjacent bent coil element wires and the straight coil element wire are connected to each other are provided with insulating members respectively.

3. The surge voltage reduction member according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a protective member which covers the magnetic body.