Patent ID: 9570236
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H01C,H01G,H05K,Y02P

Claim:
1. An electronic component comprising: an electronic component element having a top face, a bottom face, a pair of side faces, and a pair of end faces as well as a pair of external electrodes provided on the pair of end faces; and a pair of metal terminals respectively connected to the pair of external electrodes on the electronic component element; wherein each metal terminal is constituted by: a lead terminal whose one end is electrically and mechanically connected to the external electrode on the electronic component element; and a plate-shaped horizontal part to which another end of the lead terminal is connected and which also has a bottom contact part in contact with the bottom face of the electronic component element, wherein the lead terminal includes a part formed between the one end and the other end as a lead facing the external electrode, said lead being capable of undergoing flexural deformation by bending, wherein the plate-shaped horizontal part of the metal terminal is not bonded to the bottom face of the electronic component element, and the other end of the lead terminal and an outer periphery of the bottom contact part facing the other end of the lead terminal on the plate-shaped horizontal part are apart from each other in a manner assuring mobility of the electronic component element with respect to the plate-shaped horizontal part.