Patent ID: 9603274
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: H01L,H05K

Claim:
1. A container for housing an electronic component, the container comprising: a container body for housing the electronic component inside a cavity defined by a bottom plate and a polygonal side wall surrounding a central region of the bottom plate; and an input-output terminal that penetrates through the polygonal side wall and is attached to only two sides of the polygonal side wall, wherein a first side of the polygonal side wall is adjacent to a second side of the polygonal side wall, wherein the input-output terminal includes an insulator and a conductor, and wherein the conductor penetrates through the insulator and provides electrical continuity between an interior portion of the polygonal side wall and an exterior portion of the polygonal side wall, and wherein the conductor which provides electrical continuity between the interior portion of the polygonal side wall and the exterior portion of the polygonal side wall is routed from an outside of the first side to an inside of the second side adjacent thereto of the polygonal side wall, or from an inside of the first side to an outside of the second side adjacent thereto of the polygonal side wall.