Patent ID: 7093357
Filing Date: 2006-08-22
Classification: H03H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for manufacturing an electronic component, comprising the steps of: preparing a pair of substantially round conductive wires defining a pair of lead terminals; bending one end portion of each of the pair of conductive wires outwards at an angle of about 90 degrees; forming a flat portion on each of the pair of substantially round conductive wires by press extending at least the portion on a tip side from the bending point so as to be extended substantially parallel to a lead portion of a respective one of the pair of lead terminals, such that a thickness of the flat portion is less than a diameter of each of the pair of substantially round conductive wires; forming a cup-shaped holder portion by bending the flat portion inward; holding both end portions of a piezoelectric element in a pair of the cup-shaped holder portions; and electrically and mechanically connecting the cup-shaped holder portions and the electrodes formed in both end portions of the piezoelectric element by using a conductive joining material.