Patent ID: 7045720

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: an electronic component body; and one or more leads coupled to and extending from the electronic component body, wherein a first lead of the one or more leads comprises a first leg and a second leg, the first leg and the second leg defining a first acute angle therebetween, the second leg comprising a first portion defining the first acute angle with the first leg, a second portion defining a second acute angle with the first portion, a third portion defining a first obtuse angle with the second portion, and a fourth portion defining a second obtuse angle with the third portion, wherein the third portion is substantially parallel to the first leg, wherein a length of the third portion that is substantially parallel to the first leg is substantially equal to a thickness of a substrate to which the electronic component body is to be mounted, wherein a vertex of the first obtuse angle is to abut the substrate, and wherein the substrate is to be disposed between the vertex and the electronic component body.