Patent ID: 8156634

Claim:
A method of assembling a discrete electronic component, comprising: providing an electronic component having a body defining an aperture, a core having first and second ends connected together by an elongated member of reduced diameter as compared to the first or second core ends, first and second surface mount terminals connected to one or both of the body and the core, and a flexible film member with a first and second side, wherein the first side has an adhesive and the second side has a printable substrate; winding a conductor having first and second ends around at least a portion of the core; inserting at least a portion of the core into the aperture so that an upper surface of the core is substantially coplanar with an upper surface of the body; electrically connecting the first and second ends of the conductor to the first and second surface mount terminal, respectively; and applying the flexible film member to at least a portion of the upper surfaces of the body and core to indirectly secure the body and core to one another thereby forming an assembled electronic component capable of being surface-mounted on a printed circuit board so that the core remains indirectly secured to the body and moveable with respect thereto.