Patent ID: 8315035

Claim:
A multilayer capacitor comprising: a capacitor element body formed by laminating a plurality of dielectric layers; a terminal electrode fanned so as to cover an end face of the capacitor element body; and a metal terminal disposed about the capacitor element body; wherein the metal terminal has: a terminal connecting surface connected to the terminal electrode on a bottom face side of the capacitor element body; a substrate connecting surface arranged closer to a center of the capacitor element body than is the terminal connecting surface while being separated from the bottom face of the capacitor element body by a predetermined distance; and a joint surface raised from the substrate connecting surface and joined to the terminal connecting surface; and wherein the terminal connecting surface, substrate connecting surface, and joint surface form a step positioned within an area overlapping the capacitor element body as seen in the laminating direction of the dielectric layers, the step having a cutout at least in the joint surface, and wherein the cutout is formed in the terminal connecting surface.