Patent ID: 7190252

Claim:
An electrical resistor comprising: a resistive element having opposite ends, an upper surface and a lower surface; a first termination having a first end and a second end, the second end having an upwardly presented termination surface spaced a first space below the lower surface of the resistive element; a second termination having a first end and a second end the second end having an upwardly presented termination surface spaced a second space below the lower surface of the resistive element; the first and second terminations being electrically disconnected from one another except through the resistive element; a thermally conductive and electrically non-conductive filler filling the first and second spaces; the upwardly presented termination surfaces of the first and second terminations forming a depression in the filler; the filler engaging, and being bonded to the lower surface of the resistive element and bonded at the depression of the filler to the upwardly presented termination surfaces of the first and second terminations; and the filler being an electrical non conductor and a heat conductor so that the filler is in heat conducting relation to both the resistive element and the first and second terminations whereby heat will be conducted from the resistive element through the filler to the first and second terminations.