Patent ID: 8553428

Claim:
A component for mounting on a printed circuit board (PCB) said component being intended to support an electronics component and absorb thermal and/or mechanical stress in the PCB, the component comprising: an extension in each of the longitudinal, lateral and vertical directions with reference to how the component is mounted on a PCB, a first main surface and a second main surface, wherein said electronics component is mounted in direct contact on said first main surface, and wherein said second main surface is mounted on a main surface of the PCB, wherein the component is made in a non conducting material, with a first layer of conducting material arranged on at least part of said first main surface of the component, said first conducting layer being connected to a second conducting layer on the second main surface of the component by electrically conducting means, wherein the extension in the vertical direction is smaller than the extension in either of the longitudinal or lateral extensions, wherein the component exhibits a through-going aperture from the first main surface to the second main surface; wherein the component flexes in at least one of the lateral, longitudinal, and vertical directions in response to at least one of contractions, expansions, and shock in the PCB, said flexing preventing damage to the electronics component; and wherein the sides of the component extending in the longitudinal direction exhibit a “waist”, such that a shortest lateral distance across the component at a first point is smaller than a shortest distance across the component at a second point between said first point and a longitudinal end of the component.