Patent ID: 7085146

Claim:
A method of mounting a dc/dc power converter on a printed circuit board comprising: providing a dc/dc converter comprising: a converter substrate having circuitry thereon; and at least one rigid terminal pin attached to the converter substrate, the pin being electrically connected to the circuitry, the terminal pin including a flange having a shoulder spaced from the converter substrate; applying solder to at least one of the shoulder of the flange and the circuit board; positioning the dc/dc converter to the printed circuit board with the terminal pin extending through a circuit board hole and the shoulder abutting the circuit board to accommodate spacing of the dc/dc converter from the circuit board with solder between the shoulder of the flange and the printed circuit board; and subjecting the dc/dc converter and printed circuit board to a solder reflow process to join the terminal pin and printed circuit board with the solder.