Patent ID: 7675145

Claim:
A surface mount device comprising: a casing comprising a first surface and a second surface, the second surface comprising a recess; a first lead element partially encased by the casing, the first lead element comprising a first coupling portion and a chipset portion, the coupling portion extending interior to the casing from the first surface of the casing generally in a first direction, the chipset portion extending from the first coupling portion at a first acute angle relative to the first direction through an area exposed by the recess, and the first lead element terminating interior to the casing; a second lead element partially encased by the casing and electrically isolated from the first lead element, the second lead element comprising a second coupling portion and a head portion, the second coupling portion extending interior to the casing from the first surface of the casing generally in a second direction substantially parallel to the first direction, the head portion extending from the second coupling portion toward the chipset portion at a second acute angle relative to the second direction and partially terminating interior to the area exposed by the recess; and the chipset portion of the first lead element comprises a first indentation and a second indentation opposite said first indentation, with said first and second indentations parallel to one another such that the width of said chipset portion narrows between said first and second indentations and, said indentations extending into the area exposed through the recess and proximate the second lead element.