Patent ID: 8570708

Claim:
A ceramic electronic component comprising: at least one electronic-component main body including two opposed major surfaces, two opposed end surfaces, two opposed side surfaces, and an external electrode that covers each of the two opposed end surfaces; and a metal terminal connected to the external electrode of the electronic-component main body by a diffusion bond; wherein the metal terminal includes a base, ribs, and a mounting portion, the ribs being bent from both left and right sides of the base in a width direction connecting the two end surfaces of the electronic-component main body to the electronic-component main body, the mounting portion being bent from a bottom of the base in a height direction connecting the two major surfaces of the electronic-component main body; the base includes a bonding portion bonded to the external electrode of the electronic-component main body and at least one cut-out portion that has a closed shape and that is disposed below the bonding portion in the height direction, and a predetermined distance is set between the cut-out portion in the base and the mounting portion; each of the ribs extends from a top of the base in the height direction to an area of a mounting-side major surface of the electronic-component main body and does not reach the mounting portion; and the mounting portion is define by a single unseparated surface.