Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Tatsuya Yoshimura

Yoshiyuki Yamashita

Minoru Shimada

Tetsuya Kawamoto

An electronic component includes a main element such as a thermistor having electrodes formed on its surfaces, and lead terminals are electrically connected to these electrodes. A resin coating covers the main element, and both the main element and the lead terminals, except their tip parts away from the main element, are covered with another resin coating of an electrically insulating and flexible resin material.

Electronic components with resin-coated lead terminals

An electronic device of a kind having an electronic element with a main body, terminal electrodes on the main body and lead terminals electrically connected individually to the terminal electrodes has at least a portion of the outer surfaces of the lead terminals covered with a coating resin composition containing as its resin component a saturated copolymerized polyester resin which can be dissolved in an organic solvent such that the mechanical strength of the lead terminals is improved and the insulation of the device is not compromised during its manufacture or mounting.

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Shiga, Japan

Tatsuya Yoshimura