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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yi-Hsin Pao, Livonia, MI (US);
Dangrong Ronald Liu, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Chan-Jiun Ed Jih, Troy, MI (US);
Xu Song, Westland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439876 ; 22818022 ; 361768 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed herein a leadless electronic component (LEC) which avoids solder joint crack initiation. A preferred embodiment of the LEC 110 comprises a body portion 112 having terminations 114 arranged thereabout, each termination having a bottom portion 124 with an interior edge 126, wherein the interior edge has a substantially meniscus-like shape oriented so as to be concave with respect to a centroid of the LEC.