Abstract: Electrical component including an electrical component member mounted centered and adjusted in a cup-shaped housing having a rectangular cross section, the housing having an opening through which lead wires from the electrical component member protrude in the same direction, and hardened sealing compound securing the electrical component member in the cup-shaped housing, the cup-shaped housing of rectangular cross section having, at least on two opposite sides thereof, integrally formed tabs consisting of the same material as that of the cup-shaped housing, the tabs being bent into the interior of the cup-shaped housing and resiliently clamping the electrical component member in the housing, the tabs being encased in the hardened sealing compound and serving as centering and adjusting means for the electrical component member.