Patent ID: 9373904
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A pin contact element having a contact carrier made of insulating material and having at least two pin contacts installed in the contact carrier, wherein the pin contact element is intended to be installed in an electronics device housing and to be connected to a printed circuit board, wherein the pin contacts protrude from a platform of the contact carrier in order to receive a spring-force plug connector via a straight contact portion, the straight contact portion of the pin contacts is surrounded in a fixing region of the platform by the contact carrier, and the pin contacts are secured to the contact carrier in the fixing region, at least one of the pin contacts is routed past at least one further pin contact of the same pin contact element via at least two angled portions adjoining the straight contact portion, and at least two pin contacts are arranged with their straight contact portions in a row side by side, wherein the opposite free ends of these pin contacts, said free ends being intended for connection to a printed circuit board, extend side by side, parallel to the line direction of the straight contact portions, in at least one row arranged perpendicularly to the plane spanned by the contact pin arrangement in the region of the straight contact portion, and protrude laterally from the contact carrier.