Patent ID: 9350131
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: H01R,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A contact pin with a first and a second end portion and a bending portion located between the end portions, wherein the cross section of at least one end portion has a preferred bending direction (V 1 ) and at least one bending resistance direction (R 1 ) and wherein the moment of inertia of the cross section of the at least one end portion, is smaller in the preferred bending direction (V 1 ) than in the bending resistance direction (R 1 ), wherein the difference between the moments of inertia in the preferred bending direction (V 1 ) and in the bending resistance direction (R 1 ) in the cross section of the bending portion is smaller than in the at least one end portion, and wherein the cross section of the bending portion of the contact pin is only partially curved.