Patent ID: 9263820
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: H01R,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An electrical module having at least one electrical press-fit contact, comprising a housing; at least one electrical component mounted within the housing; and an electrical press-fit contact being located in part within the housing and having a press fit portion and a stop portion at its distal end and a mounting portion at its proximal end, the mourning portion being electrically coupled to the at least one electrical component, the press-fit and stop portions being located exterior of the housing such that the stop portion is able to block movement of the press-fit section into the housing when a press-in force is introduced onto the press-in contact to press the press-fit contact into the housing; wherein the press-fit contact is a press-fit pin and the housing has a surface with a through-hole formed therein, the press-fit pin having a longitudinal axis and a cross-sectional shape transverse to the longitudinal axis such that the through-hole only accommodates the press-fit portion and the stop portion of the press-fit pin in a single orientation when twisted about the longitudinal axis, the press-fit pin being twisted about the longitudinal axis so that it is not in the single orientation and cannot be fully accommodated by the through-hole.