Patent ID: 9634411
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A contact device which is adapted to be mechanically mountable and electrically connectable on a printed circuit board by a fastening portion and serves for receiving an external plug element, comprising a contact portion for inserting the external plug element for forming an electrical contact, an elastic support element for movably supporting the contact portion and for providing a possibility of movement in all spatial directions, wherein the support element includes a fastening part by which the contact device is mounted on the printed circuit board, a contact part for directly supporting the contact portion and a center part for connecting the fastening part to the contact part, and the fastening part and the contact part are bent relative to the center part, and wherein the possibilities of movement of the contact part and the center part are limited by predetermined distances from neighboring external limit means in the mounted state of the contact device on the printed circuit board, and further wherein after mounting the contact device on the printed circuit board the contact portion protrudes into an opening in the printed circuit board in a contact-free manner and the contact portion includes a stop element extending away from the contact portion, and wherein a movement in the direction of extension of the contact part is delimited by the stop element or by any one of external limit means.