Patent ID: 7344389
Filing Date: 2008-03-18
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A contact pin, comprising a contact region and a connection region, wherein the contact pin is produced from a material by a forming process for pressing into a through-connected hole of a printed circuit board, wherein a press-in portion of the contact pin has at least two contact legs, which are spaced apart from one another by at least one elongate opening, are outwardly curved in a central region and come to rest on a wall of the hole when pressed into the hole of the printed circuit board with plastic deformation, wherein at least one introduction portion, for introduction into the hole, is formed by at least two elongate portions, which rest against one another during introduction, of the contact pin, wherein the elongate portions, after the deformation process and before the introduction into the hole, adjoin the outwardly open elongate opening in the manner of fork prongs, wherein at least one formation projecting into the opening is provided on an edge of the elongate opening to form support regions in a region which, after introduction of the contact pin into the hole, is located inside the hole of the printed circuit board.