Patent ID: 6305949
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A press-fit pin having an axis, comprising:a head, a first axially elongated press-fit section, a central section, a second axially elongated press-fit section and a tip, integrally formed and disposed in axial alignment;the first and second press-fit sections to be pressed for axial inserting movement into respective first and second axially aligned through-holes provided in corresponding first and second printed circuit boards; andthe first press-fit section and the second press-fit section having respective central portions of respective maximum diameters, respective centers of the first and second central portions being separated by a first axial distance different from a second axial distance between respective centers of the first and second through-holes such that, as the press-fit pin is pressed for axial movement relatively to, and successive insertion of the first and second press-fit sections into, the first and second through-holes, the respective central portions of the first and second press-fit sections are inserted into the first and second through-holes, respectively, at different, successive times.