Patent ID: 8002559

Claim:
A contact element for pressing into a hole of a printed circuit board comprising: a rod-shaped press-fit zone having an insertion region and an adjacent deformable region, wherein the deformable region has a width (D 1 ) which is larger than a diameter of the hole, and the insertion region has a width (D 2 ) which is smaller than the diameter of the hole, wherein the deformable region comprises at least two limbs ( 4 , 4 a ) extending in an insertion direction (F) that defined a closed opening, which are separated by a crossbar ( 3 ), wherein the crossbar is deformable to provide an even stress upon insertion of the two limbs into the hole and is curved in the form of a wave along with the insertion direction (F), and runs at least in a partial section with a pointed angle (α) between 5 and 85 degrees to the insertion direction (F).