Patent ID: 7891992

Claim:
A press-fit contact insertable into a bore of a circuit board, comprising: a body with a square cross sectional area having four rounded exterior radial edges that form contact surfaces with the circuit board, wherein two legs are formed monolithically within the body in a longitudinal direction, the legs including free ends that converge toward each other, the body including a connecting region in which the legs originate, the connecting region including adjoining upper segments of the legs that abut against each other, a press-in region adjoining the connecting region in the longitudinal direction, wherein in the press-in region the two legs are arranged at a distance from each other and wherein the four rounded edges extend a complete length of the press-in region, and a tip region adjoining the press-in region in the longitudinal direction, the tip region including the free ends of the legs; wherein the two legs extend from the connecting region to the tip region, wherein the free ends are at a distance farthest from the connecting region towards the tip region in the longitudinal direction wherein no portion of the body extends beyond the free ends in the longitudinal direction, wherein the body defines a continuous air gap which extends from the connecting region through the press-in region to the tip region, and a sum of a cross sectional area of each leg substantially corresponds to the square cross sectional area of the body, and wherein a symmetrical force distribution with respect to a central point of the press in region is obtained for the contact forces between the press in region of the body and the circuit board.