Patent ID: 7735217

Claim:
A device for assembling pins ( 12 ) arranged in at least one row, spaced apart from each another, which pins serve as electrical contacts, onto a circuit board ( 16 ) having an insulating body that accommodates the pins ( 12 ), positions and orients them axially in the spaced configuration of the row, and having a suction surface to grasp the row of pins ( 12 ) for purposes of assembly by means of an automated assembly device, characterized in that the body ( 20 ) grasps each of the ends of the pins ( 12 ) that face away from the circuit board ( 16 ) with a force fit in the direction of the axis of the pins ( 12 ), and with a positive fit to prevent tilting of the axis of the pins ( 12 ), the body ( 20 ) can be pulled off after the pins ( 12 ) are assembled, and the suction surface ( 26 ) is formed on the surface of the body ( 20 ) that faces away from the pins ( 12 ), wherein the pins ( 12 ) are configured for through-hole assembly and have an end that can be inserted into a hole of the circuit board ( 16 ), wherein at least one spacer ( 34 ) is formed onto the body ( 20 ), which spacer comes to a stop on the circuit board ( 16 ) and limits the insertion depth of the pins ( 12 ) into the circuit board ( 16 ).