Patent ID: 7134904

Claim:
A terminal unit for putting an electrical lead in contact with a printed circuit board, comprising: a housing with a retaining cage for receiving an electrical lead; a contact member being held movably on the housing, such that the contact member can be swiveled from an open position to a contact position, the contact member having a receiving chamber to receive the printed circuit board; a contact for contacting the electrical lead, the contact being held in the contact member, the contact being electrically contacted with the electrical lead, and the contact being guided into the receiving chamber for electrical contacting with a conductor of the printed circuit board; and, the receiving chamber is formed by two seating surfaces of the contact member and an end piece of the contact member is arranged in the receiving chamber, and a space adjoining the receiving chamber is formed in the contact member into which a contact piece of the contact recedes when an end piece of the printed circuit board is introduced therein.