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Contact pin for pressing into a printed circuit board and contact arrangement

US11152723B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Hermann Eicher · Steingaden, DE
Ralph Habiger · Hohenfurch, DE
Andreas Otto · Fürth, DE
Cynthia Halm · Eisenach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 13, 2018
Grant date	Oct 19, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 13, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R4/58
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrically conductive contact pin for press-fitting into a PCB in a Z-direction. The contact pin includes a press-fit zone with a central crosspiece area, and two wing areas adjacent to the crosspiece area, each crosspiece area having two ear areas. The crosspiece area is confined by a crosspiece rectangle and the ear regions are confined by ear rectangles. Corner points of the ear rectangles facing a center of the cross-sectional area coincide with corner points of the crosspiece rectangle. The crosspiece rectangle has a crosspiece width in an X direction of 9-29% of a starting thickness of the contact pin and a crosspiece thickness in a Y direction of 35-55% of the starting thickness. The ear rectangles have an ear width in the X-direction of 40-60% of the starting thickness and an ear thickness in the Y-direction of 15-35% of the starting thickness.

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