Electrical end device, manufacturing method and adjustment method

A production method for an electrical terminal, the electrical terminal including:

• a multi-sided housing with a basic element, the basic element having at least two rear sides, and a head element, the head element being configured as a detection and/or functional element and including a detection and/or functional side;
• and
• a mounting element having a mounting body with at least two side surfaces, a base side and an inner wall, and two rear sides,
• the mounting element and/or the mounting body being connected to the basic element via a rotary bearing unit, which has an axis of rotation, the basic element being pivotable about the axis of rotation in an adjustment position, and
• i) the basic element having a single- or multi-part foot surface, and
• ii) the mounting element and/or the mounting body having a single- or multi-part bearing surface, the foot surface of the basic element and the bearing surface lying against each other at least with a partial area in an inoperative position of the basic element, and the at least one partial area spanning a theoretical contact plane, which is inclined in relation to the detection and/or functional side and/or a rear side by an angle of inclination, and the axis of rotation being aligned perpendicularly to the theoretical contact plane, the bearing surface and/or the foot surface,
• wherein the basic element is liftable from the mounting element out of the inoperative position along a direction of the axis of rotation thereby being brought into the adjustment position, wherein the foot surface of the basic element is spaced apart from the bearing surface of the mounting body in the adjustment position, and
• wherein the rotary bearing unit includes a spring element, the spring element being formed and mounted such that, in the adjustment position, a restoring spring force exerted by the spring element acts on the foot surface of the basic element in the direction of the bearing surface and/or the contact plane,
• the method comprising:
• connecting the mounting element to the basic element on the rotary bearing unit;
• and
• tensioning the spring unit in one step along the axis of rotation such that the basic element is pressed onto the mounting element.

A method for adjusting an electrical terminal, the electrical terminal containing a basic element and a mounting element, which are in mutual contact with each other in partial areas, and, in an adjustment step, the basic element being brought from an inoperative position in a linear alignment into a second inoperative position in a corner alignment, and vice versa, the method comprising the following steps:

• lifting the basic element off the mounting element from the first inoperative position in a direction of an axis of rotation by a distance counter to an applied spring force;
• rotating the basic element by an angular degree about the axis of rotation corresponding to the alignment of the second inoperative position;
• and
• guiding the basic element back in the direction of the spring force and parallel to the axis of rotation and bringing the basic element back into contact with the mounting element.