Housing element with two-part electrical contact for an electronic circuit

An electronic component comprising:

• a housing having a first housing element and a second housing element, the first housing element including a housing element body and an electrical contact received in the housing element body, the housing element made from an insulating material, the housing element body extending between a first side and a second side, the housing element body having a through opening, the through opening passes from the first side of the housing element body to the second side of the housing element body, the electrical contact having a first contact element and a second contact element, the first contact element being connected to the second contact element, the first contact element passing through the through opening, wherein the first contact element has a first direction of extent and the second contact element has a second direction of extent, and wherein the first direction of extent and the second direction of extent have an angle of at least 45 degrees and no more than 135 degrees relative to each other, wherein the housing is sealed fluid-tightly by the first housing element and the second housing element;
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• an electronic circuit received in the housing, wherein the electrical contact of the housing element is connected to the electronic circuit,
• wherein the first contact element has a recess and the second contact element has a pluggable element configured to be plugged into the recess, wherein the recess is configured as a slot, wherein the pluggable element is configured as a metal pin, wherein the recess is a through hole, wherein the pluggable element is a spring element and the pluggable element is deformed when plugged into the through hole, wherein the slot has an essentially rectangular cross-section, wherein a longer side of the rectangle is directed parallel to the first direction of extent, wherein the slot has four straight sides which fundamentally form a rectangle or the slot has two parallel sides in the direction of the first direction of extent which are connected to each other by semicircular curves.

A method for producing a housing element, the method comprising:

• forming a housing element body from insulating material in such a way that a through opening passes from a first side of the housing element body to a second side of the housing element body;
• introducing a first contact element into a first length of the through opening extending from the first side, wherein the first contact element has a first direction of extent and defines a recess that extends fully through the first contact element and has a round or rectangular shape, wherein the recess is configured as a slot, wherein the recess is a through hole, wherein the slot has an essentially rectangular cross-section, wherein a longer side of the rectangle is directed parallel to the first direction of extent, wherein the slot has four straight sides which fundamentally form a rectangle or the slot has two parallel sides in the direction of the first direction of extent which are connected to each other by semicircular curves;
• introducing a second contact element into a second length of the through opening, wherein the first length extends transverse to the second length, wherein the second contact element has a second direction of extent and includes a pluggable element, wherein the second contact element has a pluggable element configured as a metal pin;
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• connecting the first contact element and the second contact element to form an electrical contact in such a way that the first direction of extent and the second direction of extent have an angle of at least 45 degrees and no more than 135 degrees relative to each other, wherein connecting the first and second contact elements comprises plugging the pluggable element into the recess, wherein, prior to connecting the first and second contact element, a minimum dimension of the recess is less than a minimum dimension of the pluggable element so that at least one of the recess or the pluggable element is deformed upon plugging the pluggable element into the recess.