Socket contact

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a socket contact (10) for a printed circuit board (30), the socket contact being arranged for receiving a contact pin (20). The socket contact comprises a planar structure (11), a first circular through opening (12), being arranged at the centre of the planar structure (11), a plurality of through slits (13) extending outwards from the first circular through opening (12) forming a plurality of tongues (15) of the planar structure (11). The tongues is radially extending towards the first circular through opening (12), and each slit (13) is radially outwardly extending into a second circular through opening (14). The second circular through openings has a diameter (d2) which is smaller than the diameter (d1) of the first circular through opening (12), but larger than the width (w) of the corresponding slit (13). The disclosure also relates to a method (200) for arranging the socket contact (10) in contact with a contact pin.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.