Press-in contact

A press-in contact composed of a connection portion to be connected to a cable or a circuit on a circuit board, a press-fitting portion to be press-fitted in and fixed to a cylindrical through-hole of the printed circuit board, and a contact portion to be brought into contact with a contact of a mating connector,

• wherein the cross-section of said press-fitting portion of the press-in contact includes top ends, a narrowed substantially U-shaped inner edge having a circular bottom and substantially parallel, substantially straight sides, and an outer periphery consisting of two arc parts and a straight part therebetween, said arc parts each extending from said straight parts to the respective top end, said circular part of said U-shaped inner edge at its bottom and said two arc parts of said outer periphery being in eccentric relation, and wherein the thickness of the press-fitting portion reduces from the maximum thickness at the circular bottom toward the top ends with a progressively decreasing rate, and a circumferential surface of said arc parts of said outer periphery contacting the through-hole of said printed circuit board through its substantially whole length.