Low cost pin retention socket

A pin retention socket for electrically and mechanically interconnecting a pin to wiring located on a printed wiring board that has first and second parallel oriented opposing surfaces, comprising:

• a center cylindrically shaped hole formed in said printed wiring board of circumference to receive said pin and extending from said first surface to said second surface of said printed wiring board;
• a plurality of holes formed in said printed wiring board extending from said first surface to said second surface of said printed wiring board, each of said plurality of holes intersecting a periphery of said center cylindrically shaped hole to form a plurality of land areas each of which land areas including a surface that comprises a segment of said circumference of said center cylindrically shaped hole, said land areas being of shape and dimensions to provide a deformable structure that plastically deforms in response to the insertion of said pin into said center hole;
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• electrically conductive means applied to said surface of said plurality of land areas to comprise a plurality of segments of said circumference of said center cylindrically shaped hole said electrically conductive means being electrically interconnected to wiring located on a printed wiring board.