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

1 . A housing element for an electronic circuit, the housing element comprising:

a housing element body 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; and

an electrical contact received in 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 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.

2 . The housing element according to claim 1 , wherein the second contact element passes through the through opening.

3 . The housing element according to claim 1 , wherein the slot has a greater length in the first direction of extent than a width in a direction perpendicular to the first direction of extent.

4 . The housing element according to claim 1 , wherein the first contact element has a plurality of recesses and the second contact element has a plurality of elements which can be plugged into the recesses.

5 . The housing element according to claim 1 , wherein the second contact element has a force-transmission surface.

6 . The housing element according to claim 1 , wherein the first contact element and the second contact element are at least partially tin-plated, and wherein the first contact element and the second contact element are cold-welded.

7 . The housing element according to claim 1 , wherein the through opening of the housing element body defines a non-linear path from the first side to the second side.

8 . The housing element according to claim 1 , wherein the housing element body has further through openings and further electrical contacts, and wherein the electrical contacts are insulated from one another by the insulating material of the housing element body along walls that separate the through openings.

9 . The housing element according to claim 1 , wherein a sealing element seals the opening at at least one of the first contact element and the second contact element.

10 . 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; and

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.

11 . 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; and

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.

12 . The housing element according to claim 1 , wherein the through opening of the housing element body includes a first partial opening extending from the first side and a second partial opening extending from the second side to the first partial opening, the first partial opening extending transverse to the second partial opening, wherein the first contact element extends through the first partial opening and the second contact element extends through the second partial opening.