Pogo Pins / SLC (Spring Loaded Contacts)

• long life span
• customized solutions
• adjustable and measurable spring force
• small pitch, high integration density
• space-saving compared to conventional connectors
• SMD, THT, crimp connections, solder connection for flexible connections
• good performance in high frequency applications
• RoHs compliant and halogen-free

Spring contacts with customer-specific coating / with partial coating.

Pogo Pin with 900gf spring force and extended solder wire

Spring contact and mating contact with solder cup

Custom designed miniature plug with right-angle spring contacts

Custom plug with rolling pins. The housing is electrically conductive.

Customized connector with right-angle design rolling pins

Custom spring contact with screw thread

Connector with spring contacts and mating contacts with partial Super-AP coating

We would be happy to construct and develop a suitable solution for your application!

Pogo Pin Designs:
Back Drill Design | Bias Design | 4P Design with Ball | 4P Design with Cap | Rolling Pin | Screw Pin

Back Drill Design

The drilled tail makes extra space for spring and creates a shorter pogo pin. For smaller designs, the so-called Back Drill Design is used. In order to achieve the customer-specific desired spring force, the spring used in this design is longer than the hollow plunger.

• Pin Length: < 3.5 mm
• Current: 1A

Bias Design

The bias tail of the plunger creates lateral force and better contact. To ensure a 100% contact of the plunger with the barrel, a bias design is used. In this design, the plunger is beveled at its end at an angle of up to 18 ° and inserted into the pen case. As a result, a 100% contact of the plunger with the barrel is ensured upon the actuation of the spring contact pin. This significantly reduces the signal disturbance due to vibrations. The bias design is applied to almost all spring contact pins from a length of 3.5mm

• Pin Length: ≈ 3.5 mm
• Current: ~ 2A

4P-Design

With high current carrying capacity requirements (> 3A) and vibration resistance, the bias design is complemented by the 4P-Design. If the plunger and the barrel of a spring contact pin do not connect properly at high currents due to insufficient lateral forces, the spring could burn out. To avoid this, the previous three components of a spring contact pin (Plunger, Spring, and Barrel) are complemented by a stainless steel ball as a fourth component in the 4P-Design. This ball is integrated between the plunger and the compression spring. The flow of current is conducted to the sleeve via the stainless steel ball and the signal disturbance as a result of vibrations is significantly reduced. As an alternative to the stainless steel ball, a cap can also be used.

• Current: 3~5A

High-Current Design / 4P-Design with Cap

For high current applications from 5A up the 4P-Design with cap is used. The barrel is additionally reinforced. In addition, a special structure in the interior of the spring contact serves to increase the contact area. The service life of the high-current spring contacts is at least 10,000 cycles.

Screw-Design

Electronic devices are getting smaller, faster, and more efficient. This miniaturization places the highest demands on the production technology because more and more functions have to be integrated into the small devices. The new spring contact design with an integrated screw thread on the barrel helps to meet these requirements. In addition to the function as a screw, also power and signal currents can be transmitted. The screw thread can be integrated with all flat type pogo pins with a piston length of 3.5mm. … Online-Product Range of Screw-Type Pins >>

360° Rolling Pin Design

The special design of the rolling pins enables reliable contacting between two components during lateral and rotating movements. In contrast to a conventional spring contact, the rolling pin has an integrated ball head. In order to significantly reduce transmission disturbances as a result of vibrations, the piston end of the spring contact is beveled at an angle of up to 18° and inserted into the pen shell in this way. This guarantees a 100% contact of the piston with the pen sleeve and thus a reliable transmission of signals and currents.
We offer different variants for SMD and THT assembly. Depending on the pin, the nominal current is between 1A and 6A. … Online-Product Range of Rolling Pins >>

• Flat type spring contacts for SMD assembly
• Plug-in type spring contacts for THT assembly

The spring contacts can be supplied with a mounting cap and on a reel for automatic assembly.

If you need a spring contact with a crimp connection or solder cup connection, we can always check this option individually. Please contact us for this.

Several spring contacts, even of different working heights, can be joined together in a plastic housing to form a customer-specific connector. Pressing the individual contacts in a plastic housing, as a common method, achieves a tightness of IP54.

For more demanding installation situations in which protection classes of IPx7 and higher are required, we offer different connector designs. On the one hand, the pins can be supplemented with an O-ring seal; on the other hand, there is the option of direct overmolding with plastic and/or sealing with elastomer materials.

When overmolding with plastic, the plug can also take on an individual and precisely fitting shape, and sockets and plug-in devices can be integrated. As a result, installation time and costs can be reduced considerably. Further advantages are their small pitch, high integration density, and long service life. The high tolerance compensation of spring contacts ensures a shock and vibration-resistant connection. In this way, these connectors meet the constant requirements of portable electronic devices in terms of size, weight, and robustness.

Particularly interesting in this context are spring contacts with the Super AP coating, which we offer as a special coating. This coating is extremely resistant to electrolytic or galvanic corrosion while maintaining its very low resistance. Compared to the standard gold coating, this nickel-free coating is more resistant to saltwater, perspiration, and electrolysis.

The waterproof plugs are used particularly in mobile tracking and navigation devices outdoors, as well as in medical technology and industrial devices. The installation situation is always decisive for the protection class achieved. We would be happy to advise you in detail on this topic.

A magnetic connector for a comfortable using experience. It provides excellent HF signal transmission, fast charging of power, and high-speed data transmission. In addition, a magnetic connector not only has good looking modern design but also a good solution for preventing your laptop or cellphone from dropping when the power cord of these items are pulled or trigged by users.

We offer customized magnetic connectors. The plug is made of spring contact probes and a magnetic connection system. The advantage of this technique is the high reliability at a very high number of cycles of up to 10,000 re-fortifications. The strong permanent magnet consists of a neodymium iron boron alloy (NdFeB) and ensures rapid shock and vibration resistant, and self-guiding connection or simple solution of plug and device… read more >>