Printed circuit board components with alternate mounting modes

Claim 1

Electrical component equipped for electrical connection with a printed circuit board, said component being provided with two alternative sets of contacts, each set having at least two separate contacts, the contacts of one set being mechanically different from the contents of the other set, with each respective contact of one set being interconnected electrically with a respective contact of the other set, one of these sets of contacts being constituted by contacts adapted to ensure electrical connections by simple elastic mechanical pressure directly on respectively situated facing conducting spots of the circuit board, mechanical fastening means being in addition provided to fix the electrical component mechanically to the printed circuit board associated with said conducting spots, the other of these sets of contacts being differently constituted by contacts extending from said component and adapted to be mechanically secured to respective conducting spots of the circuit board, due to which the component is selectively mounted on the printed circuit board, either on a side of the printed circuit board having printed circuits with the contacts of the one set of contacts cooperating then by elastic pressure with the conducting spots of the printed circuits, or on the opposite side of the circuit board with the contacts of the other set of contacts passing through the printed circuit board and being fastened to the conducting spots on the side of the printed circuit board having the printed circuits.