Patent ID: 9595783
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A fluid-tight contact comprising: a plastic body including a non-shrinking, duroplastic material; a flat contact having an intermediate region encapsulated by the plastic body, the intermediate region of the flat contact having a cross-sectional width which varies along an axial direction of the flat contact, wherein longitudinal edges of the intermediate region of the flat contact along the axial direction are rounded; the flat contact further has end sections at opposite ends of the intermediate region of the flat contact, wherein the end sections are not encapsulated by the plastic body; the intermediate region of the flat contact includes recesses which vary the cross-sectional width of the intermediate region along the axial direction without varying a cross-sectional height of the intermediate region along the axial direction; and a permanently elastic sealant fills in an interface between the plastic body and the intermediate region of the flat contact.