Patent ID: 6287158
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A contact element comprising:an attachment region for contacting the contact element to an electrical conductor;a transition region; anda contacting region, the transition region being disposed between the attachment region and the contacting region, the attachment region having a smaller material thickness than the contacting region, the attachment region being configured integrally with the contacting region, the contacting region including at least two sheet-metal parts, lying against one another, of a folded sheet-metal blank, the attachment region including another at least two sheet-metal parts of the folded sheet-metal blank integrally joined via the transition region to the at least two sheet-metal parts, at least a portion of the sheet-metal blank being elongated and deformed to form the attachment region, wherein the transition region includes a cutout that results in a reduced cross-sectional area in the transition region relative to cross-sectional areas of the attachment region and the contacting region, and wherein the cutout partially encloses an open area that is in communication with a space that keeps each one of the other at least two sheet-metal parts apart from each other, thereby allowing independent folding operations to be performed on the attachment region and the contacting region.