Patent ID: 6814592
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A contact element with spring properties for contacting a first housing part with a second housing part, wherein at least the first housing part is formed of a sheet metal; the contact element comprising:a sheet metal tab formed as a unitary part of the sheet metal of the first housing part; wherein the sheet metal tab has a base adjoining a sheet metal edge and a contact surface positioned at a spacing from the base remote from the sheet metal edge, wherein the contact surface is configured to rest electrically conductingly against the second housing part; wherein the sheet metal tab has a longitudinal center axis extending from the base to the contact surface; wherein the sheet metal tab has a cold-formed section having a thickness reduced by cold forming relative to a thickness of the sheet metal; and wherein the base, at least at the level of the sheet metal edge, is wider than a width of the sheet metal tab in the area from the base to the contact surface, wherein the width is measured in a transverse direction relative to the longitudinal center axis; and wherein the cold-formed section has an end section extending past the base and the sheet metal edge in a direction away from the contact surface into the sheet metal and in the end section the thickness of the cold-formed section increases to the thickness of the sheet metal in the direction away from the contact surface.