Patent ID: 7393252

Claim:
A female contact element formed from a one-piece machined tubular body comprising: a rear shank having a cavity designed to receive an electrical conductor; and a front shank having a cavity equipped with an elastic socket having a plurality of longitudinal tongues, the elastic socket adapted to receive a male contact element, wherein an open end of the front shank is equipped with a centripetal flange adapted to form a mechanical stop for free extremities of the longitudinal tongues of the elastic socket only when the male contact element is positioned within the front shank, and wherein a precision of machining of the tubular body is on an order of a tenth of a millimeter, and a precision of machining of the front shank is on an order of a hundredth of a millimeter, wherein the elastic socket is fixed by an attaching end to a threaded through opening in a transverse wall of the tubular body separating the front shank from the rear shank.