Patent ID: 7934942

Claim:
A quick release contact configured to be used with an electric wire prearranged with a tip of an essentially rigid type connection terminal, the contact comprising: an electrically conductive metallic plate bent perpendicular to form first and second wings perpendicular to each other, the first wing having a through slot dimensioned so as to allow passage of a tip terminal through the slot in a direction of insertion from an outer surface of the first wing to an inner surface of the first wing, the second wing parallel to a direction of insertion of the tip terminal, and the first wing upstream of the second wing in the direction of insertion, wherein the slot has a predetermined length oriented perpendicularly to a plane of the second wing, the slot presenting lengthwise a first and a second end, the first end flush to a face of the second wing facing towards the first wing; and a flexible tongue attached to the inner surface of said first wing and extending obliquely towards an inner surface of the second wing, the flexible tongue having a free end for locking the tip terminal and preventing extraction of the tip terminal from the first wing, the free end of the flexible tongue configured to press, with predetermined pressure, the tip terminal against the inner surface of the second wing, and wherein the flexible tongue and first wing are shaped so as to allow a user to displace the tip terminal against the bias of the flexible tongue, so as to determine between the flexible tongue and the direction of insertion an extraction angle such as to release the tip terminal from the flexible tongue and allow removal of the tip terminal from the first wing along a direction of extraction different from the direction of insertion; wherein said flexible tongue includes a claw-shaped attachment portion further comprising two side parts provided with plastically deformable fins folded within respective side grooves of the first wing.