Patent ID: 8335069

Claim:
Overvoltage protection element, comprising: a housing, at least one overvoltage limiting component which is located in the housing, two terminal lugs each of which is connected to a respective pole of the overvoltage limiting component in an electrically conductive manner, and two connecting elements for electrical connection of the at least one overvoltage protection element to a current or signal path to be protected, wherein, in a normal state of the overvoltage protection element, the connecting elements are in electrically conductive contact with the respective terminal lug, and wherein a first of the terminal lugs and a first of the connecting elements are integrally connected to one another, a free end of the first connecting element facing away from the overvoltage limiting component, the overvoltage limiting component being made as a plug-in contact, wherein the first connecting element is folded such that it has several layers in a contact region.