(19)
(11) EP 0 969 559 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
31.01.2001 Bulletin 2001/05

(43) Date of publication A2:
05.01.2000 Bulletin 2000/01

(21) Application number: 99112090.8

(22) Date of filing: 23.06.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H01R 13/115
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 29.06.1998 DE 19828985

(71) Applicant: THE WHITAKER CORPORATION
Wilmington, Delaware 19808 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Gehrke,Horst
    63225 Langen (DE)
  • Lietz,Dieter
    60388 Frankfurt (DE)
  • Ringel,Robert
    3430 Tulln (AT)
  • Hoschek,Wolfgang
    64546 Mörfelden-Walldorf (DE)

(74) Representative: Heinz-Schäfer, Marion 
AMP International Enterprises Limited AMPèrestrasse 3
9323 Steinach (SG)
9323 Steinach (SG) (CH)

   


(54) Electrical receptacle contact


(57) An electrical receptacle contact (1) is provided, consisting of a contacting region (2) for contacting a complementary contact blade and a connecting region (3) for connection to an electrical conductor, the contacting region (2) being of box-shaped design with a top wall (8) and a bottom wall (9), and further the contacting region (2) comprises two parallel first contact tongues (13) formed in the bottom wall (9), the top wall (9) comprising at least one first stamping (12) which is oriented into the box-shaped contact region (2) and is intended for contacting the contact blade and which lies opposite the first contact spring tongues (13), and further a web (15) is provided in the bottom wall (9) between the first contact spring tongues (13), running parallel to the first contact spring tongues (13), the web (15) comprising a second stamping (16) which is oriented into the box-shaped contacting region (2) and serves as a protection against overstressing for the first contact spring tongues (13).






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