Electrical contact for contacting a foil conductor

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EP 0 973 232 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	07.03.2001 Bulletin 2001/10

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	19.01.2000 Bulletin 2000/03

(21)	Application number: 99113247.3

(22)	Date of filing: 08.07.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H01R 4/18, H01R 12/08, H01R 4/24

(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

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Priority:

17.07.1998 EP 98113332
15.04.1999 EP 99107572

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

(72)	Inventors:
	Van der Steen, Hendrikus Petrus Gijsbertus 5275 BW Den Dungen (NL) Wiersma, Cornelis 5366 BJ Megen (NL)

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

(54)	Electrical contact for contacting a foil conductor

(57) An electrical contact for making contact with a foil conductor surrounded by an insulating foil layer, that has a contacting section (2) with a baseplate (4) with at least one protruding section (5) and at least one lateral lug (6) attached to the baseplate (4), where the lug is basically arranged at right angles to the baseplate (4), capable of piercing through the foil and having a lateral section that can be bent over onto the foil, the lateral section being provided with a lower edge (9) which is separated from the baseplate (4) by a slot and with the lateral section being bendable over to make contact between the foil conductor and the middle section (7), wherein by the bending action, the insulating foil layer on top of the foil conductor is stripped off the foil which is located between the protruding section (5) and the lower edge (9) of the lateral section (8) thus establishing electrical contact with the foil conductor.

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