(19)
(11) EP 0 991 142 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
09.08.2000 Bulletin 2000/32

(43) Date of publication A2:
05.04.2000 Bulletin 2000/14

(21) Application number: 99117996.1

(22) Date of filing: 17.09.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H01R 13/187
(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: 30.09.1998 DE 19844863

(71) Applicant: ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC.
Wilmington, Delaware 19801 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Haller, Wolfgang
    71409 Schwaikheim (DE)
  • Gollhofer, Martin
    70736 Fellbach (DE)

(74) Representative: Dreiss, Fuhlendorf, Steimle & Becker, Patentanwälte 
Postfach 10 37 62
70032 Stuttgart
70032 Stuttgart (DE)

   


(54) Socket contact element


(57) The invention relates to a socket contact element (1) for receiving a pin contact element (4) having a small diameter, in particular a contact pin of a PCMCIA plug element, having an elongated, substantially flat lower basic element (5),
  • from which there extends upwards, at the front narrow side, a first spacing element (6) which has an opening (7) for introducing the pin contact element (4) into the socket contact element (1),
  • in which, behind the first spacing element (6) there is formed a spring tongue (8) which presses the pin contact element (4) introduced from below against a contact area (9) which is formed on the first spacing element (6) above the opening (7), and
  • from which a second spacing element (10) extends upwards behind the spring tongue (8).
In order to develop such a socket contact element (1) so that greater clamping forces can be exerted on a pin contact element (4) introduced, the invention proposes that the first spacing element (6) has reinforcing elements.






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