(19)
(11) EP 1 122 827 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
29.05.2002 Bulletin 2002/22

(43) Date of publication A2:
08.08.2001 Bulletin 2001/32

(21) Application number: 01300884.2

(22) Date of filing: 31.01.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H01R 13/115, H01R 13/11, H01R 43/16
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 31.01.2000 EP 00101873

(71) Applicant: Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH
64625 Bensheim (DE)

(72) Inventor:
  • Heimüller, Hans Jost
    67373 Dudenhofen (DE)

(74) Representative: Warren, Keith Stanley et al
BARON & WARREN 18 South End Kensington
London W8 5BU
London W8 5BU (GB)

   


(54) Contact socket


(57) The contact socket is of single-part construction and has a base spring (1) and two spring legs (12), which are integrally formed on the base spring (1) and both spring legs (12) include contacting sections (4), facing each other where, as a result of the single-piece construction, the manufacturing process of this contact socket can be optimized and one of the spring legs (12) is supported by an additional support member (3) thereby increasing the resilient force.






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