(19)
(11) EP 1 182 733 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
26.06.2002 Bulletin 2002/26

(43) Date of publication A2:
27.02.2002 Bulletin 2002/09

(21) Application number: 01119820.7

(22) Date of filing: 16.08.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7H01R 4/48, H01R 13/05
(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: 18.08.2000 EP 00117769

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

(72) Inventor:
  • Fuchs, Martin
    66871 Haschbach (DE)

(74) Representative: Heinz-Schäfer, Marion 
Tyco Electronics Logistics AG Ampèrestrasse 3
9323 Steinach
9323 Steinach (CH)

   


(54) Electrical contact system


(57) The invention relates to an electrical contact system having a plug contact (1) and a socket contact (2). The socket contact has at least two parallel fixed areas (3, 4). The plug contact (1) has, at the end pointing towards the insertion direction, two spring legs (7 and 8), which can be moved towards one another during the insertion process into the socket contact (2). The free ends of the spring legs (7 and 8) are bent as insertion inclined sections (9, 10 and 11).







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