Miniaturised electrical contact element - has contact spring sleeve and cooperating contact pin with integral spring arms

摘要

The contact element has two interfitting sheet metal parts, comprising a spring sleeve, with a conductor wire termination (3) and a U-shaped spring arm base (4) with contact spring arms (7) extending from each of its sidewalls, receiving a contact pin with a conductor wire termination and a U shaped base with an integral insertion pin. The base of the spring arm base or the contact pin base is enclosed by a tubular spring (2) have 2 spring arms in one pair of opposing walls, acting on the contact spring arms (7) and two locking spring arms (21,21a) bent outwards from the other 2 opposing walls. ADVANTAGE - Easy, secure fitting in contact chamber.