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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jürgen Lappöhn, Heiningen, DE;
Franz Czeschka, Rechberghausen, DE;
Assignee:
Erni Elektroapparate GmbH, Adelberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/311 ; H01R 1/122 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/311 ; H01R 1/122 ;
Abstract
A one-piece contact spring that includes first and second legs and a connection portion connecting the first and second legs, with the first and second legs and the connection portion lying in a common plane, and with the first and second legs having free ends forming an entrance region and defining opposite mirrored contact rounded cups at the entrance region, and each of the free and being bent off by an angle of 90° from the common plane along an elastic line which extends at an acute angle to an axis of symmetry of the contact spring.