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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2004
Filed:
May. 23, 2002
Hermann Stahl, Steinheim-Kleinbottwar, DE;
Hermann Stahl GmbH, Grossbottwar, DE;
Abstract
A springy contact element for contacting first and second housing parts has a sheet metal tab formed as a unitary part of the sheet metal of the first housing part. The sheet metal tab has a base adjoining a sheet metal edge and a contact surface spaced from the base. The contact surface rests electrically conductingly against the second housing part. The sheet metal tab has a longitudinal center axis extending from the base to the contact surface. The sheet metal tab has a cold-formed section having a thickness reduced by cold forming relative to a thickness of the sheet metal. The base is wider than a width of the sheet metal tab in the area from the base to the contact surface, wherein the width is measured transversely to the longitudinal center axis. The cold-formed section extends past the base and the sheet metal edge into the sheet metal.