Crimping element and method for producing a crimping element

A crimping system, comprising:

• a wire with a nominal diameter of approximately 0.1 mm or less,
• a crimping element for holding the wire, comprising:
• a sheet-metal element comprising a base portion extending in a base plane and a holding portion connected to the base portion, wherein the holding portion comprises a first clamping element and a second clamping element, which is spaced apart from the first clamping element by means of a recess in the holding portion,
• wherein the first clamping element comprises a first clamping portion connected to the base portion, and a second clamping portion connected to the first clamping portion, and the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion are bent toward one another about a first bending axis to form a first clamping region configured to hold the wire between the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion,
• wherein the second clamping element comprises a third clamping portion, which is connected to the base portion, and a fourth clamping portion, which is connected to the third clamping portion, and the third clamping portion and the fourth clamping portion are bent toward one another about a second bending axis to form a second clamping region configured to hold the wire between the third clamping portion and the fourth clamping portion,
• wherein the first clamping portion of the first clamping element extends in a first plane, which forms a first angle in a range of approximately 0° to 10° with the base plane of the base portion, and
• wherein the third clamping portion of the second clamping element extends in a second plane, which forms a second angle in a range of approximately 1° to 10° with the first plane;
• wherein the wire is arranged in the first clamping region and the second clamping region so that the wire extends along a direction of longitudinal extent of the wire, which extends substantially parallel to the first bending axis and substantially parallel to the second bending axis, in the first clamping region and in the second clamping region.

A method for producing a crimping element for holding a wire with a nominal diameter of approximately 0.1 mm or less, wherein the crimping element comprises a sheet-metal element with a base portion extending in a base plane and a holding portion connected to the base portion, wherein the holding portion comprises a first clamping element and a second clamping element, which is spaced apart from the first clamping element by means of a recess in the holding portion, wherein the first clamping element comprises a first clamping portion connected to the base portion and a second clamping portion connected to the first clamping portion, and the second clamping element comprises a third clamping portion connected to the base portion and a fourth clamping portion connected to the third clamping portion, and the method comprises the following steps of:

• bending the second clamping portion about a first bending axis so that the second clamping portion and the first clamping portion form a first clamping region configured to hold the wire;
• bending the fourth clamping portion about a second bending axis so that the fourth clamping portion and the third clamping portion form a second clamping region configured to hold the wire;
• and
• tilting the third clamping portion relative to the first clamping portion or tilting the first clamping portion relative to the third clamping portion so that the first clamping portion and the third clamping portion form an angle in relation to one another in a range of approximately 1° to approximately 10°.