Electrical contact element

An electrical contact element comprising:

• an elongate three-dimensional body formed of a single stamped sheet metal piece and having a first and a second end with a longitudinal center line extending from said first to said second end;
• said first end of said body comprising an insulation displacement contact with a first and a second pair of legs for receiving and contacting a cable, wherein each one of said first and said second pairs has an insertion slot defined between said legs;
• said second end of said body comprising a forked spring with a first and a second fork leg defining therebetween a receiving slot for receiving and contacting a flat blade plug;
• each one of said fork legs comprised of two independently deflectable leaf springs;
• each one of said leaf springs having at least one contact zone projecting inwardly into said receiving slot;
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• said contact zones of said two leaf springs of each one of said fork legs located laterally relative to said longitudinal center line;
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• wherein said contact zone of a first one of said two leaf springs is a point contact surface and wherein said contact zone of the other one of said two leaf springs is a linear contact surface.