Socket contact element

A socket contact for receiving a pin contact, where the socket contact includes a piece of sheet metal forming a base with a flat base part that is elongated in front and rear longitudinal directions and that has laterally spaced opposite sides and that lies in a horizontal plane and has a base part front end, a spacing part formed by a piece of said sheet metal that extends upward from said base part front end and that has a top, with said spacing part having a longitudinally-extending opening for passing said pin contact and having laterally-spaced opposite sides, and a top contact part extending primarily rearward from said top of said spacing part, said base forming a tongue with a contact location lying below said top contact part, wherein:

• said spacing part has a pair of support regions that extend at least partially rearwardly and away from each other from locations at said laterally opposite sides of said spacing part, as seen in a downward sectional view taken through a middle of the height of said spacing part, to thereby strengthen said hole forming spacing part against bending;
• said top contact part forming a beam that extends at a rearward-downward incline from the top of said spacing part by a distance that is at least half as great as the vertical height of said spacer part.

A socket contact for receiving a pin contact element, where the socket contact includes a piece of sheet metal forming a flat base that is elongated in front and rear longitudinal direction and that has laterally spaced opposite sides and that lies in a horizontal plane and has a front end, a spacing part that extends upward from said front end of said base and that has a top with said spacing part having an opening for passing said pin contact element, and a top contact part extending primarily rearwardly from said top of said spacing part, said base forming a tongue that extends at an upward incline and that has a contact location lying below said top contact part to clamp the pin contact element between them, wherein:

• said top contact part forms a beam that extends at a downward and rearward incline from the top of said spacing part and that has a contact point near a rear end of said top contact, with a length of said top contact part being at least half the height of said spacing part.

A socket contact for receiving a pin contact, where the socket contact includes a piece of sheet metal forming a base with a flat base part that is elongated in front and rear longitudinal directions and that has laterally spaced opposite sides and that lies in a horizontal plane and has a base part front end, a spacing part formed by a piece of said sheet metal that extends upward from said base part front end and that has a top, with said spacing part having a longitudinally-extending opening for passing said pin contact and having laterally-spaced opposite sides, and a top contact part extending primarily rearward from said top of said spacing part, said base forming a tongue with a contact location lying above said base part and below said top contact part, wherein:

• said spacing part has a pair of support regions that extend at least partially rearwardly and away from each other from locations at said laterally opposite sides of said spacing part, as seen in a downward sectional view taken through a middle of the height of said spacing part, to thereby strengthen said hole-forming spacing part against bending.