US Patent 10886687 Electrical contact element to improve operational function

A contact element (30′), including a base body made of a strip material and/or sheet material, and at least one contact segment (30.1, 30.2′) which is connected to the base body and which is designed to make electric contact between the contact element (30′) and a contact partner, in particular an electric and/or electronic component. The at least one contact segment (30.2′) is embodied as a wire-like extension, which is formed integrally with the base body from the strip and/or sheet material. In addition, at least one end of the wire-like extension forms a transition region (31), which adjoins the base.