Contact element and contact arrangement with front protection and method of producing the latter

The present invention relates to an electric contact element (1, 1') that has at least one crimping strap (31 a, 31 b) which is configured and arranged to reach around the outer circumference of an electric conductor (200), at least in sections, at least in a fully crimped state (C) of the contact element (1, 1'). Furthermore, the invention relates to an electric contact arrangement (100) that has at least one electric conductor (200) and at least one contact element (1, 1') that has at least one crimping strap (31 a, 31 b) which is crimped, at least in sections, around an outer circumference of the conductor (200). Finally, the invention relates to a method of producing an electric contact arrangement (100), at least one crimping strap (31 a, 31b) of a contact element (1, 1') being crimped, at least in sections, around an electric conductor (200). In order to seal an interior (80) of the contact arrangement (100) as simply and effectively as possible and with long-term stability against the penetration of corrosive media, provision is made according to the invention such that at least one front protection strap (11a, 11b) of the contact element (1, 1') is aligned running, at least in sections, transversely to the at least one crimping strap (31 a, 31 b) and rests against the latter, a front section (203) of the electric conductor (200) being covered, at least in sections, by the at least one front protection strap (11a, 11b).