Patent ID: 9722343
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. Plug-in connector with a housing ( 200 ) and at least one chamber ( 201 ) for receiving at least one electrical contact element ( 100 ), which can be attached via a locking element inside the housing ( 200 ), wherein the locking element is a snap-in element ( 140 ) that is arranged on the at least one electrical contact element ( 100 ) and that can be locked in place in the housing ( 200 ) inside an opening ( 240 ) corresponding to the snap-in element, wherein the at least one contact element is a spring contact element, with the spring contacts ( 110 , 120 ) of the contact element being formed as legs of a metal sheet that is bent into a U-shape, and wherein the snap-in element ( 140 ) is arranged in a lid-like manner above the metal sheet bent into a U-shape, in such a way that the snap-in element reaches the front area of the spring contacts ( 110 , 120 ), wherein the snap-in element ( 140 ) has a locking hook ( 142 ), with a bending area ( 143 ) of the locking hook ( 142 ) being formed on the side of the spring contacts ( 110 , 120 ) that is facing the opening.