Patent ID: 9692161
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. An electrical connector comprising an insulating body and at least one electrical contact element, wherein the insulating body has at least one cavity, which in the insulating body forms a first part formed as an insertion region and a second part formed as a contact region, wherein the contact element comprises an unitary, flat and planar stamped piece having a first contact side and a second contact side both lying in a same plane, wherein the first contact side of the contact element is adapted for contacting a PC board and the second contact side is adapted for contacting an electrical conductor in an insulation-penetrating manner, wherein the contact element is arranged in the cavity of the insulating body such that the first contact side is arranged in the insertion region and the second contact side is arranged in the contact region, wherein the first contact side of the contact element is flat and planar, fork-shaped and forms two contact arms, wherein the contact arms form two opposed contact points, wherein the contact arms of the contact side of the contact element are mirror-symmetrical to each other in both horizontal and vertical planes, and wherein the second contact side of the contact element is flat and planar, and is arranged laterally relative to the symmetry of the first contact side.