Patent ID: 6739882
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A rectangular connector comprising:a single piece metal housing, having a rearward opening and a forward opening, an insulating body adapted for insertion into said metal housing, through one of said openings of said metal housing, contact elements supported in said insulating body, said insulating body comprising a contact body and a slideable member adapted to be coupled with said contact body, wherein a PE-contact element is adapted to be inserted in a lateral direction into a PE-contact chamber, provided in said insulating body, said PE-contact element being fixedly mounted in said insulating body after insertion of the insulating body into said housing by means of support means provided at said housing, wherein said PE-contact element is securely contacted by contact means provided at said housing, wherein the PE-contact chamber for the lateral insertion comprises a longitudinal slot, wherein said support means comprise a rib which guides the PE-contact element during insertion of the insulating body and secures said PE-contact element in its inserted condition, and wherein the rib extends along a side wall of the housing and projects perpendicularly with respect to said wall into a hollow space defined by the housing and into the longitudinal slot.