Patent ID: 6368128
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical plug-in cable connector comprising:a plastic housing having chambers disposed in a row, said housing including at least one lateral recess; contact elements disposed in said chambers, wherein each of said contact elements has a first end that is provided with a first connecting segment, a second opposite end that is provided with a second connecting segment, and a connection region disposed between the first and second connecting segments wherein a recess having a rectangular configuration is provided in said connection region and positioned to be aligned with one of said at least one lateral recess of said housing, and wherein said recess is laterally accessible transverse to said longitudinal direction through said one of said at least one lateral recess of said housing; and an electrically conducting bypass element for insertion with press fit in a transverse direction into said at least one lateral recess of said housing and at least two of said recesses of said contact elements to interconnect those contact elements to establish a short-circuit bypass between such contact elements, wherein free legs of said bypass element are rod-shaped and have a rectangular cross-sectional configuration in correspondence to said rectangularly configured recess, and wherein free insertion ends of said free legs are inclined to facilitate insertion.