Patent ID: 8309868
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. Switch connector for mounting on a printed circuit board, adapted to receive a mating connector in an insertion direction along an insertion axis (C), the switch connector comprising: a shield; a contact element; a contact spring having at least one fixed leg, at least one elastically deflectable switching leg, and at least one spring bend, the fixed leg and the switching leg extending from the spring bend in a common direction and passing the insertion axis (C), the switching leg being adapted to be moved by insertion of the mating connector from a rest position, at which the switching leg exerts a spring force onto the contact element, to a switching position, at which the switching leg is spaced apart from the contact element; at least one spring force flux that in the rest position is generated by the switching leg and guided in a closed loop to the fixed leg; and the shield being arranged in the closed loop of the spring force flux.