Patent ID: 6193561
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
Electrical plug connector with contact elements (8) disposed in contact chambers (10), spring legs (13) of the contact elements (8) are provided with an embossed contour, being disposed in a mirror-inverted manner, characterized in that the spring legs (13) have a bend (17) that is spaced a distance B from contact chamber walls (18) and the spring legs (13) having an active spring length (1) prior to insertion of contact elements (8) into contact chambers (10); insertion of a contact pin into the contact elements (8) moving the spring legs apart, with the bend (17) of each leg contacting a chamber wall (18) with the result that the bend (17) defines a second, shorter active spring length for the spring legs (13), to the end that the spring force of the spring legs (13) initially rises at a slower rate and thereafter rises at a steeper rate after the bend 17 contacts the chamber wall 18.