Patent ID: 8398423
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A contacting plug for contacting a contact carrier, comprising: two clamping claws swivelable relative to each other, transversely to a plug-in direction, at least one of the clamping claws arranged as a contact holder carrying at least one flexible contact element, the contact holder adapted to rest on the contact carrier with a contact force; and a spring device adapted to generate a clamping force that is independent of the contact force; wherein the clamping claws have stop faces affixed directly to longitudinal side edges of the contacting plug, the longitudinal side edges extending in a direction parallel to the plug-in direction, to maintain a contiguous clamping mouth opening and which rest against each other in a non-contacting state of the contacting plug and prevent plastic deformation of the contact element.