Patent ID: 7361038

Claim:
A coaxial microswitch connector comprising: an insulating housing with at least one contact chamber having an insertion opening for inserting a plug-in contact, the housing having an electrically conductive stop on a side of the at least one contact chamber remote from the insertion opening, the electrically conductive stop being an integral part of the housing and being configured for making a first external electrical connection; and a contact switch spring arranged in the at least one contact chamber, the contact switch spring having a fixed leg and a switch leg connected by a spring bend, the fixed leg being fixed in the housing outside of an insertion path of the plug-in contact and having a contact end remote from the insertion opening for making a second external electrical connection, the switch leg extending obliquely into the insertion path in the direction from the insertion opening to the electrically conductive stop and pivotal resiliently relative to the fixed leg with a free end pre-tensioned to rest against the electrically conductive stop, whereby when a plug-in contact is inserted through the insertion opening, the plug-in contact contacts the switch leg along the insertion path of the plug-in contact and urges the free end away from the electrically conductive stop; wherein the switch leg comprises an initial region extending from the spring bend, proximate the insertion opening, parallel to the insertion path and outside the insertion path, a central region connecting with the initial region extending into the insertion path pointing away obliquely from the insertion opening, and a free end region terminating in the free end and extending to the stop.