Patent ID: 7717732

Claim:
A plug connector for printed circuit boards, comprising: a plurality of contact elements, where the contact elements each have two connection ends, where one connection end is in the form of an insulation displacement contact for connecting wires and the other connection end is in the form of a tuning fork contact for making contact with pads on a printed circuit board, and a plastic housing into which the insulation displacement contacts of the contact elements can be inserted, where at least one lower edge of each insulation displacement contact is supported on the plastic housing, so that the contact elements are held captively in the plastic housing when connection forces act on the insulation displacement contacts, the plastic housing comprising at least one chamber-like region, and the tuning fork contacts being fully accommodated in a longitudinal direction by the plastic housing, wherein each contact element is of two-part design, with a first portion of the contact element comprising the insulation displacement contact and a second portion comprising the tuning fork contact, a respective contact limb being arranged on each of the two portions of each contact element, the two contact limbs of each contact element forming an isolating contact; wherein the plastic housing is of two-part design, with the housing portions being able to be latched to one another, wherein a first housing portion of the plastic housing holds the insulation displacement contacts and a second housing portion of the plastic housing holds the tuning fork contacts, wherein the second housing portion includes a clamping bar defining slots in which the tuning fork contacts are arranged, wherein the insulation displacement contacts seat against the clamping bar when the first and second housing portions are secured together.