Patent ID: 7473108

Claim:
Multi-pole plug-in connector having contact elements ( 16 ) which comprise a flat plug-in area ( 30 ) that transitions to a flat conduction area ( 18 ) the wide side ( 50 ) of which lies in a contact column plane ( 14 ), wherein the wide side ( 31 ) of the flat plug-in area ( 30 ) is rotated by a predefined angle ( 70 ) relative to the wide side ( 50 ) of the flat conduction area (l 8 ); wherein the plug-in area ( 30 ) comprises a spring element ( 34 ) having two spring legs ( 35 , 36 ); and wherein the cross-section of the spring legs ( 35 , 36 ) diminishes substantially continuously, at least by sections, from a connection member ( 37 ) of the spring legs ( 35 , 36 ) in a direction opposite to the plug-in direction ( 40 ).