Patent ID: 7540777

Claim:
A plug-in connector for connecting electronic components, comprising a multipoint pin connector element and a multipoint socket connector element, which can be engaged one into the other and which form a plurality of electric signal conductors and at least one earth conductor, the multipoint pin connector element and the multipoint socket connector element being each provided with an electric screening in the form of at least one screening sheet that can be fixed on the multipoint pin connector element or the multipoint socket connector element, respectively, via snap-in connections, the screening sheets comprising soldered connections that project from the multipoint pin connector element and the multipoint socket connector element in the snapped-in condition and the respective screening sheets being in predominantly flat contact one with the other by their body surfaces facing each other, wherein the screening sheets of the multipoint pin connector element comprise at least two rows of snap-in connections that are arranged at a spacing one above the other, wherein the snap-in connections comprise first and second rows of hook-like projections formed on the screening sheets and first and second rows of openings formed in the multipoint pin connector element that are adapted to said projections, the hook-like projections in said first row of hook-like projections engaging in the openings in said first row of openings and the hook-like projections in said second row of hook-like projections engaging in the openings in said second row of openings, and wherein the hook-like projections of the screening sheet associated to the multipoint pin connector element project on both sides of the screening sheet in opposite direction so that they face away from each other.