Patent ID: 8011939

Claim:
Coaxial connector for mounting on a printed circuit board adapted to receive a mating coaxial connector in an insertion direction, the coaxial connector comprising: a contact element having a support portion and a switch portion, the contact element is formed as a substantially C-shaped clip forming an opening framed by the support portion and the switch portion, and a contact spring being adapted to generate a spring force and having a fixed leg and an elastically deflectable switching leg, the switching leg of the contact spring extending into the opening; the contact spring further comprise a terminal leg extending from a middle portion of the fixed leg in the perpendicular direction to a spring bend for mounting on a circuit board; wherein said switching leg is adapted to be moved by insertion of the mating connector from a rest position, in which said switching leg elastically and electrically conductively presses against the switch portion of the contact element and the spring force flux is guided from said switching leg via the contact element in a closed loop back to the contact spring to a switching position, in which the switching leg is spaced apart in a switching direction from the switch portion by the inserted mating connector.