Patent ID: 7077689

Claim:
A plug connector for a ribbon cable with multiple conductors having a contact portion composed of first conductor portions, said connector having a plug, which at least partly surrounds the ribbon cable and leaves the contact portion free, and having a socket with contact points, into which the plug can be introduced as far as a predetermined contact position, in which the contact points of the socket and the contact portion are in electrically conductive communication, characterized in that the plug ( 10 ) braces the contact portion ( 42 ) of the ribbon cable ( 40 ) on one side and clamps the ribbon cable in place in an axially fixed manner; that a retaining element is provided between said socket ( 20 ) and said plug ( 10 ), with which the plug ( 10 ) is pre-lockable in the socket ( 20 ) in a manner to transfer axial tension exerted on the cable ( 40 ) to the socket ( 20 ) via said retaining element once said plug has reached a defined axial detent position (R) in the socket ( 20 ); and that once this axial detent position (R) is exceeded, the contact portion ( 42 ) or the contact points, with a vertical component of motion, reach said predetermined contact position (K), in which the plug ( 10 ) is lockable in a final state to the socket ( 20 ) by means of a locking element.