Patent ID: 8029312

Claim:
A plug-and-socket connector with a base strip for a printed circuit board connection comprising: a male connector, at least one socket housing of the male connector projecting from an insertion side having a right-angle cross-sectional base form and opposite sides corresponding to the base form and extending longitudinally to a front side, a series of insertion openings of plug receivers for contact elements arranged so the plug receivers are parallel to each other, extend to the front side and are permanently arranged on the base strip in alignment with the insertion openings, at least one guide element for connecting the base strip to the male connector, the guide element being positioned between two insertion openings of the male connector and between two plug receivers of the base strip corresponding to the two insertion openings when the male connector is mounted on the base strip, and with the guide element arranged in a connection area between elements selected from the group consisting of a) a first base strip element and a second base strip element, and b) a first male connector element and a second male connector element.