Patent ID: 7654845

Claim:
A contacting plug-and-socket connection ( 53 ) comprising: a contacting plug ( 25 ); and a contacting socket ( 97 ) assigned to a contact carrier ( 17 ), the contacting plug ( 25 ) including at least one contact element ( 58 ), and the contact carrier ( 17 ) including at least one contact surface ( 127 ), a receiving direction (a) defined between the contacting plug ( 25 ) and the contact carrier ( 17 ) corresponding to a plug-in direction, and the contacting plug ( 25 ) including at least one first contact holder ( 55 ) that holds the at least one contact element ( 58 ) and defines a position of the contact element ( 58 ) relative to the contact carrier ( 17 ), the first contact holder ( 55 ) including at least one push-in guidance element ( 143 ) that, when the contacting plug ( 25 ) is pushed into the contacting socket ( 97 ), interacts with a counter-push-in guidance element ( 140 ) to allow an additional motion of the first contact holder ( 55 ) in a transverse direction (b) that is essentially perpendicular to the receiving direction (a), and when the contacting plug ( 25 ) is plugged in the contacting socket ( 97 ), the contact element ( 58 ) lies on the contact carrier ( 17 ) with a certain contact force (F K ), wherein when the contacting plug ( 25 ) is not plugged in the contacting socket ( 97 ), a U-shaped section ( 61 ) of the contact element ( 58 ) protrudes over a contact surface ( 64 ) of the first contact holder ( 55 ) in the traverse direction (b), and when the contacting plug ( 25 ) is plugged in the contacting socket ( 97 ), the contact surface ( 64 ) lies flush on the contact carrier ( 17 ), whereby the contact force (F K ) is independent of a force (F) acting between the contacting plug 25 and the contact carrier ( 17 ), and is independent of a material thickness (S 16 ) of the contact carrier ( 17 ).