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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1987
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1986
Bernhard Weingartner, Feldkirch, AT;
Neutrik Aktiengesellschaft, Schaan, LI;
Abstract
A first and a second connector member adapted to be plugged together to establish an electrical connection therebetween are each formed to include a housing member, a contact element carrier made of electrically insulating material mounted within the housing, and elongate contact elements mounted in the carrier and adapted to be placed in electrical conducting engagement with each other when the first and second connector members are plugged together, the contact elements being arranged to be brought into abutting engagement in pairs with their longitudinal axes extending parallel to each other, the contact elements including contact portions which comprise at least parts thereof having a generally planar configuration, with the contact elements being supported in the carrier so that the planar portions thereof are arranged with their planes extending perpendicularly relative to each other when the first and second connector members are plugged together.