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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1998
Johan Vanbesien, Ypres, BE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A cable connector with a grounding contact having a bipartite connector housing formed of two mutually closable parts having therein a strip member formed of plastic material and provided with plug-in contacts, and a grounding plate having at one side thereof a terminal element for cable shielding, and on another side thereof a plurality of contact lugs extending at an angle away from the grounding plate, includes insulation-piercing connecting devices formed on the plug-in contacts of the strip member in a line terminal region thereof, the insulation-piercing connecting devices being accessible from an outer side of the strip member, the contact lugs being formed and arranged in the vicinity of the insulation-piercing connecting devices so that they can make contact with the respective insulation-piercing connecting devices assigned thereto, when the two parts of the connector housing are closed.