Plug-in type connector having short signal path

Claim 1

In a plug-in type connector for the releasable connection of electrical lines, at predetermined raster points, between a multilayered assembly plate, including micromodules carried thereon at one side thereof, and conductor lines of a multilayered wiring plate, the combination of a plurality of contact pins disposed at respective raster points, means supporting said pins is fixed operative positions with such pins extending adjacent and perpendicularly to said assembly plate, means on said supporting means conductively connecting the respective pins to cooperable conductor lines on said assembly plate, the respective pins having free end faces which extend angularly relative to their respective pin axes, forming respective wedge-shaped end portions, said wiring plate having openings therein at each corresponding cooperable raster point in which are disposed respective hollow contact elements of a size to receive the free ends of said pins, and a plurality of spring members having elongated free end portions extending from the rear side of the wiring plate into respective hollow contact elements, with the end faces of said free ends of the members extending angularly relative to their respective axes, forming respective wedge-shaped end portions arranged for engagement with the corresponding end portions of said contact pins upon insertion of the latter into said hollow contact elements, said spring members having a configuration and supported in such manner that they are operative to exert pressure in a direction perpendicular to the plane of said wiring plate, whereby the angular faces of the contact pins are operative to direct the corresponding ends of respective cooperable spring members into wedging engagement between such pins and the adjacent inner wall of the associated hollow contact member, to provide a conductive connection therebetween.