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 multilayered wiring plate, the combination of a plurality of contact pins disposed at respective raster points, means supporting Said pins in 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 a transverse cross section adjacent the free ends thereof which diminishes toward such free ends to a minimum thereat, forming respective tapering end portions, said wiring plate having mounted thereon at each corresponding cooperable raster point a resilient annularly shaped contact element having in its rest position internal dimensions greater than the minimum transverse dimensions of the free end of the cooperable contact pin and less than the maximum transverse dimensions of the tapering portion thereof whereby said pins are operable, upon axial movement toward and into engagement with the respective contact elements to enter the same, with the tapering portion firmly engaging such contact element to effect a conductive connection therewith, and means on said wiring plate effecting conductive connection of said contact elements to respective conductor lines associated with such plate.