Electrical connector with an element which positions the connection pins

Claim 1

An electrical connector, comprising a housing (2) of electrically insulating material with a connection side (13), a connection pin output side (11) and a contact side (8) and provided with a number of contact elements (6) of electrically conducting material accommodated in channels (5) and, each with a contact end (7) situated at the contact side (8) of the housing (2), for contacting a further connector, and a connection end provided with an L-shaped connection pin (9), having a fixed leg (10) fixed to the connection end of the contact element (6) extending from the connection pin output side (11) of the housing (2) lying opposite the contact side (8), a bend and a free leg (12) for mounting on a printed circuit board substantially perpendicular to the fixed leg (10) and extending to beyond the connection side (13) of the housing (2) running at right angles to the connection pin output side (11), and comprising a bending anvil having a curved bending face (18) for bending the connection pins (9) to an L-shaped, characterized in that the bending anvil is separated from the connector housing (2) and is provided with a positioning element (14) of electrically insulating material between the connection pin output side (11) and the bending anvil, said positioning element (14) has bores (16) extending perpendicular to the plane of the connection pin output side (11) of the connector housing (2) for accommodating and supporting the fixed legs (10) of the connection pins (9) that the bores (16) merge into the respective curved bending faces (18) of the anvil such that the bore openings are immediately adjacent to the beginning of the corresponding curved bending faces (18); that the opposite bore openings are tapered and that the positioning element (14) is provided with aligning and positioning means (20, 23) for aligning it to the connector housing (2), and the face of the positioning element (14) facing the connection pin output side (13) is provided with flanges (20) which extend at right angles to said element face and grip over the corresponding side faces of the connector housing (2).