Right-angled plug-type connector

Claim 1

A right-angled plug-type connector having a plurality of contact elements which are fixed parallel to one another in a desired pattern, said connector comprising a plate-shaped retaining member being composed of insulating material and having a pair of spaced-apart projections extending from one side thereof, said projections having facing grooves, said retaining member having a plurality of through bores being arranged in a desired pattern; a plurality of contact elements being fixed in said pattern of through bores of the retaining member, each of said contact elements having a right-angled terminal portion extending from said one side of the retaining member; and a fixing plate of elastically yieldable material having a plurality of bores extending from a first side to a second side in the desired pattern, said fixing plate having a tubular extension for each of the bores of the fixing plate, each extension being integral with the fixing plate and extending from the first side thereof, said fixing plate being received between said projections the first side adjacent said one side and with the ends of the fixing plate in said grooves by flexing said plate in order to be inserted between said projections with a snap fit with the tubular extensions and bores of the fixing plate being arranged to extend perpendicular to the through bores of the retaining member and with the terminal portions of the contact elements being inserted through the tubular extensions and their associated bores in the fixing plate to form prongs projecting from the second side of the fixing plate and at right angles to the through bores of the retaining member.