Miniature switch connector

Switch connector arrangement comprising:

• at least two switch connectors for mounting on a printed circuit board, adapted to receive a mating connector in an insertion direction along an insertion axis (C), each of the switch connector comprising:
• a shield;
• a contact element;
• a contact spring having at least one fixed leg, at least one elastically deflectable switching leg, and at least one spring bend, the fixed leg and the switching leg extending from the spring bend in a common direction and passing the insertion axis (C), the switching leg being adapted to be moved by insertion of the mating connector from a rest position, at which the switching leg exerts a spring force onto the contact element, to a switching position, at which the switching leg is spaced apart from the contact element;
• at least one spring force flux that in the rest position is generated by the switching leg and guided in a closed loop to the fixed leg;
• and
• the shields being arranged in the closed loop of the spring force flux and formed from a common integral shield body.

Switch connector arrangement comprising:

• at least two switch connectors for mounting on a printed circuit board, adapted to receive a mating connector in an insertion direction along an insertion axis (C), each of the switch connector comprising:
• a shield;
• a contact element;
• and
• a contact spring having at least one fixed leg, at least one elastically deflectable switching leg, and at least one spring bend, the fixed leg and the switching leg extending from the spring bend in a common direction and passing the insertion axis (C), the switching leg being adapted to be moved by insertion of the mating connector from a rest position, at which the switching leg exerts a spring force onto the contact element, to a switching position, at which the switching leg is spaced apart from the contact element;
• at least one spring force flux that in the rest position is generated by the switching leg and guided in a closed loop to the fixed leg;
• and
• a housing for the at least two switch connectors formed from a common integral housing body.

A connector assembly, comprising:

• a switch connector for mounting on a printed circuit board and defining an insertion axis (C), the switch connector comprising:
• a contact element;
• a contact spring having at least one fixed leg, at least one elastically deflectable switching leg, and at least one spring bend, the fixed leg and the switching leg extending from the spring bend in a common direction and passing the insertion axis (C);
• a shield comprising at least one support member, and the fixed leg, in a projection direction which points in insertion direction, being arranged in front of the support member;
• and
• at least one spring force flux that in the rest position is generated by the switching leg and guided in a closed loop to the fixed leg;
• and
• the shield being arranged in the closed loop of the spring force flux;
• and
• a mating connector receivable in the insertion direction along an insertion axis, and configured to move and exert a switching force onto the switching leg when inserted, the switching force directed perpendicular to the support member and towards the center of the support member.