Data Contact Device and Vehicle Communication Network with Data Contact Device

A data contact means for data exchange between network participants of a communications network, in particular a vehicle communications network, the data contact means having a first contact module and a second contact module that is arranged next to the first contact module,

• the first contact module having a first contact housing and a first contact arrangement that has at least one first contact element,
• the second contact module having a second contact housing and a second contact arrangement that has at least one second contact element,
• the first contact housing and the second contact housing each circumferentially enclosing, relative to a mounting axis, a contact receiver and at an end face having a contact opening, which extends along the mounting axis,
• the first contact element being arranged in the contact receiver of the first contact housing, and the second contact element being arranged in the contact receiver of the second contact housing,
• the first contact element being designed for contacting a correspondingly realized first mating-contact element, and the second contact element being designed for contacting a correspondingly realized second mating-contact element,
• the first contact housing having a first recess extending through the first contact housing and arranged laterally on the first contact housing, and the second contact housing having a second recess extending through the second contact housing and arranged laterally on the second contact housing,
• the first recess being arranged along the mounting axis, offset with respect to the first contact opening, in the first contact housing, and leading into the first contact receiver,
• the second recess being arranged along the mounting axis, offset with respect to the second contact opening, in the second contact housing, and leading into the second contact receiver,
• the first recess and the second recess each being arranged on the same side of the first and second contact housing and being designed to receive a bridge-spring contact.