Snap-In Bridge Connector

A snap-in bridge connector comprising a housing having a housing base, multiple side walls and a housing lid with multiple insertion openings, a current rail positioned on an inside of opposing side walls of the housing, a contacting spring array with multiple contacting spring elements and a preloading spring array with multiple preloading spring elements positioned inside the housing respectively, wherein the contacting spring array has a ridge shape with a connection ridge connecting the multiple contacting spring elements, wherein the contacting spring elements are positioned pairwise on opposing sides of the connection ridge, wherein each preloading spring element of the multiple preloading spring elements is set up to hold a respective contacting spring element of the multiple contacting spring elements in a preloaded position, wherein each preloading spring element is set up to be actuated by a wire inserted into the housing via an insertion opening of the housing lid and to release the respective contacting spring element from the preloaded position, wherein the respective contacting spring element released from the preloaded position is set up to contact the inserted wire to the current rail.