FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT OF A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM

The invention relates to a functional element (21 of a telecommunications system, having contact springs arranged in a housing (22), wherein the contact springs form connection elements (26) for connecting cable cores of a subscriber cable and/or system cable and/or patch cable, on the front side (25) of the housing, particularly as IDC contacts. In a section separated from the the contact elements, contact points (27) formed by the contact springs touch each other when forming a separator, or are separated from each other when forming a switch element with a separating strip arranged between the contact springs. According to the invention, the separating strip (28) positioned between the contact springs located opposite each other has a smaller width than the contact springs, wherein to form a switch element, the separating strip contacts the contact springs located opposite each other in such a manner that the contact points of the contact springs are separated from each other, and wherein to form a separator, the separating strip (28) projects into recesses of the contact springs (23', 24') located opposite each other in such a way that the contact points of the contact springs touch.