Electric plug and socket connector
US4941838A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 29, 1988 |
| Grant date | Jul 17, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 29, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R13/639
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
This invention concerns a lockable electric plug and socket connector with a plug enclosure with compartments for several plug contact elements and a mating plug enclosure with compartments for several mating plug contact elements as well as a snap action locking device for locking the two enclosures that have catch noses on the plug enclosure and a U-shaped spring clip mounted on the enclosure so it acts together with the catch noses and a catch edge on the mating plug enclosure so the catch noses can lock behind it, and it has an operating tab that acts on the spring clip to unlock the enclosures, the spring clip (16) is a metal part punched from sheet metal and placed on edge so it acts on a toggle lever (7), and the catch noses (10) are located on the toggle lever.
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