Electrical external connector
US4986770A · kind A · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 18, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jan 22, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 18, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R13/436
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An external connector with an additional lock for a multipolar electrical coupling. The connector includes consisting largely of a connector housing and an additional locking element, with the connector housing possessing contact element chambers organized next to each other in a line, each chamber having a connector opening in the bottom and an opposite insertion opening, with a slider core opening being located preferably next to the connector opening, and with the additional locking element being equipped with a bottom plate that forms the connector profile of the external connector, and with vertical flexible spring locking tongues being spaced parellel to each other along the bottom plate of the additional locking element, which in turn is set against the bottom wall of the external connector housing, and with these flexible spring locking tongues being equipped with detents on their upper unconnected ends, and the detents each penetrating a recess opening, providing access through the chamber wall to one of the chambers of the connector housing.
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