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Electrical plug connector with a locking device

US5979047A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 8, 1997
Grant dateNov 9, 1999
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Expiry dateOct 8, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/4922
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical plug connector includes a housing being formed of insulating material and having at least one contact chamber. A contact element is to be inserted in the at least one contact chamber in a given plugging direction. A locking device for the contact element is movable transversely to the given plugging direction, is formed of insulating material and is constructed as a slide. The locking device is transversely moveable between an initial detent position permitting the contact element to be inserted into the at least one contact chamber, and a final detent position locking the contact element. The housing and the locking device are formed from a thermoplastic synthetic having the same or different properties and are produced by multicomponent injection molding with the housing being injection molded directly on the slide.

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