Electrical connector with a contact-ensuring slide
US6080023A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 2, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jun 27, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 2, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R13/4362
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The electrical connector has a basic body, at least one contact element inserted into the basic body, and a contact-ensuring slide. The slide is brought into engagement with the basic body and, when it is properly engaged, the contact element is ensured not to be displaced from its proper position in the basic body. The basic body and the contact-ensuring slide are formed with guide elements for specifically guiding the basic body and the contact-ensuring slide when the latter two are brought into engagement. Latching elements latch the basic body and the contact-ensuring slide. The guide elements and the latching elements of the electrical connector are spatially separated from one another. The contact-ensuring slide is placed onto the basic body along a direction which is transverse to a plug-in direction of the electrical connector, and it includes an end plate which covers the end face of the basic body when said contact-ensuring slide is disposed on the basic body, except for contact openings through which the contact elements inside the connector are accessible.
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