Patent · US Expired

Plug connector having a secondary locking device

US6530799B2 · kind B2 · utility

30Cited by

4References

18Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Framatome Connectors International · FR

Inventors

Vincent Regnier · Spardorf, DE
Michael Gunreben · Schwanstetten, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 15, 2001
Grant date	Mar 11, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 15, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R13/639
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A plug connector (1) is disclosed having a secondary locking device (8) with legs (10), which fix the locking arms (5) of the plug connector (1) in their final locked position in a socket (16). The secondary locking device (8) also has a spring arm (12) with a step (13), which is supported on a locking projection (15) formed on the housing (2) of the plug connector (1), which holds the secondary locking device (8) in a pre-locked position, where the step (13) is only lifted from the locking projection (15) during the insertion of the plug connector (1) into the socket (16). Thereafter, the secondary locking device (8) can be locked into the final locked position.

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