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Device for latching a connector device and associated tool

US8360796B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 14, 2008
Grant dateJan 29, 2013
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Expiry dateMar 23, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R43/26
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A device for latching a first connector to a complementary second connector. The device including a female element that is fixed to the first connector and delimits a housing open axially rearward, at least one elastically deformable retaining finger that projects radially inside the housing of the female element, a male element that is carried by the second connector and includes a latching front section furnished with a retaining notch, the latching section being adapted to be inserted axially from the rear toward the front into the housing of the female element as far as a front latching position in which the retaining finger is received in the retaining notch to immobilize the first connector axially on the second connector.

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