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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1995
Jean Ittah, Villeneuve la Garenne, FR;
Thierry Badaroux, Saint-Germain en Laye, FR;
Connecteurs Cinch, Montigny le Bretonneux, FR;
Abstract
Electrical connector assembly comprising a first housing member and a second housing member complementary to the first housing member, the second housing member having a series of passages in each of which a female electrical contact member is inserted. The first housing member includes a series of passages each adapted to receive a male electrical contact member, with the male electrical contact member having a contact part adapted to be inserted into a corresponding female contact member of the second housing member, a body including notches and elements for fixing an electrical conductor. The first housing member includes a face and a second projection on the face adapted to face towards the second housing member. The locking key is mounted on the first housing member on the side of the face adapted to face towards the second complementary housing member and includes a series of slots through which the contact parts of the male electrical contact members and an inclined resilient strip pass and near which an opening is provided for the second projection. The second housing member is provided with a housing adapted to receive the second projection, and the resilient strip is mounted so that in the pre-locked position of the key the resilient strip opposes engagement of the second projection in the housing whereas in the locked position of the key the second projection cooperates with the resilient strip to retract the resilient strip so that the second projection can be engaged to assemble the housing members.