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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1997
Uwe Steinhauser, Filderstadt, DE;
Stefan Fenger, Waiblingen, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A multi-plug electrical connector includes an interlocking element. The connector is coupled to a mating connector, such that the interlocking forces of the interlocking element are independent of the unlocking forces of the interlocking element when the connector is released from the mating connector. For this purpose, the interlocking element is actuated to interlock and, to release the interlocking arrangement in directions that differ from one another. Flexural regions and walls, as well as webs of the interlocking element are resiliently deformed. The connector is preferably used in automobile manufacturing under conditions of high stress due to shaking.