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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1997
Jean-Michel Dechanteloup, Le Mans, FR;
Jean-Yves Lecoq, Mulsanne, FR;
Framatome Connectors International, Courbevoie, FR;
Abstract
The module comprises a connection box that can be coupled to a similar box belonging to a complementary module, and a retention plate adapted to lock each of a number of electric contacts between a shoulder of a passage and a resilient pawl integral with the relation plate, which is movable between a retracted contact-insertion/-extraction position and a forward contact-retention position. Each pawl is extended by a finger having a curved end and a shape such that it is stopped against a terminal projection of the box when the plate is in its retracted position, and it then moves the pawl away from the contact-retention position thereof.