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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2000
Filed:
May. 12, 1999
Ralf Jaklin, Liederbach, DE;
Andreas Machill, Idstein, DE;
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector with a housing and with a contact locking element is specified, the housing being of substantially cuboid-shaped design with a front face, a cable-side end face and four side walls, and the housing having at least two chambers for each receiving one electrical contact and that extend from the front face to the cable-side end face, the housing having an opening through a first side wall, that runs perpendicular to the chambers between the chambers and into that the contact locking element can be pushed in order to lock the electrical contacts in the chambers, the contact locking element having at least two opposite wall parts that reduce the clear width of the chambers when the contact locking element is inserted, the contact locking element having a recess between the two wall parts, and the two wall parts being connected to one another by way of a guide rib, in such a way that the wall parts are designed to be flexible towards the recess and rigid perpendicular thereto, in the direction of insertion.