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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2000
Paul Gerhard Halbach, Wuppertal, DE;
Martin Herlitz, Remscheid, DE;
Peter Schekalla, Wuppertal, DE;
Kamil Uc, Wuppertal, DE;
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A plug connector ( ) for light conductors comprises two connector parts ( ) which can be plugged together and locked to one another and of which at least one ( ) is provided with at least one optical ferrule ( ). The ferrule ( ) which is associated with a first connector part ( ) can be locked via a locking device ( ) with the other connector part ( ). The first connector part ( ) comprises a base part ( ) which accommodates the ferrule ( ), a housing ( ) which is movable in the plugging or axial direction ( ) over a definite range relative to the base part ( ) and a secondary locking element ( ) which is movable in the plugging or axial direction (S) in each case over a definite range both relative to the base part ( ) and relative to the housing ( ), said secondary locking element ( ) being resiliently supported at the base part ( ) and being urged by the spring force into a forward securing position when viewed in the plugging direction (S) in which it secures the locking of the ferrule ( ) when the connector parts ( ) are plugged together. The secondary locking element ( ) can be first moved out of its securing position against the spring force during the plugging together of the two connector parts ( ) in order to enable a locking of the ferrule ( ). It assumes its securing position again only after the completion of the locking. The secondary locking element ( ) is movable out of its securing position during the separation of the two connector parts ( ) with a drawing back of the housing ( ) relative to the base part ( ) against the spring force in order to enable an unlocking of the ferrule ( ).