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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2001
Hans-Otto Geltsch, Rohr, DE;
Rainer Schmidt, Nuremberg, DE;
Framatome Connectors International, Courbevo, FR;
Abstract
An electrical connector plug comprising a connector housing ( ) with at least a first locking element ( ) that is rigid and a counter-connector housing ( ) which is complementarily to the connector housing ( ) with at least a second locking element that is resilient ( ) and a spring element ( ) for increasing a spring force and together with the first and second locking elements ( ) define an unstable swell point. Furthermore, during movement of the counter-connector housing ( ) in the direction of insertion (F) into the connector housing ( ), the first locking element ( ) presses so strongly against the second locking element ( ), that the spring element ( ) located in the second locking element ( ) builds up a tension with the swell point being reached by using tension from the spring element ( ).