Electrical connector

Abstract

Abstract The invention relates to a lockable electrical connector having a connector housing with chambers for a plurality of plug contact elements and a mating connector housing having chambers for a plurality of mating plug contact elements, as well as a latching, locking device, for locking the two housings, which, on the connector housing, has latching tabs and a spring clip, which interacts with the latching tabs, is U-shaped, and is supported on the connector housing, as well as a latching edge on the mating connector housing behind which the latching tabs engage, and which locking device has an operating key acting on the spring clip, to unlock it, the spring clip (16) being a sheet metal part, stamped from a sheet, which is supported on edge and acts on a rocker arm (7), the latching tabs (10) being arranged on the rocker arm. <IMAGE>

Inventors

• 👤 Bernd Zinn

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