Electrical connection for motor vehicles

Claim 1

An electrical connection, in particular for motor vehicles, having a male part (10) and having a female part (40), whose female part (40) has a receptacle (41) which is complementary to the insertion profile (11) of the male part (10) and has at least one contact pin (42), which, in the coupled case (42') moves into the male part (10) and makes contact there with a contact sleeve (12) assigned to it, and whose male part (10) comprises a housing (20) having at least one tubular channel (21) for the contact sleeve (12), and an end plate having at least one through-hole (32) for the contact pin (42) of the female part (40), the end plate is connected to the housing (20) by means of complementary longitudinal guide elements and is displaceable between at least two axial positions with respect to the housing (20), namely on the one hand, an extended position which allows axial insertion assembly (22) of the contact sleeve (12) in the housing (20) until a sprung tongue which is located on the housing (20) snaps behind a shoulder (16) on the contact sleeve (12) which is located in a defined assembly position, and, on the other hand, a pushed-in position in which the longitudinal guide elements which are located on the end plate enter the spring path of the tongue and in consequence lock the contact sleeve (12) in its assembled position, wherein, the end plate is formed by the apex wall (31) of a cap (30) which has a U-shaped profile and whose side walls (33,33',33") are longitudinally guided on the outer contour (44) of the housing (20), the tubular wall (23) of the housing (20) is longitudinally split (24) in one section and forms, between two gaps (24), an outward-sprung tongue (25) which extends in the longitudinal guide region (39) of the cap side wall (33 to 33") on the housing (20), the spring path (48) of the tongue (25) extends radially beyond the outer contour (44) of the housing (20), and, although the cap releases the spring path (48) of the tongue (25) in its extended position (30) by means of its cap side wall (33) facing the tongue (25), it at least partially covers the tongue (25), however, in its pushed-in position (30').