# US 10,770,835 B2 · Plug connector part having housing body and housing part which together form housing for receiving plug contact element therein > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,770,835 B2 - Document ID: US10770835B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/819,311 - Filed: 2020-03-16 - Published: 2020-07-09 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2017-10-17 - Assignees: Kostal Kontakt Syteme GmbH - Applicants: Kostal Kontakt Systeme GmbH - Inventors: Georg Schroeder - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10770835B2 ## CPC - H01R 13/432: by stamped-out resilient tongue snapping behind shoulder in base or case - H01R 13/6272: {comprising a single latching arm} - H01R 13/422: Securing in resilient one-piece base or case, {e.g. by friction}; One-piece base or case formed with resilient locking means - H01R 13/4362: {comprising a temporary and a final locking position} - H01R 13/639: Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together, after engagement, {e.g. separate keylock, retainer strap} - H01R 43/16: for manufacturing contact members, e.g. by punching and by bending - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS ## Abstract An electrical plug connector includes a housing and a plug contact. The housing includes a housing body and a housing part which together form the housing with a receiving chamber therein. The housing body and the housing part are movable relative to one another perpendicularly to a plug-in direction and can be stably fixed to one another in a pre-locking position and in an end-locking position. The plug contact is connected to an electrical connection line and has a detent spring. The plug contact is inserted along the plug-in direction into the receiving chamber. The housing part has a locking arm having a detent protrusion. The detent spring engages the detent protrusion after the plug contact is inserted into the receiving chamber in the pre-locking position. The locking arm fixes the plug contact in the receiving chamber in a form-fit manner in the end-locking position. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electrical plug connector part comprising: a housing body having a wall section; a housing part having a locking arm including a free end section; the housing body and the housing part together form a housing having a channel and a receiving chamber at an end of the channel with the channel and the receiving chamber being bounded by the wall section of the housing body, the housing body and the housing part are situated so as to be movable relative to one another perpendicularly to a plug-in direction and can be stably fixed to one another in a pre-locking position and in an end-locking position; a plug contact element having a detent spring, the plug contact element is insertable along the plug-in direction into the channel and from the channel into the receiving chamber; wherein in the pre-locking position the free end section of the locking arm forms on the wall section of the housing body a detent protrusion protruding out from the wall section and into the channel and the detent spring of the plug contact element engages the detent protrusion as the plug contact element is inserted from the channel into the receiving chamber; and in the end-locking position the free end section of the locking arm with the detent protrusion extends further into the channel and the locking arm fixes the plug contact element in the receiving chamber in a form-fit manner by the detent spring of the plug contact element being locked behind the free end section of the locking arm when the plug contact element is inserted into the receiving chamber. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electrical plug connector part of claim 1 wherein: the plug contact element has a one-piece design. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electrical plug connector part of claim 1 wherein: the detent spring is formed by a surface section of the plug contact element, whose boundary lines extending longitudinally are oriented at an angle to one another. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electrical plug connector part of claim 1 wherein: the plug contact element is connected to an electrical connection line. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The electrical plug connector part of claim 4 wherein: in the end-locking position, the housing part and the housing body in cooperation fasten a section of the electrical connection line, encased with insulation, in a clamping manner. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electrical plug connector part of claim 1 wherein: the free end section of the locking arm of the housing part has a guide bevel to facilitate sliding engagement of the detent spring with the detent protrusion so that the plug contact element can be inserted from the channel into the receiving chamber without being caught on the detent protrusion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electrical plug connector part of claim 1 wherein: the plug contact element further includes a contact box from which the detent spring of the plug contact element extends; and the locking arm fixes the plug contact element in the receiving chamber in the form-fit manner by the contact box of the plug contact element also being locked behind the free end section of the locking arm.