Connector

A connector comprising a first member (1) forming a female member and a second member (2) forming a male member arranged to cooperate with said female member along a longitudinal axis (3), said first member housing a spring (60) for biasing a claw means (44-49) having at least one claw (44) arranged to engage a detent (25) in said second member, and a further spring (78) for producing a spring bias applied to a latch means (70-74), said latch means including at least one arm (73) arranged to engage over an outer surface of said at least one claw (44) arranged to prevent opening of said claw means, said latch means further including at least one first magnetic member (76) to facilitate said latch means to disengage said detent against said spring bias, whereby, in operation, when said second member (2) Is moved in a first direction into said first member (1), said second member initially raises said latch means (70-74) against the applied spring bias of the further spring (78), further motion in said first direction opens the at least one claw (44), continued motion in said first direction causes the simultaneous operation of the claw (44) to move Into said detent (25) under the bias of said spring (60) and said latch means (70-74) to move into contact with said claw means (44-49) under the further spring (78) bias thereof to prevent said at least one claw (44) from opening until the latch is lifted by a second magnetic member (590,1080) acting in cooperation with said at least one first magnetic member (76) to lift the latch means out of said contact and the second member is be removed from the first member in a second direction opposite to said first direction.