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US 2004/0005806 A1Published application
Electrical plug connector
AssigneeAmphenol-Tuchel Electronics GmbH
InventorAlfred Annecke
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Abstract
The invention concerns an electrical plug connector with a housing having a housing body and a trunk projecting therefrom for receiving electrically connected contact elements for establishing contact with corresponding contact portions of an associated receptacle as well as with spring-acting catch arms on the trunk for making the housing fast in corresponding recesses of the receptacle.
Claims14
An electrical plug connector, in particular for use between a receptacle (ignitor) and an electrical control device for a restraint system in motor vehicles, comprising:
- a housing having a housing body and a trunk projecting therefrom for receiving electrically connected contact elements for the purpose of contacting corresponding contact parts of the receptacle;
- catch arms with spring effect on the trunk for fixing the housing in corresponding recesses of the receptacle, the catch arms are joined at the end of the trunk and from there pass, at a distance from the trunk, in the direction toward the housing body;
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- a locking element that can be plugged onto the housing, the locking element comprises spring-acting locking arms for making fast to at least one of the elements receptacle or housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.