Connector with double-action latch for a diesel-engine glow plug
AssigneeHirschmann Automotive GmbH
InventorsJurgen Hafele, Werner Jager
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Abstract
A plug-in connector for a diesel-engine glow plug has a housing centered on an axis and fittable with the glow plug and a plurality of contacts in the housing. A first latch on the housing is displaceable when the housing is fitted to the glow plug between an unlocked position permitting the housing to be installed on and removed from the glow plug and a locked position for fixing the housing to the glow plug. A second latch on the housing is displaceable between an unlocked position permitting the first latch to move between its locked and unlocked positions and a locked positions holding the first latch in its locked position.
Claims6
In combination with a diesel-engine glow plug, a plug-in connector comprising:
- a housing centered on an axis and fittable with the glow plug;
- a plurality of contacts in the housing;
- first locking means on the housing displaceable when the housing is fitted to the glow plug between an unlocked a position for permitting the housing to be installed on and 9 removed from the glow plug and a locked position for fixing the housing to the glow plug;
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- second locking means on the housing displaceable between an unlocked position for permitting the first locking means to move between its locked and unlocked positions and a locked positions holding the first locking means in its locked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.