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US 2017/0373435 A1Published application
Plug-in connection having a locking element
AssigneeHirschmann Automotive GmbH
InventorAlexander DENZ
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AssigneeHirschmann Automotive GmbH
InventorAlexander DENZ
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The invention relates to a plug-in connection, comprising a plug connector having a plug connector housing (1) and comprising a mating plug connector that can be plugged together with the plug connector, wherein the plug connector has a superstructure (4) and the superstructure (4) accommodates a locking element (8) in a preliminary latching position and a final latching position, wherein the plug connector has first latching means and the locking element (8) has first latching means corresponding thereto and the mating plug connector has further latching means and the locking element (8) has further latching means corresponding thereto, wherein the locking element (8) is first fastened to the plug connector in the preliminary latching position by means of the first latching means corresponding to each other before the mating plug connector is inserted into the plug connector, and the further latching means corresponding to each other are actuated by means of the insertion of the mating plug connector into the plug connector, whereby the locking element (8) can be moved into the final latching position thereof, characterized in that the plug connector housing (1) and the locking element (8) have third latching means corresponding to each other, by means of which additional locking of the locking element (8) to the plug connector occurs when the locking element has been moved into the final latching position thereof.
A connector assembly comprising a plug connector having a plug connector housing and a mating plug connector that can be assembled therewith, the plug connector having a superstructure that receives a locking element in a partially latched position and a fully latched position, where the plug connector has first latch formations and the locking element has first latch formations that are complementary thereto while the mating plug connector has second latch formations complementary to second latch formations of the locking element, the locking element being secured initially in the partially latched position on the plug connector before the mating plug connector is inserted into the plug connector and the second mutually complementary latch formations being actuated by insertion of the mating plug connector into the plug connector so that the locking element can be moved into its fully latched position, wherein the plug connector housing and the locking element have third mutually complementary latch formations with which a third locking of the locking element on the plug connector takes place when the locking element has been moved into its fully latched position.
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