Rotatable safety locking system for electrical connector

A method for manufacturing a connector, comprising:

• providing the connector comprising a housing and a safety locking system (SLS);
• inserting the SLS, in a translational movement preferably orthogonally oriented toward a mating insertion movement, into one or several insertion slots existing within the connector housing;
• continuing the translational movement until achieving a pivoting link between the SLS and the connector housing, by sliding and elastically snapping two pivots into to two pivoting holes borne by the SLS and the connector housing, respectively or reversely;
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• rotating the SLS into its unlocking position, thus sliding and elastically snapping one or several prelock latches into a position of abutment with a connector prelock shoulder of the connector housing so as to prevent a rotational movement of the SLS toward its locking position, and thus maintaining the connector ready for being mated by an insertion movement.

A method for mating/unmating a connector, comprising:

• providing the connector comprising a connector housing and a safety locking system (SLS) with its SLS in unlocking position;
• mating the connector with a counter-connector by inserting a connector guiding part and a counter-connector guiding part within each other, thus preferably sliding and elastically snapping at least one connector latch and one counter-connector latch within each other that prevent an extraction movement;
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• rotating the SLS into its locking position, thereby providing a supplementary safety in preventing unmating of the connector and the counter-connector from each other, such locking rotation preferably sliding and snapping within each other a latch and a locking edge that are borne by the SLS and the connector housing, respectively or reversely.