Connector assembly
AssigneeFci
InventorHarald Klein
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Abstract
It is proposed a connection system for connecting a contact receptacle of a connector and a contact header of a counterpart connector. The connection system includes locking means for maintaining the contact receptacle in an intermediate position into a frame of the connector, and unlocking means for releasing the contact receptacle from its intermediate position.
Claims17
A method for connecting a contact receptacle of a connector and a contact header of a counterpart connector, comprising the steps of:
- locking the contact receptacle in an intermediate position into a frame of the connector,
- mating the contact header to the contact receptacle,
- releasing the contact receptacle from its intermediate position into the frame after only a partial amount of the mating of the contact header to the contact receptacle.
A connection system for connecting a contact receptacle of a connector and a contact header of a counterpart connector, comprising:
- first locking means for maintaining the contact receptacle in an intermediate position into a frame of the connector, and
- unlocking means for releasing the contact receptacle from its intermediate position after partial insertion of the connector into the counterpart connector, wherein the contact receptacle is released from the intermediate position with the frame before reaching a final insertion position of the connector into the counterpart connector.
A connector for plugging in a counterpart connector, the connector comprising:
- a frame, and
- a contact receptacle that is movable into the frame,
- wherein first locking means of the frame and first locking means of the contact receptacle are designed to lock the contact receptacle in an intermediate position into the frame, and second locking means of the contact receptacle are designed to lock the contact receptacle to the counterpart connector, wherein the first locking means are designed to be unlocked after the second locking means locks the contact receptacle to the counterpart connector, and wherein a third locking means is designed to subsequently lock the frame with the counterpart connector by further insertion of the frame into the counterpart connector after the contact receptacle is fully connected with the counterpart connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.