Patent ID: 11962110
Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY ITALIA DISTRIBUTION S.R.L.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A housing assembly for an electrical connector, comprising:
a base element having an opening;
a cover for covering the opening; and
a locking mechanism having a slidable member movable into a locking position in which the locking mechanism locks the cover relative to the base element, the locking mechanism has a transmission element for transmitting force and movement onto the locking mechanism, the transmission element has a first tool interface with an elongated hole complementary to a first external tool and a second tool interface with a recessed shape complementary to a second external tool, the first tool interface and the second tool interface respectively receive the first external tool and the second external tool for applying force and movement onto the transmission element, the second tool interface is accessible parallel to a rotation axis of the transmission element.