Patent ID: 9287647
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. An electrical zero force plug type connector comprising: a plurality of sleeve contacts movable between opened and closed positions; a socket housing holding the sleeve contacts and having a hook and a seal; an assembly connector having connector pins and a lug; a bolt arranged on the socket housing and movable against the socket housing from an unlocked position into a locked position after the socket housing and the assembly connector are joined; and a slider extending through an opening of the seal and connected to the bolt and to the sleeve contacts such that as the bolt moves between the unlocked and locked positions the slider moves through the opening of the seal and moves the sleeve contacts between the opened and closed positions; wherein while the socket housing and the assembly connector are joined and the bolt is in the unlocked position, the sleeve contacts are in the opened position, the connector pins are inserted into the sleeve contacts, and the hook latches with the lug and the seal bears on an inner wall of the assembly connector; wherein while the socket housing and the assembly connector are joined and the bolt is in the locked position, the sleeve contacts are in the closed position, the connector pins inserted into the sleeve contacts are held therein, and the bolt locks latching of the hook with the lug.