Patent ID: 9537267
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A connector for a safety restraint system, comprising: a plug connector; at least two terminals assigned to the plug connector having corresponding signal lines, wherein the at least two terminals are in electrical contact with each other in the uncoupled or incorrectly coupled condition of the plug connector in order to allow an electrical monitoring of the correct coupling of the plug connector; and a connector position assurance member which is insertable into the plug connector and which upon full-insertion into the plug connector separates contact between the at least two terminals, wherein the electrical contact between the at least two terminals is established by a contact means which is provided in form of two bendable contact tongues, each tongue associated with one of the at least two terminals and being oriented essentially in plug-in direction, whereby the two contact tongues are arranged in an x-shape orientation with respect to each other and contacting each other in the uncoupled or incorrectly coupled condition of the plug connector, so that due to an x-shaped orientation of the two contact tongues upon moving the free ends of the two contact tongues towards each other the two contact tongues are moved out of contact with each other.