Patent ID: 6290525
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A plug connector comprising:a sleeve-shaped male plug part configured to be connected to an electric connecting cable and having contact elements;a matching female plug part having matching counter contact elements configured to provide electric contact with the contact elements in a contact position established when the male plug part is inserted into the female plug part;the female plug part having a sleeve-shaped housing having an inner circumferential surface with a locking edge;the male plug part comprising a locking sleeve and an outer sleeve configured to be axially slipped onto the locking sleeve in an assembly direction and rotatably seated radially outwardly on the locking sleeve;the outer sleeve having several locking tabs configured to engage the locking edge in the contact position;the locking sleeve having several tongue-shaped thickened portions distributed circumferentially about the locking sleeve;the tongue-shaped thickened portions having radially outwardly positioned locking surfaces shaped as a portion of a cone envelope;the locking tabs being spaced circumferentially from one another by an angular spacing so as to allow the tongue-shaped thickened portions to pass between the locking tabs when the outer sleeve is slipped onto the locking sleeve;the outer sleeve being rotatable about a rotational angle of one half of the angular spacing between the locking tabs so as to align the locking tabs and the tongue-shaped thickened portions with one another in the axial direction, wherein the locking surfaces are configured to act on the locking tabs when an axial load acts on the locking sleeve in a direction counter to the assembly direction in order to prevent the male plug part and the female plug part from separating in the contact position.