Patent ID: 7988489
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. Housing of an electrical connector comprising a contact holder and a front grid arranged for being mounted together, wherein: —the contact holder comprises channels extending parallel to a plugging axis for receiving electrical contacts within, each channel being limited by at least one axial lateral wall comprising resilient members; wherein each resilient element can be stressed in a stress direction perpendicular to the plugging axis by an electrical contact whose position in the channel is not correct; —the front grid comprises a front panel with a plurality of transversal connecting windows for facing corresponding channels of the contact holder; characterized in that the housing comprises members for locking the front grid to the contact holder by translating the front grid with respect to the contact holder according to a locking direction perpendicular to the said stress direction and to the plugging axis, in that the front grid further comprises rear members deflectable into the said stress direction by a neighbored stressed resilient members, and in that the contact holder comprises stop members arranged for stopping corresponding deflectable members, while the front grid is translated towards the locking direction, if the deflectable members are deflected, such that the front grid cannot be locked to the contact holder if one of the rear members is deflected.