Patent ID: 6244888
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A low insertion force electrical connector comprising at least a base provided with a blind recess, and a plug sized and shaped to be received in the recess, this base having pin contacts, and this plug being connected to a bundle of electrical cables by means of electrical contacts, characterized in that the base and the plug comprise conjugal means on the base and plug for guidingly translating the plug into the base and for locking the plug in the base, a portion of the conjugal means on the base including a guide groove formed in the base, said groove opening into a swing and lock hole of the base, wherein when the plug is inserted into the blind recess of the base, the conjugal means on the base and plug are aligned to each other to permit displacement in translation of the plug into the recess with the plug in a first orientation relative to the base, and when a portion of the conjugal means on the plug exit the guide groove into the swing and lock, hole the conjugal means on the base and plug permit a swinging displacement of the plug relative to the base from the first orientation to a second orientation, in which the conjugal means on the base and plug are misaligned so that the plug is immobilized in translation in the base by first translation locking means formed by said misalignment.