Patent ID: 6048225
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: B60R,H01R

Abstract:
A connection module incorporating detachable contacts, comprising a connection housing that can be coupled with a complementary module, and a retention plate adapted to lock each of a plurality of electric contacts between a shoulder of a passage and a single locking piece integral with the retention plate, said retention plate being movable between a retracted contact-insertion/extraction position and a forward contact-retention position, wherein said single locking piece is constituted by a pawl which comprises, in succession, a resilient portion, a substantially horizontal bent portion adapted to be supported on a collar of a contact, and an extended portion constituted by a finger which has a curved end and a shape such that it is stopped against a terminal projection of the housing when the retention plate is in the retracted position, and which moves the pawl away from said contact-retention position.