Patent ID: 7918675
Filing Date: 2011-04-05
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A connection assembly comprising: a first multi-contact connector housing including at least one blocking element; and a second multi-contact connector housing suitable for being assembled with the first housing, the second housing comprising a housing body extending along a longitudinal axis, and a locking cap that is movable relative to the housing body of the second housing perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis between a locked position and an unlocked position, the locking cap including at least one blocking ramp in which the at least one blocking element of the first housing slides when the locking cap passes from the unlocked position to the locked position, in such a manner that when the locking cap is in the locked position, co-operation between the at least one blocking element and the at least one blocking ramp secures the two housings together in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis; wherein the housing body of the second housing (1) presents at least one setback in an outside surface of the housing body that corresponds substantially to a thickness of the locking cap, the setback being configured to fully receive the locking cap in the locked position, and (2) extends beyond the setback along the longitudinal axis at both ends.