Patent ID: 8888517
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A connector socket for a multi-contact connector, the socket being for fastening to a panel and comprising a housing configured to be received in part in an opening in the panel, the socket further comprising: two hooking devices, each of the hooking devices comprising at least one hook configured to fasten the housing to the panel, at least one of the two hooking devices being mounted on the housing to slide transversely to the insertion axis of the housing between at least a retracted, release position and at least a deployed, fastening position, the two hooking devices moving apart from each other when the at least one slidable hooking device slides from the retracted position towards the deployed position; at least one tongue against which an operator's finger can bear and that extends from a lateral side of the housing, the at least one tongue being connected to the at least one slidable hooking device to cause the at least one slidable hooking device to slide from the deployed position to the retracted position when the operator presses against the at least one tongue; and at least one helical spring distinct from the two hooking devices, the at least one helical spring having one end connected to the housing and an other end connected to the at least one slidable hooking device and exerting a thrust force thereon transversely to the axis of the housing, at least when in a deployed position and in the absence of pressure being applied on the at least one tongue.