Patent ID: 6517373
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A circular connector with a first connector element and a second connector element that each have a first (2) or respectively second contact inset (4) in which, around the first contact inset (2) of the first connector element, a sleeve-shaped latch segment (7) is arranged from which, running along the longitudinal direction of the connector, one or more resilient latch flanges (14) with latch tabs (16) are formed that are appropriate for locking onto a ring-shaped groove (24) formed on the inner side of the second connector element (locking position) and in which the first connector element includes an outer directly manually operated sleeve-shaped actuation slide (8), which can be slid back against a spring force along the longitudinal direction of the connector (unlocking position) and is adapted to actuate one or more sliding supports (17) as locking elements, which can be slid along the longitudinal direction of the connector under a section of the latch flanges (14) and are appropriate for supporting the latch flanges (14) (locking position), characterized in thatthe latch flanges (14) formed from the latch segment (7) are integrally fixed to an end thereof in a manner ending rearwardly toward the actuation slide (8), that the sliding supports (17) are formed from an end of the actuation slide (8) and are directed directly toward the free ends of the latch segments (7), wherein the sliding supports (17) extend from outside of the latch flanges (14) essentially beneath their free ends only, when the actuation slide (8) is pushed forward under the force of the spring (10).