Patent ID: 7470132
Filing Date: 2008-12-30
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A self-centering, inertial-locking connector, comprising: a stationary contact terminal; a movable contact terminal; and a lock, the movable contact terminal and the lock comprise means for engagement for ensuring the simultaneous insertion of the movable contact terminal and the lock into the stationary contact terminal, and means for disengagement at an end of a connection phase for ensuring, by inertial effect, locking of the connector, wherein the means for engagement comprise a lug of the movable contact terminal and a hole in the lock, and wherein the lug comprises an outside surface in the shape of an obtuse dihedron, consisting of two planar faces that respectively engage, during insertion of the movable contact into the stationary contact, a first shoulder of the stationary contact terminal and the hole, to ensure a transverse motion of the movable contact terminal and the disengagement of the lock and the movable contact terminal.