Patent ID: 6116968
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector comprising: a housing and a contact locking element, the housing having a front face, a cable-side end face, side walls, and at least two neighbouring chambers for receiving one electrical contact each that extend form the front face to the cable-side end face, the housing further having an opening through a first side wall that extends perpendicular to the neighbouring chambers and between the neighbouring chambers into which the contact locking element can be inserted in order to lock the electrical contacts in their respective neighbouring chambers, the contact locking element formed as a longitudinally extending beam, the beam having at least two longitudinally extending opposite wall parts that extend into and across the neighbouring chambers when the beam is inserted into the opening, wherein the beam has a recess extending between the two wall part, and the two wall parts are connected to one another by way of a guide rib, in such a way that the wall parts are flexible towards the recess.