Patent ID: 6361380
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical plug connection, comprising:a first connector including a housing, the housing composed of insulating material and including a plurality of receiving chambers situated next to each other, each respective receiving chamber configured to receive in an axial direction a respective contact element, each respective contact element having, in a plug-in direction, a forward-situated contact segment in an exposed end area, a central segment, a neck-shaped transition segment and a connecting segment being coupled to a second end of the contact element, the contact segment being surrounded by a contact carriage on which at least one locking body is mounted externally; a second connector, the first connector being detachably connected to the second connector in the axial direction; a locking element movably supported on the housing, the locking element being moveable, when each respective contact element is fully inserted into the respective receiving chamber, transverse to the insertion direction of each respective contact element, from an unlocking position into a locking position for securing each respective contact element against axial displacement, the locking element axially overlapping the locking body in the locking position in a form-locking manner; and a seal sealing the first connector with respect to the second connector when the first connector and the second connector are in a coupled state, the seal being arranged, at least partially, at a radial distance with respect to the transition segment.