Patent ID: 7785145

Claim:
An electrical connector provided to be coupled with a connector counterpart by elastic interlocking along a coupling direction (X), and comprising for this purpose a device that locks by elastic interlocking and has an axial stop surface provided to create a mutual support, together with an associated stop surface of a complementary locking device of the counterpart, opposing a disconnection of the connector and the counterpart, said connector also comprising an elastic component and a peripheral seal, wherein the elastic component is arranged in such a way as to create an elastic force of mutual support of the stop surfaces, when the connector and the counterpart are coupled, characterized in that the connector comprises a casing on which is provided a locking device, and a contact-bearing module which is mounted inside the casing by an interlocking connection of the contact-bearing module with the casing, wherein the elastic component contacts a first portion of the contact-bearing module, wherein the interlocking connection is sized and shaped to allow relative axial play between the contact-bearing module and the casing, and in that the elastic component is compressed axially between the module and the casing, when the module is mounted in the casing, with the effect of locking the connector onto the counterpart, and wherein the peripheral seal is fitted onto a second different portion of the contact-bearing module.