Patent ID: 7785131

Claim:
An interlocking device for plug connector housings comprising a first plug connector housing and a second plug connector housing and an actuating handle having an approximate width of the plug connector housings and with interlocking elements attached to both sides thereof, wherein said interlocking elements are rotatably arranged on pivot pins on a first plug connector housing half and can be interlocked on locking pins of a second plug connector housing half, wherein the interlocking elements for interlocking the two plug connector housing halves features an interlocking side, as well as a clip-on side for producing the connection with the actuating handle, wherein the interlocking side features a C-shaped spring element that is composed of a first limb and a second limb and integrally moulded onto the clip-on side of the interlocking element by means of a second web, wherein a crescent-shaped lug is arranged on the interlocking element in an interior of the C-shaped spring element by means of a first web, wherein a semicircular opening is provided on one end of the first limb of the C-shaped spring element and forms a pivot point about a pivot pin on the first plug connector housing half together with a rounding on the end of the crescent-shaped lug, and wherein a depression is provided on the second limb of the C-shaped spring element in order to lock the interlocking element by means of a locking pin that is arranged on the second plug connector housing half.