Patent ID: 7419391

Claim:
A connector housing with a pivoted housing cover that is attached to the connector housing and serves for closing the connector housing or for interlocking the connector housing with a compatible mating connector thereto, wherein the connector housing connected to the housing cover features on its lateral surfaces one respective turning and interlocking mechanism that cooperates with the mating connector, wherein the turning mechanism comprises connecting elements as well as braces that are retractably supported in pins laterally on the connector housing cover, wherein the interlocking mechanism comprises a hook one of on the connecting elements on which a recess is provided that can be engaged with a pin of the mating connector housing, wherein the one of the connecting element has a plane, essentially trilateral shape and is held on the pin on the connector housing with one limb and a bore arranged therein, and wherein the one of the connecting element is also held on a pin on the housing cover on another corner side.