Patent ID: 7670060

Claim:
A connector arrangement for connecting together plug and socket connector means ( 2 , 3 ), comprising: (a) a pair of mating adapter housings ( 3 , 4 ) each containing an open-ended chamber extending longitudinally therethrough; (b) plug connector means ( 9 ) having at least one male contact ( 40 ); (c) plug mounting means ( 70 ) mounting said plug connector means longitudinally in a first one of said adapter housings; (d) socket connector means ( 10 ) having at least one female contact ( 74 ); (e) socket mounting means ( 50 ) mounting said socket connector means in a second one of said adapter housings, said adapter housings and said plug and socket mounting means being such that when said adapter housings are arranged in mating end-to-end relation, said male and female contacts are in an operative engaged condition; and (f) locking means for locking together said plug and socket connector means in said engaged condition, said locking means consisting solely of locking members ( 6 , 60 ; 31 ) carried by said adapter housings.