Patent ID: 6997725

Claim:
An electric connector comprising an insulating casing defining a number of cavities for housing respective electric terminals and having axes parallel to a first direction in which said connector is coupled to a complementary connector; a slide fitted to said casing to slide in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction, and having cam-type first engaging members for receiving respective second engaging members on said complementary connector to produce a relative coupling movement of said connectors in said first direction when said slide is moved in said second direction into a fully assembled position with respect to said casing; and releasable constraint means for keeping said slide partly connected to said casing; characterized in that said releasable constraint means comprise retaining means for locking said slide to said casing in at least two stationary positions; at least one of said retaining means being selectively deactivated by said complementary connector when coupling said connector to said complementary connector, wherein said retaining means comprises a first retainer for locking said slide in a first one of the stationary positions and a second different retainer for locking said slide in a second one of the stationary positions, wherein the first retainer is spaced from the second retainer.