Patent ID: 6962502

Claim:
An electrical plug-and-socket connector comprising: a first part having a housing to hold first contacts; a second part having a housing to hold second contacts that are complementary to the first contacts, the second part further having a catch; and a latching element adjustably connected to the first part to be movable from a latching position to a tensioned position; wherein when the parts are joined together along a first axial direction the parts have axial play with respect to one another to enable the latching element to latch behind the catch to prevent withdrawal of the parts from one another when the latching element is in the latching position; wherein the latching element is tensioned to move in a second axial direction opposite to the first axial direction in order to eliminate the axial play between the parts while latching the parts together when the latching element is in the tensioned position; wherein the latching element is part of a latching hook held with a coupling link that elastically reacts in the second axial direction when the latching element is in the tensioned position, and in the tensioned position the latching hook rests against a buttress of the first part.