Patent ID: 6984143

Claim:
A lockable electrical connection comprising first and second connectors that can be selectively connected and disconnected with respect to one another, wherein: said first connector includes a first housing, a first electrical contact in said first housing, and a deflectable locking arm structure extending from said first housing; said deflectable locking arm structure includes an elongated flexible deflectable locking arm, a locking hook that protrudes laterally from said locking arm, and a flexible yielding protrusion comprising a flexible lever arm that protrudes laterally from said locking arm oriented opposite said locking hook; said second connector includes a second housing, a second electrical contact in said second housing, a locking receiver provided on said second housing, and a wall arrangement including a laterally outwardly sloping ramp wall provided on said second housing; said first and second electrical contacts are arranged and adapted to be brought into electrical contact with one another when said first connector and said second connector are connected together into a connected condition; said locking hook is arranged and adapted to be brought into engagement with said locking receiver in a locked condition when said first and second connectors are connected together in said connected condition, and said locking arm structure extends between said wall arrangement and said locking receiver; a part of said locking arm structure is arranged and adapted to be brought into contact with said sloping ramp wall; and in said locked condition, said flexible lever arm bears against said wall arrangement and is thereby elastically deflected and exerts a first elastic flexing return force onto said locking arm in a direction biasing said locking hook toward said engagement with said locking receiver.