Patent ID: 6907292

Claim:
An electrical connector arrangement for an implantable medical device, said arrangement comprising: a female connector part having a longitudinal bore therein adapted to receive a male connector part entering said bore in a first longitudinal direction; a locking plate disposed in said bore having an opening therein and having at least one tongue formed in said plate projecting into said opening; a pivot element disposed in said bore; a longitudinally displaceable element disposed in said bore, said locking plate being disposed in said bore between said pivot element and said longitudinally displaceable element; and said at least one tongue of said locking plate being spring biased to a first position adapted to engage and lock said male connector part in said bore, and being moved to a second possession, free of said male connector part, by longitudinal displacement of said longitudinally displaceable element in said bore in a second longitudinal direction opposite to said first longitudinal direction, forcing said at least one tongue against said pivot element.