Patent ID: 7918674

Claim:
A protection system for a connector that comprises two connector elements ( 1 , 2 ) provided with open ends that are mutually engagable one in the other along an engagement direction, the protection system comprising first and second shutters ( 11 , 21 ), each connected to a respective one of the open ends via a laterally-offset hinge ( 12 , 22 ) of axis, in such a manner that each shutter can be pivoted between a position in which it shuts the corresponding open end and a position in which it disengages it, wherein: the axis of hinge of each shutter is parallel to the engagement direction; the shutters have respective front faces provided with means ( 17 , 27 ) enabling them to be constrained to pivot together about the hinge axis; the hinge of the first shutter is mounted on the corresponding end so as to be movable in translation parallel to the engagement direction between a position in which the shutter is flush with the open end and a position in which it is set back from the open end.