Patent ID: 7708582

Claim:
Electrical connector comprising a first plug-in portion or base ( 2 ) and a second plug-in portion or plug ( 3 ), adapted to be electrically connected by relative translation of the plug-in parts ( 2 , 3 ) along a connection axis (X), characterized in that said first plug-in portion ( 2 ) comprises first guide means ( 16 , 26 ) adapted to coact with second guide means ( 46 , 47 ) of a connection element ( 43 ) of the second plug-in part ( 3 ), to permit relative movement of the connection element ( 43 ) with respect to the first plug-in part ( 2 ) between a release position, in which said connection element ( 43 ) is free relative to said first plug-in part, and a locked position, in which said connection element ( 46 ) is secured to said first plug-in part ( 2 ) along the connection axis (X), said second plug-in part ( 3 ) comprising a housing ( 33 ) comprising third guide means ( 57 , 61 ) adapted to coact with the connection element ( 43 ) to permit a relative movement of the connection element ( 43 ) with respect to the housing ( 33 ) along the connection axis (X), the second plug-in part ( 3 ) comprising resilient means ( 53 ) disposed between said housing ( 33 ) and said connection element ( 43 ), and adapted, when said connection element ( 43 ) is located in a locked position, to urge relative movement of the housing ( 33 ) relative to the connection element ( 43 ) such that the housing moves in the direction of the first plug-in part ( 2 ) along the connection axis (X).