Patent ID: 8770860

Claim:
A connector assembly, comprising: a plug ( 10 ) that comprises a body ( 11 ), an insert ( 12 ) fitted in the body, and contacts ( 13 ) housed longitudinally in the insert; and a socket ( 20 ) comprising a body ( 21 ), with a spacer ( 27 ) and an insert ( 22 ) both fitted inside the body, the spacer providing a mechanical link between the insert ( 22 ) and the body, and said insert having contacts ( 23 ) housed longitudinally therein, the body ( 11 ) of the plug being capable of being inserted into the body of the socket during a coupling, providing for a connection of the contacts ( 13 ) of the plug with the contacts ( 23 ) of the insert of the socket, wherein the plug comprises a front face closed by a first closure valve ( 15 ) positioned perpendicular to a central axis of the plug, wherein the socket comprises a front face closed by a second closure valve ( 25 ) positioned perpendicular to a central axis of the socket, and wherein the first closure valve ( 15 ) and the second closure valve ( 25 ) comprise pivot links ( 16 , 26 , 19 , 29 ) suitable for both pivoting simultaneously about a geometrical pivoting axis that is perpendicular to the central axis of the plug and the central axis of the socket during a coupling of the plug and the socket, said closure valve ( 15 ) and said second closure valve ( 25 ) both being housed inside the plug and the socket when said plug and said socket are coupled.