Patent ID: 7217150

Claim:
Connector arrangement comprising: a first connector ( 1 ), which has a housing ( 5 ), having a first end ( 6 ) and a second end ( 7 ), first accommodation chambers ( 8 ) for first contact elements ( 9 ), first locking means ( 10 ), and a slider ( 19 ), arranged displaceably on the housing ( 5 ) and which forms a receptacle ( 29 ) for second contact elements ( 30 ); a second connector ( 3 ), forming a receptacle ( 31 ) for first counter contact elements ( 32 ), which are connected to the first contact elements ( 9 ) when connecting the first and second connectors ( 1 , 3 ), the second connector having second locking means ( 33 ), which engage in the first locking means ( 10 ), when the first and second connectors ( 1 , 3 ) are completely connected, and the second connector accommodating second counter contact elements ( 39 ); and retaining means ( 20 , 36 ), which allow a displacement of the slider ( 19 ) such that the second contact elements ( 30 ) arranged thereto contact second counter contact elements ( 34 ) only when the first locking means ( 10 ) of the housing ( 5 ) of the first connector ( 1 ) are completely connected to the second locking means ( 33 ) on the second connector ( 3 ), wherein the slider ( 19 ) takes up, before connecting the first and second connectors ( 1 , 3 ), a first position relative to the housing ( 5 ), and the retaining means ( 20 , 36 ) comprising: first retaining means ( 20 ), arranged on the slider ( 19 ), and second retaining means ( 36 ), arranged on the second connector ( 3 ) to interact with the first retaining means ( 20 ) on the slider ( 19 ) and therefore, hold in a non displaceable manner the slider ( 19 ) relative to the second connector ( 3 ), until the slider ( 19 ) takes up a second position relative to the housing ( 5 ), wherein, the first retaining means ( 20 ) on the slider ( 19 ) and the second retaining means ( 36 ) on the second connector ( 3 ) come out of engagement when the first locking means ( 10 ) of the housing ( 5 ) of the first connector ( 1 ) is completely connected to the second locking means ( 33 ) on the second connector ( 3 ), so that the slider ( 19 ) is displaceable from the second position again into the first position and thereby, the second contact elements ( 30 ) come to contact the second counter contact elements ( 34 ).