Patent ID: 7326081

Claim:
A plug-and-socket connector ( 10 ; 110 ) having a housing ( 11 ; 111 ) made of plastic, in which electrical contacts ( 14 ; 114 ) with collars ( 29 , 129 ; 30 , 130 ) are accommodated in boreholes ( 16 , 17 ; 116 ) lying adjacent to each other, the housing having a forward end forming an extension ( 13 ) and having a rear end forming a rear extension ( 12 ), each extension configured to receive contacts, wherein: said housing rear end has a first catch ( 37 ; 137 ) that protrudes into each borehole ( 16 , 17 ; 116 ), said first catch lying on a fixed wall ( 36 ; 135 ) of the rear housing end and engaging a rear of a first collar ( 29 ; 129 ) of the contact ( 14 ; 114 ); said housing has a cover ( 23 , 24 ; 123 ) that can be opened and closed, said cover having a second catch ( 41 , 51 ; 141 , 151 ) that engages a rear of a second collar ( 30 ; 130 ) of the contact wherein the first catch is provided in an area of a closed wall that is on the side that faces away from the cover.