Patent ID: 8269117

Claim:
Housing for an electric or electronic device having at least one receiving part for accommodating at least one of electric and electronic components, parts, component groups and parts groups in an interior thereof, having at least one locking part for closing the receiving part, and having a bayonet connector for connecting the at least one locking part with the at least one receiving part, having a first connector part on the at least one locking part and a second connector part on the at least one receiving part which engage each other in a connected position wherein one of the first and second connector parts has a base in a plane running perpendicular to a direction of insertion of the connector part on one of the locking and receiving parts with the connector part on the other of the locking and receiving parts, a diagonal surface running diagonally from the base toward a head that runs perpendicular to the direction of insertion, the base, diagonal surface and head being distributed alternately around the entirety periphery of the first connector part.