(19)
(11) EP 0 632 534 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
08.05.1996 Bulletin 1996/19

(43) Date of publication A2:
04.01.1995 Bulletin 1995/01

(21) Application number: 94107961.8

(22) Date of filing: 24.05.1994
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6H01R 13/506, H01R 13/627
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT ES FR GB IT NL SE

(30) Priority: 25.05.1993 DE 4317344

(71) Applicant: FRAMATOME CONNECTORS INTERNATIONAL
92084 Paris La Défense (FR)

(72) Inventors:
  • Hopf, Gustav
    D-91220 Schnaittach (DE)
  • Steinhardt, Helmut
    D-90427 Nürnberg (DE)

(74) Representative: Patentanwälte Beetz - Timpe - Siegfried Schmitt-Fumian - Mayr 
Steinsdorfstrasse 10
80538 München
80538 München (DE)


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    (54) Electric connector


    (57) For an electric connector, in particular between a generator and an electronic controller for inflatable restraint systems (airbags) in motor vehicles, with a connector housing for housing the contact tubes with leads, where the connector housing in the coupling position lifts a jumper, disposed in a receptacle for the generator-sided plug pins, from the plug pins, it is provided in order to simplify the assembly and mount the connector reliably on the generator, that the connector housing (1) exhibits an assembly opening (2), which can be closed by means of a cover member (11), that the cover member (11) can slide over the assembly opening (2) of the connector housing (1) and can be held at the connector housing (1) by means of a pin (16), arranged in front in the push-on direction, and guide elements (12, 13, 14, 15), attached to the front and rear regions of the longitudinal sides, and can be arrested at the connector housing (1) in a preclick-stop position and click-stop position by means of shoulders (21) designed on the longitudinal sides, and strip-shaped extensions (18), which reach in the click-stop position as the blocking element behind hook-shaped spring elements (19, 20), which are attached to the connector housing (1) and engage with recesses (24) of the generator (29), and prevent a return swing.







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