Plug-in contact pair, plug-in contact and electric network component

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EP 0 898 341 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	15.03.2000 Bulletin 2000/11

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	24.02.1999 Bulletin 1999/08

(21)	Application number: 98660079.9

(22)	Date of filing: 20.08.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H01R 23/02, H01R 9/24, H01R 13/627, H01R 31/06, H01R 31/02

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

22.08.1997 FI 973473

(71)	Applicant: Oy Ensto Connector Ab
	06100 Porvoo (FI)

(72)	Inventor:
	Virtanen, Jarmo 06100 Porvoo (FI)

(74)	Representative: Holmström, Stefan Mikael et al
	Oy Kolster Ab, Iso Roobertinkatu 23, P.O. Box 148 00121 Helsinki 00121 Helsinki (FI)

(54)	Plug-in contact pair, plug-in contact and electric network component

(57) This invention relates to a plug-in contact pair consists of a male contact (1) and a female contact (2), wherein a first coupling element (6) of the male contact (1) and a second coupling element (9) of the female contact (2) are formed to be each other's counterparts in such a manner that they can be coupled to each other to provide an electric contact between a first and a second electric wires, and wherein the male and the female contacts are provided with locking means (12 to 16) which lock them together. In order that the interlocking of the plug-in contacts could be unlocked more easily than before, the locking means (12 to 16) of both the male contact and the female contact are formed for unlocking in such a way that a force exerted on the locking means of either one of the plug-in contacts (1, 2) unlocks the interlocking of the male contact and the female contact.

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