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Electrical plug-and-socket device comprising a fixing unit

  • US 6,383,036 B1
  • Filed: 04/13/2001
  • Issued: 05/07/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
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1. An electric plug-and-socket device comprising:

  • a first plug connector having a first housing;

    a second plug connector having a second housing, wherein the first plug connector and the second plug connector have matching contact elements and are reversibly coupled in an axial plug direction for closing the electric plug-and-socket device; and

    a fixation device for securing the electric plug-and-socket device in a closed position in a detachable manner, the fixation device being provided on the first housing and the second housing, and the fixation device including a control slide mountable externally on the first housing and on which at least one guide element and a latching element are provided;

    wherein;

    an axial displacement of the control slide is blockable at least by the latching element in an open position of the electric plug-and-socket device in which the two plug connectors are uncoupled from one another, and in a coupled position of the electric plug-and-socket device in which the first plug connector and the second plug connector are partially joined;

    the latching element is free floating in a closed position of the electric plug-and-socket device in which the first plug connector and the second plug connector are completely joined; and

    the control slide is convertable from an unlocked position in which it assumes a first position with respect to a mark on the first housing to a locked position by a displacement of the latching element into a recess, where the control slide includes a reference face, and another displacement of the guide element into a mating guide, the guide element locking the closed position of the electric plug-and-socket device and the control slide assuming a second position with respect to the mark in the locked position, where the reference face is flush with the mark when the control slide is in the second position.

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