US 11,677,185 B2
Electrical connector comprising a securing tab
Frederic Duval, Evreux (FR); Frederic Tocqueville, Evreux (FR); and Thierry Cassar, Evreux (FR)
Assigned to Connecteurs Electriques Deutsch, Evreux (FR)
Filed by Connecteurs Electriques Deutsch, Evreux (FR)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/227,961.
Claims priority of application No. 20315178 (EP), filed on Apr. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0328380 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. H01R 13/639 (2006.01); H01R 13/627 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/639 (2013.01) [H01R 13/6277 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector, comprising:
a housing having a receptacle open in a connection direction essentially parallel to a longitudinal axis, the receptacle receiving a complementary connector;
a primary locking sleeve disposed on the housing and movable relative to the housing between a locked position securing the electrical connector and the complementary connector and a release position for connecting and/or disconnecting the electrical connector and the complementary connector, a gap having a gap width is disposed between the housing and the primary locking sleeve at least in the locked position, the gap width decreases from the locked position to the release position;
a securing tab insertable at least partially into the gap to an inserted state to secure the primary locking sleeve in the locked position; and
a secondary securing element securing the securing tab in the inserted state.