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The invention relates to a device for ensuring that a first and a second electrical connector are properly connected and locked together. The first electrical connector includes a latching member for latching two together when properly mated. A locking member is secured to the first electrical conne

The invention relates to a device for ensuring that a first and a second electrical connector are properly connected and locked together. The first electrical connector includes a latching member for latching two together when properly mated. A locking member is secured to the first electrical connector in a space between the first electrical connector and the latching member. The locking member is moveable between an unlocked and locked position and can only be moved to the locked position when the first electrical connector is latched to the second electrical connector.

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[ We claim:] [1.] An electrical connection comprising:a first electrical connector and a second electrical connector, said first electrical connector releasably matable with said second electrical connector;a latching member having a first end, a second end, and an unlatching boss, said latching mem

[ We claim:] [1.] An electrical connection comprising:a first electrical connector and a second electrical connector, said first electrical connector releasably matable with said second electrical connector;a latching member having a first end, a second end, and an unlatching boss, said latching member spaced apart from and attached at said first and said second ends to said first electrical connector;said first electrical connector and said second electrical connector moveable relative to each other between an unlatched and a latched position, said latching member releasably holding said first electrical connector and said second electrical connector at said latched position, and inward deflection of said unlatching boss permitting said first electrical connector and said second electrical connector to move to said unlatched position;a locking member received between said latching member and said first electrical connector at an unlocked position; andsaid locking member being moveable relative to said first electrical connector to a locked position thereby preventing inward deflection of said unlatching boss and releasably securing said first and said second electrical connectors to each other when said first and said second electrical connectors are at said latched position, and said locking member not being moveable when said first and said second electrical connectors are at said unlatched position.