A plug-in connector for connecting to a receptacle includes a housing including tripping structures, electrically conductive terminals partly situated in the housing, latches arranged in the housing, and a slider slidingly coupled to the housing, and further includes blocking structures and trippabl
A plug-in connector for connecting to a receptacle includes a housing including tripping structures, electrically conductive terminals partly situated in the housing, latches arranged in the housing, and a slider slidingly coupled to the housing, and further includes blocking structures and trippable structures extending in a mating direction and that cooperate with the tripping structures, and a spring that urges the slider outward away from the housing in the mating direction. The tripping structures are situated to engage with the trippable structures during an initial stage of relative movement between the housing and slider against the spring bias while inward deflection of the latches is allowed. The blocking structures of the slider prevent inward deflection of the latches after a final stage of the relative movement between the housing and slider, and the connector has an electrically interconnected state only when in the final stage.
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1. A plug-in connector for connecting to a receptacle, the connector comprising: a housing including at least one tripping structure;at least one electrically conductive terminal at least partly situated in said housing and defining a mating axis and a mating direction;at least one latch arranged in
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A plug-in connector for connecting to a receptacle, the connector comprising: a housing including at least one tripping structure;at least one electrically conductive terminal at least partly situated in said housing and defining a mating axis and a mating direction;at least one latch arranged in said housing;a slider slidingly coupled to said housing and including at least one trippable structure extending in the mating direction and that cooperates with said at least one tripping structure of said housing; anda compressive member arranged to urge said slider outward away from said housing in the mating direction, andwherein said at least one tripping structure of said housing is situated to engage with a respective one of said at least one trippable structure of said slider during an initial stage of relative movement between said housing and said slider against a bias of said compressive member while inward deflection of said at least one latch is allowed, andwherein said at least one trippable structure of said slider is configured to prevent inward deflection of said at least one latch after a final stage of the relative movement between said housing and said slider, and the connector has an electrically interconnected state only when in the final stage. 2. The connector of claim 1, wherein said at least one trippable structure of said slider comprises at least one trippable beam, said slider further including at least one blocking structure that is positioned to prevent said at least one latch from flexing inward when the connector is in the final stage. 3. The connector of claim 1, wherein said at least one trippable structure of said slider comprises a plurality of trippable structures and a single one of said at least one tripping structure of said housing is configured to interoperate with a plurality of said trippable structures. 4. The connector of claim 1, wherein said housing includes a protuberance that houses said at least one terminal and extends in the mating direction. 5. The connector of claim 4, wherein said at least one tripping structure of said housing is situated on said protuberance. 6. The connector of claim 5, wherein said at least one tripping structure of said housing defines an operative planar surface that engages said at least one trippable structure of said slider, said operative surface being situated in a plane that does not pass through an axis of said protuberance. 7. The connector of claim 5, wherein said at least one terminal consists of two terminals, said protuberance housing said two terminals. 8. The connector of claim 4, wherein said housing further includes a support extending in the mating direction spaced apart from said protuberance, said at least one tripping structure of said housing being situated on said support. 9. The connector of claim 8, wherein said at least one terminal consists of two terminals, said protuberance housing said two terminals, said at least one tripping structure of said housing consisting of two tripping structures arranged on opposite sides of said support. 10. The connector of claim 4, wherein said at least one tripping structure comprises at least one stud extending outward from said protuberance. 11. The connector of claim 10, wherein said at least one terminal comprises a plurality of terminals and said at least one stud comprises a number of studs equal in number to said terminals, each of said studs being situated alongside a respective one of said terminals. 12. The connector of claim 1, wherein said at least one trippable structure of said slider terminates at an end as a styloid having an end face perpendicular to said mating direction, said styloid being radially inward of a respective one of said at least one latch, and wherein a distance from a mating axis to said styloid of said at least one trippable structure of said slider is less than a distance from the mating axis to the respective one of said at least one latch interacting with each of said at least one trippable structure of said slider. 13. The connector of claim 1, wherein said at least one latch comprises a pair of spaced apart cantilever sections bridged at their tips by a unitary latching structure. 14. A plug-in connector for connecting to a receptacle, the connector comprising: a housing;a pair of electrically conductive terminals defining a mating axis and a mating direction, said terminals being configured to electrically connect to a conductor of a cable or wire to be terminated by the connector;a protuberance arranged in said housing and extending in the mating direction, said terminals being partly housing in said protuberance;a pair of latches arranged in said housing;a slider slidingly coupled to said housing and including a first set of trippable structures extending in the mating direction;a second set of tripping structures arranged on said protuberance;a third set of blocking structures arranged on said slider; anda compressive member arranged to urge said slider outward away from said housing in the mating direction, andwherein said first set of trippable structures and said second set of tripping structures engage with one another during an initial stage of relative movement between said housing and said slider against a bias of said compressive member while inward deflection of said latches is allowed, andwherein said third set of blocking structures is configured to prevent inward deflection of said latches after a final stage of the relative movement between said housing and said slider, and the connector has an electrically interconnected state only when in the final stage. 15. The connector of claim 14, wherein said first set of trippable structures comprises a first set of trippable beams, said third set of blocking structures comprising at least one blocking beam separate from said first set of trippable beams. 16. The connector of claim 14, wherein each of said trippable structures in said first set of trippable structures terminates at an end as a styloid having an end face perpendicular to said mating direction, said styloid being radially inward of a respective one of said latches, and wherein a distance from a mating axis to said styloid of each of said trippable structures in said first set of trippable structures is less than a distance from the mating axis to the respective one of said latches interacting with each of said blocking structures in said third set of blocking structures. 17. The connector of claim 14, wherein said first set of trippable structures includes a plurality of trippable structures and said second set of tripping structures comprises a single tripping structure that is configured to interoperate with at least two of said trippable structures. 18. A method for securely coupling a plug-in connector to a receptacle, the connector including a housing including at least one tripping structure, at least one electrically conductive terminal at least partly situated in the housing and defining a mating axis and a mating direction, at least one latch arranged in the housing, a slider slidingly coupled to the housing and including at least one blocking structure and at least one trippable structure extending in the mating direction and that cooperates with the at least one tripping structure of the housing, and a compressive member arranged to urge the slider outward away from the housing in the mating direction, and the receptacle including a bulkhead surface, a cavity having at least one latch-receiving undercut site, and at least one electrical terminal adapted to mate with the at least one terminal of the connector, the method comprising: engaging the connector with the receptacle while ensuring complete and proper connection by moving the housing into the receptacle, against bias of the compressive member, to cause the at least one trippable structure of the slider to abut against the bulkhead surface of the receptacle, then to cause the at least one tripping structure of the housing to abut against the at least one trippable structure of the slider and the at least one latch to pass outward of the at least one trippable structure of the slider into engagement with the receptacle, and then to cause the at least one latch to pass into the at least one undercut site of the receptacle and cause the at least one tripping structure of the housing to urge the at least one trippable structure of the slider outward and enable the at least one blocking structure of the slider to be positioned inward of the at least one latch and prevent release of the at least one latch from the at least one undercut site of the receptacle; andpositioning the compressive member between the slider and the housing such that the compressive member causes separation of the connector from the receptacle during the movement of the housing until the at least one latch is situated in the at least one undercut site of the receptacle. 19. The method of claim 18, further comprising: configuring the at least one trippable structure of the slider with a styloid; andconfiguring the at least one tripping structure of the housing to engage a respective styloid and interact with the respective styloid such that movement of the housing into the receptacle initially causes the at least one tripping structure of the housing to contact the respective styloid and continued movement of the housing into the receptacle after such contact causes the at least one trippable structure of the housing to displace the respective styloid to move out of contact with the bulkhead surface of the receptacle. 20. The method of claim 18, further comprising configuring the slider to enable manual movement of the at least one blocking structure of the slider out of a position preventing release of the at least one latch from the at least one undercut site of the receptacle to thereby enable release of the at least one latch from the at least one undercut site of the receptacle and removal of the connector from the receptacle. 21. The method of claim 18, wherein the step of engaging the connector with the receptacle comprises performing a single act of relative motion of the connector with respect to the receptacle, with all directions of motion of the housing and slider remaining substantially parallel to the mating direction throughout the entirety of the single act of relative motion.
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