A connector arrangement (1) for transmitting data signals is described. This arrangement features: a plug housing (3) and a
mating plug housing (5), which can be mechanically reversibly connected to each other from a separate output configuration by pushing them together in a plugging direction (7) via a plugging configuration to a
coupling configuration, a first
signal conductor element (9) held in the connector housing, and a second
signal conductor element (11) held in the
mating connector housing. The connector housing is formed in two parts: a first connector housing part (13) and a second connector housing part (15). The connector housing parts are held together and can be displaced relative to each other in the
insertion direction between a retracted configuration and an advanced configuration. The first
signal conductor element is attached to the first connector housing part in such a way that it can be displaced together with the first connector housing part relative to the second connector housing part.The connector housing has a
locking mechanism (17) which is configured such that, in a locking configuration, it blocks the movement of the two connector housing parts relative to each other from the retracted to the extended configuration as long as the connector housing and the
mating connector housing are in the separated output configuration, and that it releases the corresponding movement of the two connector housing parts relative to each other by transitioning to an unlocking configuration only when the connector housing and the mating connector housing are pushed together at least to the plug configuration.