Latching device for an electrical connector

Details Latching device for an electrical connector Latching device for an electrical connector

1991-02-20

1992-05-12

Schwartz, Larry I.

Electrical connectors

With coupling movement-actuating means or retaining means in...

Retaining means

439358, H01R 13627

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051122430

ABSTRACT:
An electrical connector includes a housing having a plurality of contacts therein adapted to mate with contacts of another, mateable connecting device and a latching member for mechanically interlocking with the other connecting device. The latching member includes an elongate latching member having two opposite ends which is captively supported by a pivot on said housing. The pivot is located generally intermediate the two ends of the latching member such that its ends may move generally transversely of the longitudinal direction of the latching member toward and away from the housing to permit interlocking with the other connecting device. The latching member also includes a movable locking member, captively supported on said latching member, for slidable movement thereon in the longitudinal direction of the latching member between a first position and a second position. The locking member has an exposed gripping portion to permit a manual change of its position and a sliding portion, attached to the gripping portion, which is operative, when the locking member is in the first position, to prevent both ends of the latching member from being pivoted toward the housing, and operative, when the locking member is in the second position, to prevent only one end from pivoting toward the housing.

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IBM Technical Bulletin, vol. 32, No. 6A, Nov. 1989.

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