Electrical connectors – With coupling separator – Including retainer or joiner
Patent
1990-04-17
1991-02-26
Pirlot, David L.
Electrical connectors
With coupling separator
Including retainer or joiner
439540, 439372, H01R 1362
Patent
active
049958216
ABSTRACT:
A system for latching a plurality of connector modules (22) or multimodule units (18,20) in an array (10) to a panel (14) includes opposing parallel assemblies (30,32) mounted to the panel and each having a plurality of cam levers (34) in associated opposing pairs at each module site, each mounted along respective shafts (38) of the assemblies and adapted to be reciprocally rotatable about the shaft (38) outwardly from and inwardly toward the array. Each cam lever (34) includes a recess (68) into which a latching projection (100) of a module is receivable upon module insertion into the array, which when cam lever (34) is rotated inwardly urges the module into fully mated position in its receptacle connector (12), and which raises the projection (100) when the cam lever (34) is rotated outwardly, ejecting the module (22) from the receptacle connector (12). Several cam levers (34) can be ganged together to be rotatable outwardly as a unit, corresponding to several modules ganged as a unit (18,20). Unactuated cam levers retain their associated modules latched in fully mated positions.
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Two photographs of product of Arizona Integrated Electronics Inc., Tempe, Ariz.
AMP Incorporated
Ness Anton P.
Pirlot David L.
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