Connector demating tool with parallel plates
AssigneeHoneywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC
InventorsStephen McGarry Hatch, James Alexander Zandstra
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Abstract
Electrical connector assembly devices, systems, and methods including a demating device configured to separate a first connector and a second connector of an electrical connector assembly. The demating device includes a housing body, a drive assembly including: a drive lever, a trigger configured to push against the drive lever, a drive assembly rod, and a spring mounted around the drive assembly rod; and a demating assembly including: a movable plate having at least two sides, wherein each of the two sides includes at least two prongs; a stationary plate having at least two sides, wherein each of the two sides includes at least two prongs; and a rotary actuator configured to rotate the movable plate.
Claims14
A demating device configured to separate a first connector and a second connector of an electrical connector assembly, the demating device comprising:
- a housing body;
- a drive assembly comprising:
- a drive lever, a trigger configured to push against the drive lever, a drive assembly rod, and a spring mounted around the drive assembly rod;
- and
- a demating assembly comprising:
- a longitudinal movable plate having a first side and a second side, wherein each of the first side and the second side includes at least one prong configured to engage the first connector or the second connector;
- and
- a stationary plate having a first side and a second side, wherein each of the first side and the second side includes at least one prong configured to engage the first connector or the second connector;
- and
- a rotary actuator configured to rotate the movable plate and the stationary plate, and
- wherein the drive assembly is configured to move the movable plate away from the stationary plate in a first longitudinal direction.
A demating system configured to separate a first connector and a second connector of a first electrical connector assembly, or configured to separate a third connector and a fourth connector of a second electrical connector assembly, the demating system comprising:
- a housing body;
- a drive assembly comprising:
- a drive lever, a trigger configured to push against the drive lever, a drive assembly rod, and a spring mounted around the drive assembly rod;
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- a demating assembly comprising:
- a first set of removably attachable demating plates, comprising:
- a first movable plate having at least two prongs configured to engage the first connector or the second connector, and
- a first stationary plate having at least two prongs configured to engage the first connector or the second connector;
- and
- a second set of removably attachable demating plates, comprising:
- a second movable plate having at least two prongs configured to engage the third connector or the fourth connector, and
- a second stationary plate having at least two prongs configured to engage the third connector or the fourth connector,
- wherein the demating assembly is configured to accept the first set of removably attachable demating plates or the second set of removably attachable demating plates at one time, and
- wherein the drive assembly is configured to move the first movable plate away from the first stationary plate in a first longitudinal direction, and to move the second movable plate away from the second stationary plate in the first longitudinal direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.