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US 2019/0377140 A1Published application
Connector with latching mechanism
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorAlexander R. Mathews
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Abstract
A connector includes a latching mechanism configured to mechanically unlatch the connector and a mating connector. The latching mechanism of the connector, when actuated to unlatch the connector and the mating connector, disengages both a retention feature of the connector and a retention feature of the mating connector.
Claims10
A device comprising:
- a hermaphroditic connector configured to mate with a mating hermaphroditic connector, the connector comprising a latching mechanism configured to mechanically unlatch the connector and the mating connector, and an actuator mechanism configured to cause the latching mechanism to disengage a retention feature from a corresponding retention feature of the mating connector.
A method of unlatching a connector from a mating connector, comprising:
- operating an actuating lever coupled to a first retention feature and a second retention feature of the connector;
- translationally moving the first and second retention features in opposite directions in response to operating the actuating lever;
- disengaging the second retention feature of the connector from a first retention feature of a mating connector in response to movement of the second retention feature;
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- disengaging a second retention feature of the mating connector from the first retention feature of the connector in response to movement of the first retention feature.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.