Telecommunications connector
AssigneeNorthern Telecom Limited
InventorClaude Pelletier
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Abstract
Telecommunications conductor having a dielectric housing, a conductive blade member extending from the housing for insertion into an insulation displacement terminal of a terminal array and a latch extending from the housing for mounting the connector on a terminal member which carries the array. A positive latch operating device is employed to flex the latch into a latching position from which it is resiliently urged into a normal unlatched position. Preferably, these are two opposed latches and the operating device is a cam rotatable upon the housing.
Claims7
A telecommunications connector for connection to an insulation displacement terminal of a terminal array, the connector comprising a dielectric housing, at least one electrically conductive blade member extending from one side of the housing, a latch means extending from said one side of the housing for mounting the connector on a terminal member carrying the terminal array, the latch means comprising at least one resilient latch and a cam member is associated with the latch, the cam member being rotatable upon the housing and operably engaging the latch for flexing the latch into a latching position and for allowing for release of the latch from the latching position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.