Passive connector latch with camming action
AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorStanley W. Olson
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Abstract
A passive latch system for matable connector housings, one of which has at least one working surface depressed and sloping from a reference surface thereof to form part of a latching aperture and the other of which has at least one working surface raised and sloping from a reference surface thereof to form part of a latching projection, is characterized in that the sloped working surface also is tapered, and, optionally, inclined.
Claims6
A passive latch for interconnecting a first and a second connector housing when the first and second housings are relatively moved in a latching direction with respect to each other, each of the housings having a reference surface thereon, one of the housings having at least one working surface depressed from the reference surface thereof to form part of a latching aperture while the other of the housing has at least one working surface raised from the reference surface thereof to form part of a latching projection, the working surface on one of the housings being (a) sloped with respect to its reference surface, the improvement comprising:
- the sloped working surface also is (b) tapered in a direction that is generally parallel with respect to the latching direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.