Electrical connector having a mating slide with customized camming slot
AssigneeThe Whitaker Corporation
InventorsJurgen Ryll, Michael Schwager
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AssigneeThe Whitaker Corporation
InventorsJurgen Ryll, Michael Schwager
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An electrical connector for mating with a second complementary connector, wherein the electrical connector comprises a camming slide incorporated therein that cooperates with the complementary connector to draw the connector pair together, where in response to mating displacement of the camming slide, a camming lug is driven along a camming slot and in response to de-mating displacement of the camming slide, the camming lug is driven oppositely along the camming slot the connector being characterized in that in response to the mating displacement the camming lug is driven along a first camming surface and in response to the de-mating displacement the camming lug is driven along a second camming surface. The improved camming slide providing for the greatest mechanical advantage where needed in both the mating and de-mating strokes of the camming slide.
An electrical connector for mating with a mating connector, wherein the electrical connector comprises a camming slide incorporated therein that cooperates with the mating connector to draw the connectors together, wherein response to mating displacement of the camming slide that is a linear movement transverse to the mating displacement, a camming lug is driven within a camming slot and in response to de-mating displacement of the camming slide that is a linear movement opposite the linear movement for mating the camming lug is driven oppositely within the camming slot, where in response to the linear movement of the camming slide effecting the mating displacement, the camming lug is driven along a first camming surface and in response to the linear movement effecting de-mating displacement, the camming lug is driven along a second camming surface where the second camming surface is a curved path profiled to provide the least de-mating displacement at the start of the de-mating linear movement of the camming slide.
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