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US 6,296,515 B1Granted
Connector having a latching mechanism
AssigneeAvaya Technology Corp.
InventorBassel H. Daoud
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Abstract
A connector having a body and an insertion cap. The wire insertion cap is pivotable relative to the body and is positively and releasably engageable with the body by a latching mechanism. The latching mechanism includes inclined surfaces on the insertion cap on the body, which ensures that the insertion cap is retained in the connector body when a force is exerted on a wire retained within the insertion cap.
Claims6
A connector comprising:
- a body including,
- a terminal portion having a plurality of terminals extending therethrough,
- an insertion cap receiving portion having a recess, the recess extending substantially perpendicularly to the terminal portion, and
- a body latch disposed on the insertion cap receiving portion;
- and
- an insertion cap including,
- a base portion connected to the insertion cap receiving portion by a hinge,
- a wire insertion cap, the wire insertion cap being pivotable with respect to the base portion,
- a wire insertion port extending through the base portion, and
- an insertion cap latch disposed on the wire insertion cap, wherein the insertion cap is pivoted with respect to the body so that it extends partially out of said recess in the insertion cap receiving portion, and the insertion cap latch and the body latch are releasably engageable with one another to restrict relative motion between the body and the insertion cap, wherein the body latch includes two surfaces disposed at an acute angle to one another, and the insertion cap latch includes two surfaces disposed at an acute angle to one another.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.