Electrical connector with a low profile latch
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorJeremy Christin Patterson
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes housing having a mating face that is configured to be mounted onto an electrical connector interface. A latch assembly is provided on a side wall of the housing. The latch assembly is oriented to extend along the side wall. The latch assembly has a latch element formed on an end thereof proximate the mating face, and includes mounting brackets separated from one another along a length of the latch assembly. The mounting brackets join the latch assembly to the side wall. The latch assembly has a portion between the mounting brackets that is deflectable toward the side wall.
Claims19
An electrical connector, comprising:
- a housing having a mating face that is configured to be mounted onto an electrical connector interface;
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- a latch assembly provided on a side wall of said housing, said latch assembly including cantilevered upper and lower beams extending along said side wall and mounting brackets separated from one another along a length of said latch assembly, said mounting brackets joining said latch assembly to said side wall, said latch assembly having a portion between said mounting brackets that is deflectable toward said side wall.
An electrical connector, comprising:
- a housing having a mating face that is configured to join an electrical connector interface;
- a shroud provided on a side wall of said housing, said shroud having an outer flange spaced from said side wall to define a gap therebetween;
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- a latch assembly pivotally provided on said side wall, said latch assembly being oriented to extend along said side wall, said latch assembly including art upper beam and a lower beam extending along said side wall, and a cross bar joining said upper and lower beam proximate said mating face, at least a forward portion of said latch assembly being located within said gap and being pivotal between said shroud and said side wall;
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- wherein said upper and lower beams are cantilevered alone said side wall and said latch assembly includes rear and intermediate mounting brackets integrally joining said and lower beams, respectively to said side wall, at least a forward portion of said upper and lower beams pivotally rotating transversely within said gap.
An electrical connector, comprising:
- a housing having a mating face that is configured to join an electrical connector interface;
- a shroud provided on a side wall of said housing, said shroud having an outer flange spaced from said side wall to define a gap therebetween;
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- a latch assembly pivotally provided on said side wall, a length of said latch assembly extending along a length of said side wall, said latch assembly including an upper beam and a lower beam and mounting brackets separated from one another along a length of said latch assembly, said mounting brackets joining said latch assembly to said side wall, said latch assembly having a portion between said mounting brackets that is deflectable toward said side wall, said forward portion of said latch assembly rotating laterally within said gap about one of said mounting brackets when said portion of said latch assembly between said mounting brackets is deflected toward said side wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.