Connector assembly having camming system for mating and unmating

US4586771A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• AMP LLC · US

Inventors

• Rudolf Kraemer · Herbstein, DE
• Werner Moritz · Siegen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 4, 1985
• Grant date: May 6, 1986
• Expiry date: Mar 4, 2005

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R2107/00
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Connector assembly comprises first and second connector housings and a camming slide for mating and unmating the housings. The first housing has flanges extending from the mating face thereof and has slots in the flanges which receive cam followers on the cam slide. The second housing has cam tracks in its sidewalls which also receive the cam followers. The camming slide is generally U-shaped and has a web which is spaced from the rear face of the second housing and arms which extend from the web across the sidewalls of the second housing and which overlap the flanges on the first housing. The cam followers project from the internal surfaces of the arms and extend through the slots and are dimensioned to be received in the camming slots on the second housing.