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Anti-snag latch assembly for a connector

  • US 5,638,474 A
  • Filed: 08/30/1995
  • Issued: 06/10/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/30/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A connector for terminating a cable containing a transmission medium, the connector having (i) a plug end for insertion into a mating receptacle, (ii) a cable-entrance end for receiving the cable, (iii) a central axis that extends between the plug end and the cable-entrance end, and (iv) a latch for securing the connector to the receptacle;

  • said latch comprising a cantilever mounted on an outside surface of the connector, the fixed end of the latch being positioned toward the plug end of the connector and the free end of the latch extending toward the cable-entrance end of the connector, said latch being movable toward the central axisCHARACTERIZED BY;

    a trigger for engaging the free end of the latch to release the connector from the receptacle, the trigger comprising a cantilever mounted on the outside surface of the connector, the fixed end of the trigger being positioned toward the cable-entrance end of the connector and the free end of the trigger extending toward the plug end of the connector, the free end of the trigger slidably engaging the free end of the latch to move it toward the central axis, the trigger forming an acute angle β

    with the central axis that points in a direction away from the plug end of the connector toward the cable entrance end thereof.

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