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Electrical connector assembly

  • US 7,094,081 B1
  • Filed: 03/24/2005
  • Issued: 08/22/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electrical connector assembly comprising:

  • an electrically insulating connector body;

    an electrically conductive first terminal engaged rigidly to the connector body;

    an electrically insulating panel sub-assembly constructed and arranged to mate with the electrical connector body along a mating axis;

    an electrically conductive second terminal engaged rigidly to the panel sub-assembly and constructed and arranged to mate with the first terminal along the mating axis;

    a first cam stud engaged to the electrical connector body;

    a second cam stud engaged to the electrical connector body;

    a first cam lever attached rotatably to the panel sub-assembly about a first rotation axis disposed orthogonally to the mating axis, wherein the first cam lever is in sliding contact with the first cam stud and rotates clockwise to move the panel sub-assembly linearly along the mating axis toward the electrical connector body; and

    a second cam lever attached rotatably to the panel sub-assembly about a second rotation axis disposed orthogonally to the mating axis and parallel to the first rotation axis, wherein the second cam lever is in sliding contact with the second cam stud and rotates counter-clockwise to move the panel sub-assembly linearly along the mating axis toward the electrical connector body and to counter a moment created by the generally simultaneous rotation of the first cam lever;

    the first cam lever having a cam track for sliding contact with the first cam stud;

    the cam track having;

    a first portion extending gradually radially inward toward the first rotation axis from a receiving end for initial contact of the cam stud to a staging end; and

    a second portion being in disconnected relationship to the first portion and extending gradually radially inward toward the first rotation axis from a catch end to a mated end;

    wherein the first portion spirals radially inward toward the first rotation axis generally in a first circumferential direction and the second portion spirals radially inward toward the rotation axis generally in an opposite circumferential direction.

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