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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1991
Richard D Hutchinson, Jr, Greensboro, NC (US);
Daines M Self, Jr, Oak Ridge, NC (US);
Michael P Trull, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A connector housing includes a pair of latch arms along sides thereof which extend forwardly to latch with corresponding latching means of a housing of a mating connector. Each latch arm is joined integrally to the housing sides by flexible hinge joints which allow the deflection of the latch arm during mating and unmating. The hinge joints include midsections which have enlarged ends extending therefrom. Radiused sections are provided on the enlarged ends, the radiused sections are configured to properly distribute the stresses associated with the latch arms, such that as forces are applied to the latch arms concentration of stresses will be avoided on the hinge joints.
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