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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lothar Andreas Post, Offenbach, DE;
Jorg Kunze, Russelsheim, DE;
Assignee:
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439352 ; 439157 ; 439347 ;
Abstract
A connector assembly comprises a gear member having a pinion engageable with the rack of a complementary connector. The gear member comprises a lever arm for actuating the pinion. The gear member is latched in the fully coupled position by a resilient latching member of the connector housing. A secondary locking slide member can be shifted from a pre-locked position to a locked position such that an end portion is positioned below the resilient latching arm to prevent biasing thereof. Safe and reliable locking of the complementary connectors is thus achieved.