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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1998
Masahiro Sakano, Ebina, JP;
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is an improved electric connector assembly which is compact in size, and is capable of simultaneously mating its plug and receptacle connectors (1a, 2a, 1b, 2b). Each connector has integrally formed projections (7a, 11a, 7b, 11b) on its sides, and a cover (13) encloses the plug and receptacle connectors (1a, 2a, 1b, 2b). The cover (13) has slider plates (14) which have guide slots (15, 16, 17, 18) to accommodate the projections (7a, 11a, 7b, 11b) and cause them to move toward each other when the slider plates (14) are moved laterally thereby pulling the plug connectors (1a, 1b) and the receptacle connectors (2a, 2b) toward one another by way of the projections and slot cam action until the connectors are fully mated.