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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2000
Keith Franklin Tharp, San Jose, CA (US);
Timothy Mark Scarano, Hayward, CA (US);
The JPM Company, Lewisburg, PA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a connector boot having an integral latch release for engaging an operative portion of a latching mechanism of a connector to switch the latching mechanism between a latched position and an unlatched position. In one embodiment, the boot includes a housing having exterior walls that define an internal cavity sized to accept a portion of the connector. The boot includes a latch release cowl that is integrally formed on one of the exterior walls of the housing. The release cowl comprises side walls and an outer wall that joins the side walls to form the cowl. Slots are formed in each of the side walls so as to form a cantilevered beam in a portion of the outer wall. Thus, when the connector is positioned within the internal cavity of the boot, the cantilevered beam of the release cowl is positioned in operative relation over the latching mechanism of the connector.