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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2002
Richard F. Roth, Brookline, NH (US);
Richard P. Saulnier, Londonderry, NH (US);
Teradyne, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A latch and release system for a connector disposable within a mating receptacle is provided, where the connector includes a body having a latch portion and a movable release portion, with the movable release portion having a biasing member. The latch and release system also includes an engaging member attached to the mating receptacle, with the engaging member having an engaging portion to engage the latch portion of the connector body when the connector is disposed in the mating receptacle. An abutment portion of the mating receptacle abuts the movable release portion of the connector body when the connector is disposed in the mating receptacle to cause the biasing member of the movable release portion to be biased. The latch and release system further includes a release member having an actuatable portion, where the actuatable portion is actuatable by a user to cause the engaging portion of the engaging member to disengage from the latch portion of the connector body and to cause the biasing member of the movable release portion to become unbiased, whereby this unbiasing of the biasing member creates a force to automatically eject the connector from the mating receptacle.