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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2003
Charles Linsday Bates, III, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A secondary latch ( ) is provided for an electrical or optic fiber connector ( ) that has a housing ( ) with a housing body ( ) and with a primary latch ( ). The primary latch is of the type that has a front end ( ) merging with the housing body and a rear end forming a handle ( ) that can be depressed to release the latch and allow the connector to be withdrawn from a terminus coupling ( ). The secondary latch prevents unintentional unlatching of the primary latch. The secondary latch includes a sleeve ( ) that extends around the housing body and that can slide forward and rearward thereon, and a wedge part ( ) that is wedged between a lower surface ( ) of the handle and a top surface ( ) of the housing body.