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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2000
Joseph Donald Lytle, Jr., Youngstown, OH (US);
Donald John Mizner, Sharpsville, PA (US);
Joseph Donald Lytle, Jr., Youngstown, OH (US);
Donald John Mizner, Sharpsville, PA (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A connector assembly has a slide mechanism for releasably securing and locking together a first connector body and a second connector body. To initially connect together the first and second connector bodies, mounting tabs and lock tabs of the second connector body are disposed in corresponding mounting slots and lock tab slots, respectively, in the first connector body. To releasably lock the connector bodies together, an arm of the slide mechanism is disposed in a channel of the first connector body with a portion of the arm overlying the lock tabs of the second connector body to prevent withdrawal of the lock tabs from the lock tab slots. Thus, removal of the second connector body from the first connector body is prevented while the slide mechanism overlies the lock tabs. Preferably, the slide mechanism and first connector body are adapted to receive a third connector body so that the second and third connector bodies are both releasably attachable to the first connector body by inserting and withdrawing the slide mechanism.