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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2007
Jeremy Christin Patterson, Greensboro, NC (US);
Donald Robert Worthington, Pfafftown, NC (US);
Jeremy Christin Patterson, Greensboro, NC (US);
Donald Robert Worthington, Pfafftown, NC (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, PA (US);
Abstract
A lever mated connector assembly including a housing configured to mate with a header, a wire guide mounted to the housing having a latch with a retaining surface, a lever having a catch with a retaining surface and being coupled to the housing for rotational movement between an unlocked position and a locked position wherein the catch retaining surface engages the latch retaining surface to inhibit movement of the lever out of the locked position. The wire guide is provided with an overstress mechanism to prevent over extension of the latch to a position where the latch is plastically deformed.