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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2007
Applicants:
Jeremy Christin Patterson, Greensboro, NC (US);
Randy Gray Simmons, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Inventors:
Jeremy Christin Patterson, Greensboro, NC (US);
Randy Gray Simmons, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Assignee:
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electrical connector assembly is shown having a housing member with a lever assist which rotatably draws complimentary connectors together. The lever assist is attached by way of mounting studs to a shroud on each side of the sidewall of the connector housing where the lever arms are positioned within the shroud to protect the lever arms and the gear teeth on the free ends of the lever arms.