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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2010
Scott Stephen Duesterhoeft, Etters, PA (US);
Richard Elof Hamner, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Robert Neil Mulfinger, York Haven, PA (US);
Jason M'cheyne Reisinger, Carlisle, PA (US);
Attalee Snarr Taylor, Palmyra, PA (US);
Scott Stephen Duesterhoeft, Etters, PA (US);
Richard Elof Hamner, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Robert Neil Mulfinger, York Haven, PA (US);
Jason M'Cheyne Reisinger, Carlisle, PA (US);
Attalee Snarr Taylor, Palmyra, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
A connector assembly includes a housing, a connector interface, and an actuator. The housing extends from a front end to a back end and includes an elongated channel extending through the housing along an actuation axis disposed between the front and back ends. The connector interface is joined with the front end of the housing and is configured to be electrically joined with a circuit board when the connector interface is moved away from the front end and mates with the circuit board. The actuator is disposed within the channel of the housing and includes a ramp angled toward the front end of the housing. The connector interface mates with the circuit board by moving the actuator along the actuation axis to engage the ramp with the connector interface and move the connector interface toward the circuit board.