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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
May. 11, 2015
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Kyle Gary Annis, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Kevin Michael Thackston, York, PA (US);
Matthew Richard McAlonis, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Albert Tsang, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Dustin Carson Belack, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Nicholas Paul Ruffini, York, PA (US);
Chong Hun Yi, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
A connector system includes a cavity configured to hold a connector module. The cartridge has a port opening to the cavity. The cartridge removably receives the connector module through the port. The connector system also includes an ejector mechanism. The ejector mechanism has a slider latch movable in a longitudinal direction relative to the cartridge. The slider latch has a profiled groove configured to cam therein. The slider latch has a linear gear. The ejector mechanism includes a rotatable handle having a circular gear configured to engage the linear gear to cause the slider latch to move as the rotatable handle is rotated between a closed position and an open position. The profiled groove engages the cam to secure the connector module to the connector assembly when the rotatable handle is in the closed position and unlock the connector module when in the open position.