IP Library Patent Application 14466373
Patent Application
App. No. 14/466,373

Arrangement For Facilitated Connection Or Separation Of A Connector And A Mating Connector

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Patent No.
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App. No.
14/466,373
Abstract

An arrangement for a connector and a mating connector is provided. The arrangement includes a housing, an actuator, a connector receiving chamber, and an action mechanism. The is positioned along a surface of the housing. The connector receiving chamber is surrounded by the housing and the actuator. The action mechanism includes a drive connected to the actuator to move the actuator along the surface of the housing.

Claims (24)

1 . An arrangement comprising:

a housing;

an actuator positioned along a surface of the housing;

a connector receiving chamber surrounded by the housing and the actuator; and

an action mechanism having a drive connected to the actuator to move the actuator along the surface of the housing.

2 . The arrangement according to claim 1 , where in the actuator is positioned along an outside surface of the housing.

3 . The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the action mechanism is positioned outside the connector receiving chamber.

4 . The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the action mechanism includes a shaft extending along one side of the housing between the connector receiving chamber and a wall of the housing.

5 . The arrangement according to claim 1 , further comprising a second action mechanism positioned on an opposite side of the connector receiving chamber with respect to the action mechanism.

6 . The arrangement according to claim 1 , further comprising a pair of action mechanisms provided along one side the connector receiving chamber.

7 . The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the action mechanism includes a tilting lever connected to the housing and the actuator.

8 . The arrangement according to claim 7 , wherein the tilting lever includes a tooth arrangement at a proximal end thereof.

9 . The arrangement according to claim 8 , wherein the actuator includes a slotted member engaging a distal end of the tilting lever.

10 . The arrangement according to claim 9 , wherein the tilting lever is rotatably supported between the slotted member and the tooth arrangement.

11 . The arrangement according to claim 1 , further comprising a covering element positioned between the housing and the actuator.

12 . The arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein the covering element is non-displaceable relative to the housing.

13 . The arrangement according to claim 1 , further comprising a pair of action mechanisms positioned along a side of the connector receiving chamber and having a pair of tilting levers that intersect each other.

14 . The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the actuator includes a guiding member.

15 . The arrangement according to claim 14 , wherein the housing includes a guiding slot extending along a height of the housing.

16 . The arrangement according to claim 15 , wherein the guiding member is positioned in and guided by the guiding slot.

17 . The arrangement according to claim 14 , wherein the actuator includes a slotted member extending across a width f the actuator.

18 . The arrangement according to claim 17 , wherein the action mechanism includes a sliding block positioned in the slotted member.

19 . The arrangement according to claim 18 , wherein the slotted member includes an insertion opening by which the sliding block is guided.

20 . The arrangement according to claim 19 , wherein the sliding block includes a guiding groove receiving the slotted member.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 16, 2015
From: TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GMBH
To: TE CONNECTIVITY GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 036617/0856 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2014
From: PUCKEL, GEORG; ROTH, KONRAD HELMUT; MUMPER, GUENTHER
To: TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GMBH
Reel/Frame 033626/0071 →