Patent ID: 6824416
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: G02B,H01R

Abstract:
A mounting arrangement including:a cage-like reception member having a front opening, a plug-in module adapted to be inserted into said front opening and to slide into said reception member towards an end mounting position, at least one latch member adapted to cooperate with said plug-in module to latch said plug-in module in said end mounting position in said reception member, a de-latching mechanism operable to act on said latch member to disengage said latch member and said plug-in module to permit said plug-in module to move away from said end position and being thus extracted from said reception member, wherein said de-latching mechanism comprises: at least one lever tiltably associated with said plug-in module, at least one cursor slidably associated with said plug-in module, said at least one cursor having a first end operably associated with said at least one lever and a second end extending in the vicinity of a location of said plug-in module adjacent said latch member when said plug-in module is in said end mounting position in said mounting arrangement, whereby tilting said at least one lever with said plug-in module mounted in said end mounting position in said reception member causes said at least one cursor to slide with respect to said plug-in module and to cooperate with said latch member causing said latch member and said plug-in module to disengage from each other, whereby said plug-in module is adapted to move away from said end mounting position to be extracted from said reception member, a cam-like mechanism jointly defined by said at least one cursor and said at least one lever, said cam-like mechanism for converting tilting of said at least one lever into a sliding movement of said at least one cursor, wherein said cam-like mechanism includes: a slit in one end of said at least one cursor and said at least one lever, and a pin slidably engaging said slit and carried by one end of the other of said at least one cursor and said at least one lever.