Patent ID: 6406315
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
Connector moving apparatus for use with a container having longitudinally spaced front and rear ends, where the apparatus has a front end that is readily accessible and has a rear end that is not readily accessible, where the connector system includes first and second connector assemblies at said container rear end, with said first connector assembly having a plurality of first connectors, and with said second assembly having a plurality of second connectors that are each mateable to a selected one of said first connectors by movement of a second connector of a mateable pair toward the first connector of the pair, where the connector moving apparatus can move a second connector of each pair into and out of a mating position with the first connector of the pair from said front end of said apparatus, comprising:a longitudinally elongated turning member that has an axis and that can be turned about said axis; a transmission with a plurality of transmission parts that each couples said turning member to the second connector of a selected one of said pairs of connectors; a selector having a front end positioned at said front end of said apparatus and extending longitudinally to said transmission and operable to couple said turning member to a selected one of said transmission parts but not to another of said transmission parts.