Patent ID: 6475013
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
An electrical connector comprising;a stationary base having a plurality of contact receiving passageways therein; a cover mounted on said base having therein a plurality of through holes in alignment with the corresponding contact receiving passageways, respectively, said cover being moveable relative to said base in a front-to-back direction thereof, an actuation device including a rotative Sear receivably and at least partially mounted in one of said base and said cover, and a rack with arms receiveably mounted in the other of said base and said cover; wherein said gear defines an operation face upwardly exposed to an exterior of said cover, and a gear portion of said gear which is rotatively engaged with a rack portion of the rack, the gear portion moved relatively along the rack portion in a direction of said front-to-back direction when said gear is rotated, thus resulting in the cover being moved relative to the base along said front-to-back direction; wherein said gear substantially extends through both said cover and said base.