Patent ID: 7575451
Filing Date: 2009-08-18
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A system to facilitate connecting and disconnecting a first and second mateable connector, the system comprising: (a) a cam platform lever unit comprising (i) a cam base, (ii) a cam arm extending vertically from the cam base and comprising a cam shaft and a pair of struts, each strut fixed to the cam shaft at one end and the cam base at the other end, (iii) a guide pin extending vertically from the cam base and parallel to the cam arm; and (b) a lever unit separable from the cam platform comprising (i) a cam lever comprising a cam lever arm, a camming end comprising an install surface configured to contact at least a portion of the cam shaft, a remove surface configured to contact at least a portion of the cam shaft, and an axel operably linked to the cam lever arm and the camming end, and (ii) a lever platform comprising a lever base defining a guide receptacle configured to releasably receive the guide pin, a pedestal connected at one end to the lever base, a first and second plate, both connected to the end of the pedestal opposite from the lever base, each parallel to the other and parallel to the lengthwise axis of the pedestal, and each defining a cam ridding surface positioned to face the opposing cam riding surface, the cam riding surfaces rotatably engaged with the cam lever axel, wherein the arm is configured to ambulate the install surface of the camming end across the cam shaft to produce a force tending to press together the lever unit and the cam base when the cam lever arm is rotated in one direction and to ambulate the remove surface across the cam shaft to produce a force tending to press apart the lever unit and the cam base when the cam lever arm is rotated in the other direction.