Patent ID: 8267711
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A latch system for lockably connecting a first conductor to a second conductor, the connector assembly comprising: a connector assembly containing the first conductor and having one or more locking pins protruding therefrom; a connector body containing the second conductor and having one or more internal locking springs and associated therewith one or more respective unlocking pin guides, the connector body having one or more guides for receiving the locking pins of the connector assembly, such that when the connector assembly is mated to the connector body, the one or more internal locking springs latch onto the one or more locking pins to hold the first conductor and the second conductor in mutual contact, the connector body further including one or more guides for one or more disconnect pins to receive a disconnect pin for opening the one or more latching springs and releasing the one or more locking pins to thereby release the connector assembly from the connector body.