Patent ID: 7581978
Filing Date: 2009-09-01
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector assembly configured to latch and unlatch with a mating connector having a latch cavity, the connector assembly comprising: a housing comprising a front tower and a rear tower; and a latch coupled to the housing and supported by the front and rear towers, the latch comprising a latch end and a floating portion, the latch end being movable between a latched position and an unlatched position with the latch end inserted into the latch cavity of a mating connector in the latched position and removed from the latch cavity in the unlatched position, the floating portion disposed between the front and rear towers, wherein the floating portion is biased toward the housing to engage the front tower by a load applied to the floating portion to move the latch end to the unlatched position, the load applied in a direction toward the housing and between the front and rear towers.