Patent ID: 9160109
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A connector assembly comprising: a first connector portion having a first connector housing, a pair of cam track structures and a lever, the first connector housing being adapted to support a plurality of first terminals, the cam track structures being slidably coupled to opposite sides of the first connector housing for movement between a retracted position and an extended position, each of the cam track structures having at least one cam track, the lever being pivotally coupled to the first connector housing for movement between a lowered position and a raised position, the lever being coupled to the cam track structures such that the cam track structures are in the retracted position when the lever is in the lowered position and the cam track structures are in the extended position when the lever is in the raised position; and a second connector portion having a second connector housing and a plurality of cam followers, the second connector housing being adapted to support a plurality of second terminals, each of the cam followers being fixedly coupled to the second connector housing and received in a corresponding one of the cam tracks; wherein the cam tracks are configured to cooperate with the cam followers to draw the first connector housing toward the second connector housing when the lever is moved from the raised position to the lowered position, and wherein the cam tracks are configured to cooperate with the cam followers to urge the first connector housing away from the second connector housing when the lever is moved from the lowered position to the raised position, wherein the first connector portion comprises a cam track lock that cooperates with another portion of the first connector portion when the first connector portion is decoupled from the second connector portion to inhibit movement of at least one of the cam track structures from the retracted position toward the extended position to thereby inhibit movement of the lever from the lowered position toward the raised position.