Patent ID: 6139346
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: G02B,H01R

Abstract:
A connector assembly for mounting through an aperture in a panel, the aperture defining an axis, comprising:an adapter mountable in the aperture in the panel;a first connector insertable axially into the adapter and having limited axial floating movement relative to the adapter;a second connector mateable axially with the first connector with a given mating force,wherein said first and second connectors have complementary interengaging male and female terminals which substantially define said given mating force between the connectors; andcomplementary interengaging latch-release means between the first connector and the adapter to latch the first connector against said axial floating movement and to allow the second connector to be mated with the first connector with said given mating force and to release the latch-release means in response to a force greater than said given mating force to allow said limited axial floating movementswherein said complementary interengaging latch-release means comprise interengaging detent surfaces on the first connector and on the adapter, at least one of the detent surfaces being at an angle to define a release force greater than said given mating force.