Patent ID: 8435062
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A latch assembly for latching two complementary connectors which can be brought into mating engagement and disengagement respectively, by a force in a mating direction, the latch assembly comprising: a main body; a resilient latch finger extending from the main body, the latch finger comprising a locking section and one end connected to the main body; a release member moveable in the mating direction between a locking position and a release position, the release member being provided with a pressure surface profiled to flex the latch finger away from the release member when the release member is moved to the release position; wherein the pressure surface is positioned between the locking section and the connected end of the latch finger, when the release member is in the locking position characterized in that the main body comprises a surface with a sunk section and in that the latch finger forms an extension of the sunk section.