Patent ID: 7794262
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A connector assembly configured to mate with a receptacle assembly having an interior chamber defined by an inner surface that is electrically connected to art electrical ground, the connector assembly comprising; a housing configured to mate with the receptacle assembly, the housing comprising a mating end configured to be inserted into the interior chamber of the receptacle assembly to mate with a mating connector in the interior chamber; and a latch coupled to the housing and comprising a securing protrusion and a spring finger, the securing protrusion configured to mechanically engage an aperture in the inner surface to secure the housing with respect to the receptacle assembly, the spring finger shaped to engage the inner surface of the receptacle assembly when the connector assembly mates with the receptacle assembly such that the latch is electrically connected to the receptacle assembly.