Patent ID: 7083460

Claim:
A cable end connector for mating with a complementary connector, comprising: a housing; a plurality of contacts assembled to the housing; a latching device operatively assembled to the housing and comprising a pressing portion and a latch portion adapted to interlock with the complementary connector; and an unlatching actuator slidably assembled to the housing along a front-to-back direction and cooperating with the housing, the unlatching actuator having an actuating portion contoured to conform with the pressing portion and capable of sliding along the pressing portion; wherein rearward movement of the unlatching actuator with respect to the housing results in rearward movement of the latching device together with the unlatching actuator firstly and deflection of the pressing portion of the latching device along a direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction secondly such that the latch portion is disengaged from the complementary connector to separate the cable end connector from the complementary connector.