Patent ID: 7422464

Claim:
A plug connector with a delatching assembly for disengaging the plug connector from a corresponding associated housing, the housing having a pair of engagement tabs that extend into an interior portion of said housing, comprising: a connector body portion and a connector mating portion, the mating portion being sized to fit within the housing interior portion, the plug connector having a pair of openings disposed in an upper surface of said mating portion, each opening being aligned with its housing engagement tab, the delatching assembly including a U-shaped actuator with a pair of extended arms that are slidable along a longitudinal axis of said plug connector, each of said arms including a cam block disposed proximate to an end thereof and proximate to the mating portion upper surface, each cam block being aligned with said plug connector opening and said cam block being moveable therewithin into and out of contact with said engagement tab, movement of said detaching mechanism in one direction causing said cam blocks to lift said engagement tab out of said openings and out of engagement with said plug connector; said U-shaped actuator includes a handle portion interconnecting said pair of extended arms together, and said actuator handle portion includes a hole formed therein for receiving an operator's finger; and each of said cam blocks is offset inwardly from its said extending arm.