Patent ID: 7322845

Claim:
An electrical plug connector including a delatching mechanism having return action, said plug connector comprising: a plug portion adapted to matingly engage a housing for mounting to a printed circuit board, the housing having a latch tab, said plug portion having a recess positioned to engage the latch tab of the housing adapted for mounting to the printed circuit board when the plug connector is in an engaged mode with respect to the housing; the delatching mechanism interacts with said latch tab to move same out of engagement with said recess of the plug connector when the mechanism is in a delatching mode, the delatching mechanism including a handle that is disposed exterior of said plug connector and a delatching tab disposed at a free end of said delatching mechanism opposite the handle, the free end and the delatching tab being disposed within said plug connector, said handle including an opening disposed therein to facilitate grasping thereof by a user; and, at least two return spring arms which impart return action to said delatching mechanism when said delatching mechanism is in the engaged mode, rearward movement of said handle with respect to said plug portion causing each said return spring arm to exert a force in opposition to the rearward direction movement of said handle, said delatching mechanism includes two actuator arm members extending longitudinally from said handle, said actuator arm members include said return spring arms extending transversely thereto, and each of said return spring arms includes a free end disposed within said plug portion and proximate to a central longitudinal axis of said plug portion.