Patent ID: 7341464

Claim:
A mating receptacle and plug assembly, comprising: the plug includes a recess in an outer surface thereof, a mechanism within the receptacle including a detent that engages the recess in the mating plug outer surface when the plug is inserted into the receptacle, thereby to hold the receptacle and plug together, wherein the mechanism within the receptacle includes a slide with the detent resiliently urged against a cam surface within the receptacle that causes the detent to disengage from the plug recess as a result of the slide moving within the receptacle as the plug is withdrawn from the receptacle, thereby to cause the detent to move along the cam surface as the plug is withdrawn from the receptacle and the resilience of the detent to cause it to disengage from the plug recess, and a manual actuator accessible from outside the receptacle and coupled with the mechanism within the receptacle to enable when the mechanism is actuated, the detent to disengage from the plug recess as a result of relative motion between the receptacle and the plug as the plug is withdrawn from the receptacle.