Patent ID: 7465175

Claim:
System for unmating a board-to-board high pin count connector pair, said connector pair comprising: two connector elements adapted to be mated together, said two connector elements being fixedly mounted on two respective boards, said connector pair being so configured that said two boards are substantially parallel when said two connector elements are mated together and said connector pair being mounted on said two respective boards such that the direction of connection is substantially perpendicular to the planes of the two respective boards, said system comprising: at least two cam elements rotatably mounted on a first one of said two boards on opposite sides with respect to a corresponding first one of said two connector elements, and rotation means adapted to manually rotate said cam elements so as to apply a force to a second one of said two boards when said two connector elements are mated together, thereby unmating said connector pair; wherein the rotation means comprise two rotary levers that are positioned substantially parallel to said first and second boards when the levers at rest position when not operated and adapted to manual operation and said second board has at least one cutout to allow at least one of said two levers to rotate.