US 12,316,051 B2
Integrated quick disconnect connector
Ashok Kumar Padmanabhan, Bangalore (IN); Mohan Narasaiah, Bangalore (IN); Sumandra Ghosh Chowdhury, Bangalore (IN); and Rajeev Bammanni, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION, Foxboro, MA (US)
Filed by SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION, Foxboro, MA (US)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/077,297.
Claims priority of application No. 202111059967 (IN), filed on Dec. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0198210 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/703 (2006.01); H01R 13/627 (2006.01); H01R 13/633 (2006.01); H01R 43/26 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/7036 (2013.01) [H01R 13/6275 (2013.01); H01R 13/633 (2013.01); H01R 43/26 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cable connector comprising:
a slide coupled to a spring to bias the slide from a retracted position to an extended position; and
at least one latch coupled to the slide,
wherein the slide, when in the extended position, is configured to rotate the at least one latch to secure the at least one latch, and when in the retracted position, is configured to rotate the at least one latch in an opposite direction to release the at least one latch,
wherein the slide is configured to engage a contact switch when securing the at least one latch, and
wherein the spring is a compression spring, which is coupled to the slide, an end of the compression spring engaging a wall formed within a plug.