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From: wunder@hp-sde.SDE.HP.COM (Walter Underwood)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Looking for comments on the 15-pin ethernet connector
Message-ID: <470009@hp-sde.SDE.HP.COM>
Date: 17 Jun 88 18:25:17 GMT
References: <5047@videovax.Tek.COM>
Organization: HP Software Dev Environments - Palo Alto, CA
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HP has used another latch mechnism for D-connectors.  There are notches in
the short sides of one connector, and simple, L-shaped catches on
the other connector.

                                Press Here
        |                           |
        |                           V
        |                          XXX
        |         |-------------------
        |         |         | 
        |-\ |-|   |   |----------\
        |  \| |       |           \
        |     |       |            \------
        |     |       |
        |     |       |
        |             |
                      

No moving parts.  The latch is connected to the shell with spring
steel.  The notch is part of a casting that surrounds the connector.
These seem to hold well, and connect/disconnect easily.

I think we were using 9 pin D-connectors and video cable, so there was
not as much stress as we see on transceiver cables, but it was still
a serious test.  I'll try to dig up the part numbers of the products
that used this.

Screws are great, but the original article was looking for a
quick-disconnect solution.

wunder