US Patent 7581978 Connector assembly with a latch

A connector assembly is configured to latch and unlatch with a mating connector. The mating connector includes a latch cavity. The connector assembly includes a housing and a latch. The housing includes front and rear towers. The latch is coupled to the housing and is supported by the front and rear towers. The latch includes a latch end and a floating portion. The latch end is configured to be inserted into the latch cavity to latch with the mating connector and be removed from the latch cavity to unlatch with the mating connector. The floating portion is disposed between the front and rear towers. The floating portion is configured to be biased towards the housing by a load applied to the floating portion to raise the latch end out from the latch cavity. The load is applied in a direction towards the housing and between the front and rear towers.