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A system for latching a plurality of connector modules (22) or multimodule units (18,20) in an array (10) to a panel (14) includes opposing parallel assemblies (30,32) mounted to the panel and each having a plurality of cam levers (34) in associated opposing pairs at each module site, each mounted a

A system for latching a plurality of connector modules (22) or multimodule units (18,20) in an array (10) to a panel (14) includes opposing parallel assemblies (30,32) mounted to the panel and each having a plurality of cam levers (34) in associated opposing pairs at each module site, each mounted along respective shafts (38) of the assemblies and adapted to be reciprocally rotatable about the shaft (38) outwardly from and inwardly toward the array. Each cam lever (34) includes a recess (68) into which a latching projection (100) of a module is receivable upon module insertion into the array, which when cam lever (34) is rotated inwardly urges the module into fully mated position in its receptacle connector (12), and which raises the projection (100) when the cam lever (34) is rotated outwardly, ejecting the module (22) from the receptacle connector (12). Several cam levers (34) can be ganged together to be rotatable outwardly as a unit, corresponding to several modules ganged as a unit (18,20). Unactuated cam levers retain their associated modules latched in fully mated positions.

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A system for releasably retaining a plurality of modules in an array on a panel, comprising: a pair of opposing assemblies secured to a panel at an array site, each assembly including at least a base member mounted against and along a surface of said panel, and each base member including a plurality

A system for releasably retaining a plurality of modules in an array on a panel, comprising: a pair of opposing assemblies secured to a panel at an array site, each assembly including at least a base member mounted against and along a surface of said panel, and each base member including a plurality of flange sections extending upwardly having aligned holes extending therethrough along which a shaft member is secured proximate said panel surface; an array of cam lever members mounted in spaced relationship along said shaft member at each site of a module, said cam lever members each including a shaft-receiving aperture and coextending from said shaft member extending therethrough and away from said panel surface to respective free ends and reciprocally rotatably movable about said shaft member in a direction toward and away from the other said assembly, said cam lever members of both said assemblies being associated in opposing pairs at a said module site, and each said cam lever free end being adapted to be manually engaged to be rotated toward and away from the opposing said assembly between outward and inward positions; each said cam lever member of each said pair including means for retaining a module in cooperation with retention means of said module laterally therealong when a said module is positioned in said array adjacent and between said pair of cam lever members and said cam lever members of said pair are rotated to respective said inward positions, with said retaining means and said module retention means cooperating to retain said module in said fully mated condition; and each said cam lever member of each said pair including a means for ejecting a module in cooperation with ejection means of a said module when said cam lever members of said pair are rotated to respective said outward positions, whereby a said module is retainable in said array by a pair of opposing cam levers independently of other modules separate therefrom in said array and is easily removable from said array while other said cam lever members retain said other separate modules in said array, and is retainable by means alongside said modules and needing only limited height, and said array of modules is retainable adjacent said panel among a plurality of like adjacent arrays, eliminating the need for additional framework and facilitating access to said modules.