US 11,757,230 B2
Electrical connector assembly with mating lever and CPA
Klaus Mueller, Ipsheim (DE); Rainer Schmidt, Nuremberg (DE); and Bruno Barth, Fürth (DE)
Assigned to APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, St. Michael (BB)
Filed by APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, St. Michael (BB)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/482,538.
Claims priority of application No. 20198433 (EP), filed on Sep. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0102914 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/629 (2006.01); H01R 13/502 (2006.01); H01R 13/631 (2006.01); H01R 13/639 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/62955 (2013.01) [H01R 13/502 (2013.01); H01R 13/631 (2013.01); H01R 13/639 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector assembly comprising:
a housing, that houses at least one electrical contact;
a mating lever that is arranged pivotable relative to the housing between an alignment position and a mating position, wherein
in the alignment position, the mating lever allows an electrical counter connector assembly to be aligned with the housing of the connector assembly, and
in the mating position the mating lever couples the housing of the connector assembly with the electrical counter connector assembly in a mated configuration, wherein
the mating lever is configured to be engageable with the electrical counter connector assembly, in order to move the electrical counter connector assembly along a mating direction relative to the housing of the connector assembly into the mated configuration, when being pivoted from the alignment position to the mating position, wherein
the electrical connector assembly further comprises
a connector position assurance, CPA, member that is arranged moveable relative to the housing so as to be moveable into a locked position,
an elastic element, wherein the elastic element is associated with the connector position assurance member and configured to urge the connector position assurance member into the locked position when the mating lever is in the mating position, so that the connector position assurance member locks the mating lever in the mating position, wherein
the mating lever includes at least one first slide track that is engageable with a corresponding first slide member of the electrical counter connector assembly, wherein
the first slide track is shaped so that the pivoting movement of the mating lever is transferred into an axial movement of the electrical counter connector assembly via the first slide member, if the first slide member is engaged with the first slide track, wherein
the mating lever includes at least one second slide track that is engaged with a corresponding second slide member of the connector assembly, and wherein
the second slide track is shaped so that the pivoting movement of the mating lever is transferred into an axial movement of the mating lever relative to the housing via the second slide member.