	US 12,261,395 B2
	Electrical connector system with miniaturized connector position assurance member
Rainer Schmidt, Nuremberg (DE); Paul Wohlfahrt, Mömbris (DE); and Bruno Barth, Fürth (DE)
Assigned to APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by Aptiv Technologies Limited, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/685,789.
Claims priority of application No. 202021000826.8 (DE), filed on Mar. 3, 2021; and application No. 202021001699.6 (DE), filed on Mar. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0285881 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/629 (2006.01); H01R 13/502 (2006.01); H01R 13/627 (2006.01); H01R 13/639 (2006.01)

CPC H01R 13/62955 (2013.01) [H01R 13/502 (2013.01); H01R 13/6272 (2013.01); H01R 13/639 (2013.01)]

9 Claims

1. An electrical connector system, comprising:

a plug connector and a secondary locking device, wherein the plug connector is configured to be mated with a corresponding counter connector and includes a plug connector housing having at least one terminal cavity, for receiving at least one electrical contact terminal, and wherein the secondary locking device is configured to provide a secondary locking function when the plug connector is mated with the corresponding counter connector and when the secondary locking device is in a closed position, wherein the secondary locking device is arranged movable relative to the plug connector housing to be moveable from an open position to the closed position along a closing direction, the secondary locking device having a stem portion and at least one flexible leg, wherein the stem portion extends substantially in the closing direction, wherein the flexible leg has a fixed end and a free end, wherein the flexible leg is connected to the stem portion at the fixed end, wherein the flexible leg extends from the fixed end to the free end in a direction against the closing direction, wherein the locking device comprises a protrusion, wherein said protrusion is configured to cooperate with a secondary opening in the counter connector.