US 12,476,408 B2
Electrical connector comprising a connector position assurance element
Steven Lord, Pontoise (FR); Xavier Rouillard, Pontoise (FR); and Quentin Delestre, Pontoise (FR)
Assigned to Tyco Electronics France SAS, Pontoise (FR)
Filed by Tyco Electronics France SAS, Pontoise (FR)
Filed on May 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/743,649.
Claims priority of application No. 2105082 (FR), filed on May 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0368057 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/436 (2006.01); H01R 13/17 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/4362 (2013.01) [H01R 13/17 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector for connecting with a mating electrical connector in a mating direction, comprising:
an electrically conductive terminal having an electrical contact;
a housing having a plug-in portion insertable into the mating electrical connector along the mating direction, the plug-in portion having a receptacle receiving the electrical contact;
a compressive member arranged within the housing and compressed along the mating direction, a central axis of the compressive member is coaxially aligned with a central axis of the plug-in portion in the mating direction; and
a connector position assurance element (CPA) slidable from an unlocked position to a locked position along the mating direction, the locked position allows the electrical connector to be locked to the mating connector when the electrical connector is connected to the mating connector, a generally planar bottom surface of the CPA opposite to the compressive member opposes a planar first section of the terminal in the mating direction.