US 12,476,421 B2
Connector
Thomas Hofmann, Tacherting (DE); and Lukas Hirschstetter, Edling (DE)
Assigned to MD ELEKTRONIK GMBH, Waldkraiburg (DE)
Filed by MD Elektronik GmbH, Waldkraiburg (DE)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/153,409.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 101 311.1 (DE), filed on Jan. 20, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0231341 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/627 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6275 (2013.01) [G02B 6/3831 (2013.01); H01R 13/6272 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector, comprising:
a housing insertable into a receptacle of a mating connector so as to form a connection;
a connector position assurance (CPA) element which is movable relative to the housing at least between a pre-latching position and a final latching position, the CPA element preventing the connection between the connector and the mating connector from becoming released in the final latching position,
wherein the CPA element includes arms each having a sliding surface protruding laterally outward relative to a connection direction;
a retainer with a receptacle in the connection direction and at least one opening transverse to the connection direction, the retainer being disposed on an outer surface of the housing, and the CPA element being insertable into the receptacle of the retainer; and
at least one first protrusion formed on the CPA element, wherein movement of the CPA element from the pre-latching position to the final latching position is blocked in a case that the at least one first protrusion is engaged with the at least one opening on the retainer, and wherein the movement of the CPA element from the pre-latching position to the final latching position is permitted in a case that the at least one first protrusion is not engaged with the at least one opening on the retainer,
wherein the sliding surface and the at least one first protrusion of a respective arm are separated in the connection direction by a distance such that the sliding surface and the at least one first protrusion separately protrude laterally outward relative to the respective arm.