US 12,149,028 B2
Connector assembly
Bum Woo Nam, Incheon (KR); Kun Teak Lim, Gyeongsan-Si (KR); Chang Ho Lee, Gyeongsan-Si (KR); and Ki Ho Choi, Daegu (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and Tyco Electronics AMP Korea Co., Ltd., Gyeongsan-si (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and Tyco Electronics AMP Korea Co., Ltd., Gyeongsan-si (KR)
Filed on May 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/736,864.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0076134 (KR), filed on Jun. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0399684 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/641 (2006.01); H01R 13/502 (2006.01); H01R 13/627 (2006.01); H01R 13/639 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/641 (2013.01) [H01R 13/502 (2013.01); H01R 13/6271 (2013.01); H01R 13/639 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector assembly comprising:
a first connector having a catching protrusion protruding from an external circumferential surface thereof;
a second connector configured to be fastened to the first connector and having a fixing plug provided in an internal space thereof, wherein when the second connector is fastened to the first connector, the fixing plug moves toward the catching protrusion and climbs over the catching protrusion to prevent the second connector from being separated from the first connector; and
a connector position assurance (CPA) member provided in the second connector, configured to be fastened to the first connector together with the second connector, and having a fixing cap extending from an end portion of the CPA member, wherein when the first connector and the second connector are fastened to each other, the fixing cap moves toward the catching protrusion and climbs over the catching protrusion and the fixing plug to prevent the first connector and the second connector from being separated from each other,
wherein an elastic member is inserted into an elastic member insertion protrusion provided between the second connector and the CPA member,
wherein the CPA member is mounted with the second connector while pressing the elastic member, and
wherein before the first connector and the second connector are fastened, the fixing cap of the CPA member engages with the fixing plug of the second connector so that the elastic member is kept pressed by the CPA member.