Patent ID: 11870176
Assignee: FCI USA LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 4:
5. The first electrical connector of claim 1, in combination with the second electrical connector, wherein:
the first housing comprises a protrusion extending from an upper surface of the first housing in a direction perpendicular to the mating direction, the protrusion configured to engage a latch arm of the second latch and to impede the CPA feature from moving into the engaged configuration when the first and second electrical connectors are not fully mated; and
the second housing comprises a protrusion configured to, when the second housing is moved along the mating direction to mate fully with the first housing, deflect a latch arm of the second latch in a direction perpendicular to the mating direction and parallel to a plane of the upper surface of the first housing, the deflection of the latch arm enabling the CPA to be moved from the disengaged configuration to the engaged configuration.