Patent ID: 9647378
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. An electrical connector comprising: a connector body having a front and a rear, the connector body including an upper housing, a lower housing matable to the upper housing at the rear and a front housing matable to the upper housing at the front, the upper housing having terminal channels configured to receive terminals therein, the upper housing and front housing defining a front cavity configured to receive at least a portion of a mating connector, the terminals extending from the terminal channels into the front cavity for mating with the mating connector; wherein the upper housing, the lower housing and the front housing are molded as a single piece with front sacrificial links connecting the upper housing and the front housing and with rear sacrificial links connecting the upper housing and the lower housing, the lower housing being press mated to the upper housing whereby the rear sacrificial links break as the lower housing is moved from an open position to a closed position relative to the upper housing to mate the lower housing to the upper housing, the front housing being press mated to the upper housing whereby the front sacrificial links break as the front housing is moved from an open position to a closed position relative to the upper housing to mate the front housing to the upper housing.