Patent ID: 9583860
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. An electrical connector having recordable position assurance, the electrical connector comprising: a housing having a mating interface configured to engage a complementary mating connector during a mating operation; at least one electrical conductor held in the housing; an indicating feature carried by the housing, the indicating feature having a visual identifier disposed thereon, the visual identifier comprising at least one of a one-dimensional barcode, a two-dimensional barcode, or a three-dimensional barcode; and a concealing feature carried by the housing, wherein the indicating feature and the concealing feature are movable relative to each other between a concealed position and an exposed position, the concealing feature concealing at least a portion of the visual identifier in the concealed position, the visual identifier being at least one of exposed or exposable in the exposed position; wherein the indicating feature is in the concealed position relative to the concealing feature when the housing is not fully mated relative to the mating connector, and the indicating feature is in the exposed position relative to the concealing feature responsive to the housing being fully mated to the mating connector.