Patent ID: 9054459
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: B60L,H01R,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector assembly, comprising: a first connector having a first casing, a first contact, and a second contact, and a second connector having a second casing, a first mating contact and a second mating contact in which the first and second connectors are configured to selectively mate and unmate along a mating axis respectively between an unassembled condition and an assembled condition to electrically connect the first contact and the first mating contact together and the second contact and the second mating contact together, wherein the second connector supports a connector position assurance (CPA) element carrying the second mating contact, wherein, in the unassembled condition, the CPA element abuts against an abutment surface borne by one of the first and second connector, thereby preventing movement of the CPA element relative to the second connector between a safety position and an active position, wherein, in the assembled condition, the CPA element does not abut against said abutment surface so as to be movable relative to the second connector between said safety position and said active position, so as to connect the second mating contact carried by the CPA element with the corresponding second contact of the first connector, and wherein a sealing system is provided to surround the CPA element to provide sealing of the CPA element in the active position as well as in the safety position.