Patent ID: 9033736
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector, comprising a male connector assembly of an insulating material for housing a plurality of pin contacts, each pin contact being disposed in an individual chamber having solid sidewalls and an opening at an insertion face thereof, and a female connector assembly of an insulating material for housing a plurality of socket contacts for mating with the pin contacts, each socket contact being disposed in a tower element having solid sidewalls and an opening at an insertion face thereof, a terminal position assurance cap for assuring a position of each housed socket contact in the female connector assembly, the terminal position assurance cap having fingers insertable into the female connector assembly from a socket contact insertion end arranged opposite the insertion face, wherein a circuit-to-circuit isolation distance of the electrical connector is at least twice a connector mating distance, when the male and female connector assemblies are mated to have the tower elements fully inserted in the individual chambers.