Patent ID: 7329132

Claim:
A connector assembly comprising: a first connector having a section for securing a first plurality of electrical terminals to the first connector, an interior to the first connector, and an opening to the interior opposite the securing section; a second connector having inner chambers for holding a second plurality of electrical terminals, the second connector complementary to the first connector such that a portion of the second connector can be disposed in the interior of the first connector to interconnect the first and second terminals; and at least one lever having first and second arms disposed on opposite first and second sides of one of the connectors and a bridge member joining the arms across the one connector, the first arm having a pivot aperture disposed on a first pin projecting outwardly from the first side of the one connector, the second arm having a slot longer than the aperture disposed on a second pin projecting outwardly from the second side of the one connector, at least one of the arms having a coupling projection that engages with the other one of the connectors, wherein receipt of the second connector into the interior of the first connector engages the lever which thereby pivots and exerts a force on the coupling projection with the other one of the connectors pulling the second connector further into the first connector and electrically mating the first and second plurality of terminals.