Patent ID: 8092245

Claim:
An electrical connector assembly comprising: a male connector having shoulders; a female connector receiving the male connector and having opposing flex arms disposed on opposing lateral side walls of the female connector and the opposing flex arms have corresponding nibs; and a sleeve receiving the female connector and having an inner surface, wherein the male connector, the female connector, and the sleeve are telescoped together such that the inner surface of the sleeve engages the opposing flex arms and forces locking engagement between the respective shoulders and the respective nibs to eliminate relative movement between the male and the female connector, and wherein the male connector comprises rigid inclined ramps extending from an external surface of a wall of the male connector in a direction outwardly away from the male connector to face an inner surface of the female connector when the male connector, the female connector, and the sleeve are telescoped together, and the respective shoulders are located adjacent a trailing end of the respective rigid inclined ramps.