Patent ID: 7044808

Claim:
A connector assembly, including: a housing configured to receive a first terminal in a first direction, the housing including a first slot, a second slot separate from the first slot, and a first latch that is movable between a flexed position wherein the first latch is disengaged from the first terminal and an unflexed position wherein the first latch is engaged with the first terminal to inhibit movement of the first terminal in a second direction that is opposite the first direction; and a TPA device configured to be coupled to the housing for movement between a mated position and a pre-latched position, the TPA device including a first retention block that is received by the first slot, the first retention block inhibiting the first latch from moving from the unflexed position to the flexed position when the TPA device is in the mated position, and a second retention block that is received by the second slot, the second retention block inhibiting movement of the first terminal in the second direction.