Patent ID: 7811115

Claim:
A connector assembly comprising: an outer housing extending from a mating end to a termination end and including a flexible latch disposed between the mating end and the termination end, the mating end configured to mate with a header connector subassembly; and a floating latch slidably joined to the outer housing between the flexible latch and the mating end of the outer housing, the floating latch extending between opposite ends configured to latch onto the outer housing and the header connector subassembly, wherein, when the outer housing is moved along a mating direction to mate with the header assembly, the floating latch travels with the outer housing until one of the opposite ends of the floating latch couples to the header connector subassembly and, after the floating latch is coupled to the header connector subassembly, the outer housing continues to travel along the mating direction relative to the floating latch with the floating latch sliding relative to the outer housing until another one of the opposite ends couples with the flexible latch of the outer housing.