Patent ID: 8187024

Claim:
A connector assembly comprising: a housing having a mating face with a connector channel and a light transmission opening extending through the housing, the housing including an interior chamber and a connector arranged to electrically mate with a peripheral connector; a light source located proximate to the housing, the light source configured to generate light directed toward the light transmission opening in the mating face of the housing to indicate a status of the connector; and a cover element coupled with the housing such that the cover element extends over the light transmission opening in the mating face of the housing, the cover element having a connector opening aligned with the connector channel such that the peripheral connector mates with the connector of the housing through the connector opening and the connector channel, the cover element including a light transmissive area formed from the cover element and positioned to receive the light passing through the light transmission opening from the light source and transmit the light outward from the mating face in order to indicate the status of the connector, wherein the light transmissive area at least partially encircles the connector opening at the mating face of the housing.