Fci Americas Technology Inc.

Fci Automotive Holding

Gregory D Leece

Franklin Anthony Holub

Jeffrey Scott Campbell

Adam Price Tyler

Louis M Carrer

Adam Wade Kennedy

Richard J Kakkuri

Joel A Pittenger

Ralf Pfeilsticker

Raymond Bruce McLauchlan

Richard Kakkurui

Adam Kennedy

An electrical connector including a housing; electrical contacts connected to the housing; and a mate assist system for assisting in mating the electrical connector to a mating electrical connector. The mate assist system includes a lever pivotably connected to the housing, a slider slidably connected to the housing, and a system for preventing unintentional movement of the lever from an unlocked position. The system for preventing unintentional movement of the lever includes a first latch adapted to be manually actuated by a user and a second latch on the slider adapted to be automatically moved by the mating electrical connector when the housing is initially mounted on the mating electrical connector. Both the first and second latches are moved to enable movement of the lever from the unlocked position.

Electrical connector with laterally moving terminal position assurance (TPA) member

Electrical connector

Electrical connector with lever and latch

An electrical connector including a housing; electrical contacts connected to the housing; and a connector position assurance (CPA) member movably attached to the housing. The housing includes a deflectable latch for latching with a mating electrical connector. The CPA member includes two deflectable side arms and a center section located between the side arms. The CPA member is movable between a first position and a second position. The first position has the center section spaced from the deflectable latch and outwardly extending portions of the side arms extending through first holes in the housing to an exterior side of the housing. The second position comprises a portion of the center section being located beneath a portion of the latch with the latch to prevent the latch from being deflected inward, and the outwardly extending portions being moved out of the first holes.

Electrical connector with connector position assurance member

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Belleville, MI, United States of America

Gregory D Leece