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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2017
Aptiv Technologies Limited, St. Michael, BB;
Zuelkuef Yildiz, Unna, DE;
Necdet Papurcu, Datteln, DE;
Klaus Storandt, Witten, DE;
Andreas Weidemeyer, Neukirchen, DE;
APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, , BB;
Abstract
An electrical connector assembly includes a connector housing, a cap, and a lever pivotably attached to the cap. The lever moves from a transport position, a preliminary mating position, and a fully mated position. The connector assembly has a first holding means holding the lever in the transport position and a second holding means holding the lever in the preliminary mating position. The first holding means has a locking arm on the lever and a latching projection on the cap. The connector housing has a wall extending towards the cap configured to release the locking arm from the latching projection and move the lever towards the preliminary mating position. The second holding means comprises a locking protrusion and a locking reception receiving the locking protrusion when the lever is in the preliminary mating position. A mating connector displaces the locking protrusion to release the lever when the assembly is mated.