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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2016
Tyco Electronics Japan G.k., Kanagawa, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tomokazu Yamane, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Kondo, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuya Yamashita, Kanagawa, JP;
Shingo Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Noritaka Ikejiri, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tyco Electronics Japan G.K., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A connector assembly is disclosed including a first connector and a second connector matable with the first connector. The first connector has a first housing, a first power terminal attached, and a first signal terminal. The second connector has a lever attached to a moving housing, the lever moving the moving housing between a mating released position, an intermediate position, and a mating completed position, a second housing movably disposed within the moving housing, a second power terminal disposed in the second housing and contacting the first power terminal in the intermediate position, a second signal terminal attached to the moving housing and contacting the first signal terminal at a position between the intermediate position and the mating completed position, and a separating protrusion disposed on the moving housing preventing the second power terminal from contacting the first power terminal in the mating released position.