Quick slide connector assembly

摘要

A connector assembly can include a housing, a terminal retainer, and a terminal position assurance member. The terminal retainer can be removably coupled with the housing and define a primary retaining lock for an electrical contact assembly. The terminal retainer can cooperate with the housing to form a compartment that can receive the electrical contact assembly. The compartment can extend along a mating axis of the housing, with a first frontal opening and a rear opening spaced from one another along the mating axis. A portion of the first frontal opening can be elastically deformable such that a size of the first frontal opening is variable. The terminal position assurance member can be removably coupled with the housing to define a secondary retaining lock for the electrical contact assembly. The terminal position assurance member can be positioned to inhibit elastic deformation of the portion of the first frontal opening.

主权项

1. A connector assembly for retaining at least one electrical contact assembly, comprising:
a housing extending along a mating axis; at least one terminal retainer being removably coupled with the housing and operable to define a primary retaining lock for the electrical contact assembly, wherein the at least one terminal retainer cooperates with the housing to form at least one compartment formed within the housing for receiving at least a portion of the at least one electrical contact assembly, the at least one compartment extending along the mating axis and having a first frontal opening and a rear opening spaced from the first frontal opening along the mating axis, the first frontal opening positioned in a mating direction along the mating axis from the rear opening and the rear opening positioned in a disengaging direction along the mating axis from the first frontal opening, wherein at least a portion of the first frontal opening is elastically deformable such that a size of the first frontal opening is variable; and at least one terminal position assurance member being removably coupled to the housing and operable to define a secondary retaining lock for the electrical contact assembly, wherein, when the at least one terminal position assurance member is coupled to the housing, the at least one terminal position assurance member is positioned at a supporting position at which the at least one terminal position assurance member inhibits elastic deformation of the portion of the first frontal opening.