Nonpolarized electrical connector assembly especially for use as automotive squib connector

摘要

A nonpolarized electrical connector assembly 10 includes a receptacle connector subassembly 20 and a plug connector subassembly 100. The receptacle connector subassembly 20 can be mated with an electronic component subassembly, such as an airbag inflation initiator or squib 2, and includes a cylindrical housing 22 with a central plug passage 38. Receptacle contacts 50A, 50B and 50C are positioned at different arcuate locations in this passage 38 with resilient cantilever beams 56 of different lengths so that contact points 58 on the beams 56 are at different axial locations in the passage 38. A plug connector subassembly has axially spaced cylindrical plug contacts 102A, 102B and 102C on a plug post 106 that is inserted into the passage 38 so that the plug connector subassembly 100 can be positioned at any angular position relative to the mating axis between the two connector subassemblies.