An Electrical Connector Assembly

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical connector assembly (2), comprising a main housing (4) with a guide (12) at least partially receiving and guiding a slider (14) in a lateral direction, the slider (14) having at least one oblique groove (16) and a cam surface (18), a cover (20) mountable to a rear face (8) of the main housing (4) and having an aperture (22) for a cable (24), a lever (26) hinged to the cover (20) and having a cam counter surface (28), wherein, in a pre-lock condition, the cam counter surface (28) is in operative coupling with the cam surface (18) to translate the slider (14) upon tilting of the lever (26), the oblique groove (16) is configured to cooperate with a mating element (30) of a socket (32) to move the electrical connector assembly (2) in a locking direction (L1) orthogonal to the front face (6) and into engagement with the socket (32) upon translation of the slider (14), the cover (20) is mountable to the main housing (4) in a first and a reverse second orientation such that the cover (20) dresses the cable (24) in a first and a reverse second lateral direction (I; II); and the lever (26) and the main housing (4) have assigned poka yoke means (34; 36) for establishing the pre-lock condition only when the lever (26) is tilted into a predetermined initial position. (Figure 1)

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