A connector position assurance member (60) includes a body (61), a resiliently displaceable lock (70) projecting forward from a front of the body (61) and a push-in suppressing member (80) projecting rearward from a rear of the body (61). The housing (30) includes a receptacle (31) and a lock arm (40) provided on an upper surface of the receptacle (31). The lock arm (40) includes a locking portion (44) to be locked to a projection (102) of a mating housing (100) and a connection releasing portion (45) for displacing the locking portion (44) by being pushed toward an outer peripheral surface of the receptacle (31). With the connector position assurance member (60) at a connection assurance position (CAP), the lock (70) is locked to the locking portion (44) and the push-in suppressing member (80) is between the upper surface of the receptacle (31) and the connection releasing portion (45).

It is aimed to provide a connector capable of improving the reliability of connection detection. A connector is provided with a first housing and a second housing connectable to each other, a detector arranged movably to a standby position and a detection position with respect to the first housing, the detector being allowed to move to the detection position when the first and second housings are connected properly, and a biasing member accommodated in either one of the first and second housings. The biasing member accumulates a biasing force by being pressed by the detector moving toward the detection position.

An electrical connector body is provided includes first and second housing portions formed from molded plastic. The housing portions include first and second interface surfaces that are configured to butt against one another to define a housing and one or more electrical components are disposed within an interior of the housing. The one or more electrical components may comprise connectors of a male or female cord cap, an in-line surge suppression circuit, and/or a compact automatic transfer switch. In one implementation, each of the first and second connector body portions may include a strain relief extension for engaging an electrical cord and a compression member (3691) may be disposed over the strain relief extensions to secure together the first and second connector body portions. The compression member may be selected from a set of compression members based on a size of the electrical cord.

An electrical connector assembly includes a receptacle connector and a plug connector adapted to be mated with each other. The receptacle connector includes a contact unit forwardly assembled into the receptacle housing and having a plurality of receptacle contacts and a common mode choke electrically connected together. The plug connector includes a resilient latch associated with the plug shell and received within an enlarged area of a circumferential space formed between the receptacle shell and the receptacle housing.

A connector assembly includes a connector body, a corresponding mating connector body, and a connection position assurance (CPA) device. The connector body includes a deflectable latching member and at least one outer detent feature located on an outer surface of the connector body. The corresponding mating connector body is configured to be removably connected with the connector body, wherein the deflectable latching member is configured to secure the connector body to the corresponding mating connector body. The CPA device is slidably positioned adjacent the connector body and moveable from a pre-stage position to a full-stage position, wherein the CPA device interacts with the at least one outer detent feature located on the outer surface of the connector body to deflect the connector body towards the corresponding mating connector body.

A housing of a connector has an end face in a perpendicular direction perpendicular to an up-down direction. A side portion of a guide member is apart from the end face of the housing. The end face of the housing, the side portion of the guide member and supporting portions of the guide member form a receiving portion which guides and receives a protruding block of a mating connector. When the connector is mounted on a substrate, the side portion and the supporting portions are apart from the substrate. Outside the end face of the housing in the perpendicular direction and under the side portion and the supporting portions in the up-down direction, a lower space is formed to communicate with the receiving portion. The guide members 16 is not located in the lower spaces 20 at all.

A housing of a connector has end faces at both ends thereof in a pitch direction. The end faces correspond to protruding blocks of a mating connector 50, respectively. Two guide members are distinct and separated from each other. Each of the guide members has a side portion and two supporting portions. The guide members correspond to the end faces, respectively. Accordingly, the side portion and the supporting portions correspond to one of the end faces. The side portion is located apart from the end face corresponding thereto in the pitch direction. The side portion, the supporting portions and the end face corresponding to the side portion form a receiving portion. The receiving portion guides and receives the protruding block corresponding to the end face forming the receiving portion when the connector and the mating connector are mated with each other.

An apparatus and method for determining whether a conductive ring is attached to an electrically conductive shaft. The body of the apparatus includes an electrical contact and at least one magnet in a magnet recess. The at least one magnet may include a first and second conductive region, where the first conductive region is a fixed, first radial distance from a center point of the inner cavity and the second conductive region is a second radial distance from the center point of the inner cavity. A shaft recess of the conductive shaft aligns with the magnet recess when the conductive shaft is inserted into the inner cavity and an electric circuit detects whether a metal ring is secured around the conductive shaft in response to simultaneous contact between: the metal ring and the at least one magnet and the conductive shaft and the electrical contact.

An electrical junction box includes an electronic component including a component main body and a terminal protruding from the component main body, a block including a mating terminal configured to be connected to the terminal and a block main body configured to accommodate the mating terminal and a case having a box shape and configured to accommodate the electronic component and the block. The component main body of the electronic component is provided with a first locking portion. The block is provided with a second locking portion. The case is provided with a third locking portion configured to be engaged with the first locking portion and a fourth locking portion configured to be engaged with the second locking portion.

An electronically lockable, electrical plug configured to communicate power and data signals to mobile electronic devices (MED) includes a male electrical plug body insertable into a female electrical socket of the MED and plurality of electrical contacts defined in the male electrical plug for communicating the power and data signals to and from the MED, via corresponding electrical contacts associated with an MED electrical socket. The MED electrical socket is shaped and sized to physically receive and support therein said male electrical plug body. Plug locking elements are formed in the male plug body are so formed as to be lockable to or with corresponding, complementary socket locking elements of the MED, so that upon insertion of the male plug body into the MED socket the electrical plug is locked with the MED. An associated, electronically operable locking mechanism is operable to mechanically disengage the plug locking elements from the socket locking elements to thereby enable the electrical plug to be released from the MED and an electrical cable is coupled to the male plug body for electrically conducting the signals.