Connector assembly with independent secondary lock with resilient positioning member

A connector assembly comprising:

• a connector housing having a mating face and a wire receiving face, a terminal receiving area extends from the mating face toward the wire receiving face, the terminal receiving area being spaced from outside walls of the connector housing, the terminal receiving area having a secondary lock receiving recess, the terminal receiving area having terminal receiving cavities extending from the mating face to the wire receiving face, the terminal receiving area having slots extending from a first portion of the secondary lock receiving recess to a second portion of the secondary lock receiving recess, the slots positioned between respective terminal receiving cavities;
• a secondary lock member slidably received in the secondary lock receiving recess for movement between a first position and a second position, the secondary lock member having locking walls which extend from a first wall of the secondary lock member to a second wall of the secondary lock member, the locking walls extend into the slots of the terminal receiving area, the locking walls having locking projections which cooperate with terminals positioned in the terminal receiving cavities when the secondary lock member is in the second position;
• the secondary lock member having a resilient positioning member extending from the first wall in a direction away from the locking walls, the resilient positioning member configured to engage a mating component and compress when the mating component is inserted into the connector housing, the resilient positioning member maintaining the secondary lock member in the second position as the mating component is inserted into the connector housing.

A connector assembly comprising:

• a connector housing having a mating face and a wire receiving face, a terminal receiving area extends from the mating face toward the wire receiving face, the terminal receiving area having a secondary lock receiving recess, the terminal receiving area having terminal receiving cavities extending from the mating face to the wire receiving face, the terminal receiving area having slots positioned between respective terminal receiving cavities;
• a secondary lock member which is moveable between a first position and a second position, the secondary lock member cooperates with terminals positioned in the terminal receiving cavities when the secondary lock member is in the second position;
• the secondary lock member having locking walls which extend from a first wall of the secondary lock member to a second wall of the secondary lock member, the locking walls extend into the slots of the terminal receiving area, the locking walls having locking projections which cooperate with terminals positioned in the terminal receiving cavities when the secondary lock member is in the second position;
• the secondary lock member having a resilient positioning member extending from the first wall of the secondary lock member in a direction away from the terminal receiving area;
• wherein when the secondary lock member is in the first position, the resilient positioning member is configured to engage the mating component and prevent the mating component from being inserted into the connector housing;
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• wherein when the secondary lock member is in the second position, the resilient positioning member is configured to engage the mating component and compress when the mating component is inserted into the connector housing, the resilient positioning member maintaining the secondary lock member in the second position as the mating component is inserted into the connector housing.