Electrical connector with machine-readable graphic identifier

An electrical connector comprising:

• a housing with an outer surface;
• a presentation block mounted on the housing along the outer surface, the presentation block having a three-dimensional shape with a display surface that is angled transverse to an area of the outer surface of the housing on which the presentation block is mounted, the presentation block including a graphic identifier that is computer-readable and disposed on the display surface;
• and
• a connector position assurance (CPA) device mounted on the housing and movable relative to the housing between a lock position and an unlock position, wherein the CPA device in the unlock position at least partially conceals the graphic identifier of the presentation block to prevent the graphic identifier from being read by a reader device, and wherein the graphic identifier is exposed when the CPA device is in the lock position, wherein the CPA device is configured to be movable from the unlock position to the lock position only when the housing is in a fully mated position relative to a mating connector.

An electrical connector comprising:

• a housing with an outer surface;
• and
• a presentation block mounted on the housing along the outer surface, the presentation block having a three-dimensional shape with a first display surface and a second display surface that are angled transverse to each other, wherein each of the first and second display surfaces is angled transverse to an area of the outer surface of the housing on which the presentation block is mounted,
• wherein the presentation block includes a graphic identifier separately disposed on each of the first and second display surfaces, wherein the graphic identifier is a computer-readable code that identifies the electrical connector.