Connector component and connector system

A connector system comprising

• a pair of connector components, each comprising
• a connector housing having a mating surface, which has an opening, and a door moveable relative to the mating surface between a closed position to close the opening and an opened position to open the opening, and
• a connector assembly enclosed within the connector housing and moveable relative to the connector housing towards or away from the opening at the mating surface of the connector housing along a translation axis, the connector assembly comprising
• a base member having a fluid port,
• an engagement piece having a contact portion directed towards the opening at the mating surface of the connector housing and a pusher portion, wherein a fluid channel extends through the engagement piece via the contact portion and the pusher portion, and
• a valve unit disposed between the base member and the engagement piece, the valve unit having a resilient deformable valve member operable to control fluid flow through the valve unit between the fluid port of the base member and the fluid channel of the engagement piece,
• wherein the engagement piece is fitted to the valve unit with the pusher portion in abutment with the resilient deformable valve member of the valve unit and moveable relative to the base member in a manner so as to cause the pusher portion to urge open the resilient deformable valve member for enabling the fluid flow therethrough as the engagement piece is moved towards the base member under an application of a force and to cause the resilient deformable valve member to move the engagement piece away from the base member as the resilient deformable valve member returns to its original state to close the resilient deformable valve member for ceasing the fluid flow therethrough when the force is removed,
• wherein the pair of connector components are removably interlockable to each other with the mating surfaces thereof directed towards each other and with the openings at the mating surfaces aligned,
• wherein, when the pair of connector components are interlocked and the doors of the connector housings thereof are in the opened position, the connector assemblies of the pair of connector components are respectively moveable towards the openings of the mating surfaces of the pair of connector components in a manner so as to be engageable with each other through the openings at the mating surfaces to cause the engagement pieces of the pair of connector components to urge against each other such that the engagement pieces of the pair of connector components are respectively moved towards the base members thereof to urge open the resilient deformable valve members of the valve units thereof so as to establish a fluid connection through the connector assemblies of the pair of connector components between the fluid ports of the base members of the pair of connector components.