Electrical Connector

An electrical connector comprising:

• a housing;
• electrical contacts connected to the housing;
• and
• a mate assist system for assisting in mating the electrical connector to a mating electrical connector, wherein the mate assist system comprises a slider slidably connected to the housing, and a system for preventing unintentional movement of the slider from an unlocked position, wherein the system for preventing unintentional movement of the slider comprises a first latch adapted to be manually actuated by a user and a separate second latch adapted to be automatically moved by the mating electrical connector when the housing is initially mounted on the mating electrical connector.

An electrical connector comprising:

• a housing;
• electrical contacts connected to the housing;
• and
• a lever and latch subassembly comprising a lever movably mounted to the housing and a combined latch and connector position assurance (CPA) lock movably mounted on the lever, wherein the combined latch and CPA lock comprises a movable latch portion and a movable blocking portion, wherein the blocking portion is adapted to engage a portion of the housing to block movement of the lever on the housing from an unlocked position, and wherein the latch portion is adapted to latch the lever on the housing at a locked position.

An electrical connector comprising:

• a housing;
• electrical contacts connected to the housing;
• and
• a lever and latch subassembly connected to the housing, wherein the subassembly comprises a lever and a latch movably mounted on the lever, wherein the lever is movably mounted to the housing and adapted to be manually moved by a user, wherein the latch comprises a blocking portion, wherein the blocking portion has a first position on the lever which is adapted to engage a portion on an exterior side of the housing to block movement of the lever on the housing from an unlocked position, and wherein the blocking portion is adapted to be moved to a second position on the lever out of blocking engagement with the portion of the housing to thereby allow the lever to be moved away from the unlocked position.