Electrical connector system with a male terminal assembly having a compression limiting means

An electrical connector assembly for use in a power distribution assembly, the connector assembly comprising:

• a male connector assembly including a male housing assembly and a male terminal assembly, wherein said male terminal assembly comprises:
• a male terminal body with a receptacle, a base portion and at least one contact arm extending from the base portion;
• a spring member with at least one spring arm configured to underlie the contact arm, and wherein the at least one spring arm includes a frontal portion with a jacket projection extent;
• an openable jacket with a spring arm opening;
• and
• wherein in a fully assembled state SFA, (i) the spring member is positioned in the receptacle of the male terminal body and a primary spring arm of the at least one spring arm underlies the contact arm, (ii) a majority of the male terminal body and the spring member reside within the jacket, (iii) when an external force FE is applied to the contact arm, both the contact arm and the primary spring arm are inwardly displaced, and (iv) when additional external force FE is applied to the contact arm, further inward displacement of the primary spring arm is constrained by direct contact between an inner surface of the jacket projection extent of the at least one spring arm and an inner compression edge of the spring arm opening, thereby preventing over-displacement of the male terminal assembly.