Inhibitor retention feature for electrical connection

A conductor for an electrical connector comprising:

• a conductor body extending between a mating end and a terminating end, the conductor body including a mating surface at the mating end;
• an inhibitor encapsulation element including blocking walls extending from the mating surface forming inhibitor wells along the mating surface, the blocking walls including an outer blocking wall forming an outer ring defining a mating area, the blocking walls including a nested blocking wall forming a nested ring embedded within the mating area and surrounded by the outer ring, the inhibitor wells configured to be filled with corrosion inhibitor material, the blocking walls configured to capture the corrosion inhibitor material in the corresponding inhibitor wells on the mating surface.

An electrical connector comprising:

• a power cable having an end;
• and
• a conductor having a conductor body extending between a mating end and a terminating end, the terminating end terminated to the end of the power cable, the conductor body including a mating surface at the mating end, the conductor including an inhibitor encapsulation element including a blocking wall extending from the mating surface, the blocking wall forming an inhibitor well along the mating surface configured to be filled with corrosion inhibitor material, the blocking wall configured to capture the corrosion inhibitor material in the inhibitor well on the mating surface