Connector assembly with a latch

A connector assembly configured to latch and unlatch with a mating connector having a latch cavity, the connector assembly comprising:

• a housing comprising a front tower and a rear tower;
• and
• a latch coupled to the housing and supported by the front and rear towers, the latch comprising a latch end and a floating portion, the latch end configured to be inserted into the latch cavity to latch with the mating connector and removed from the latch cavity to unlatch with the mating connector, the floating portion disposed between the front and rear towers, wherein the floating portion is configured to be deformed toward the housing to raise the latch end out from the latch cavity when a load is applied to the floating portion and the latch engages the front tower, the front and rear towers being spaced apart such that the floating portion is elastically deformed when the load is applied.

A connector assembly configured to latch and unlatch with a mating connector having a latch cavity, the connector assembly comprising:

• a housing comprising a front tower and a rear tower;
• and
• a latch coupled to the housing and supported by the front and rear towers, the latch comprising a latch end and a floating portion, the latch end configured to be inserted into the latch cavity to latch with the mating connector and removed from the latch cavity to unlatch with the mating connector, the floating portion disposed between the front and rear towers, wherein the front tower extends above the housing by a tower height, the tower height being sufficiently small such that a load applied to the floating portion toward the housing and between the front and rear towers elastically deforms the latch in order to raise the latch end out from the latch cavity.