Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing having a mating end and a wire receiving end. A cover is provided on the wire receiving end of the housing. The cover has a ridge on an interior surface thereof to stabilize the cover on the housing. The cover flexes about the ridge when the cover is mounted on the housing. A connector position assurance element (CPA) is slidably received in a channel on the cover and is movable between a pre-staged position and a staged position. The CPA engages a connector latch on the housing to assure that a mating connector is fully mated to the connector when the CPA is in the staged position. The CPA includes a simply supported latch beam having a latch element thereon that engages a step in the channel to latch the CPA to the cover.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a terminal stabilization device utilizing primary latching reinforcement that is operable in an electrical connector assembly and includes a first housing unit having a contact member extending outwardly from a base surface of the first housing unit, a plurality of fingers protruding from the base surface of the first housing unit, a second housing unit having a contact member support positioned on the second housing unit to cradle the contact member, the contact member support having a plurality of engagement members extending therefrom, wherein when the upper housing unit and the lower housing unit are joined, the contact member, the fingers, and the engagement members form a receptacle for said terminal and said terminal is stabilized in position.