Patent 9653845 was granted and assigned to Delphi (company) on May, 2017 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An electrical connector assembly comprising a connector housing; and a mate assist mechanism comprising a lever pivotably arranged on the connector housing. The lever is movable from a preliminary mating position to a fully mated position, and is configured to be releasably held in the preliminary mating position by a holding means. The holding means comprises a locking protrusion and a corresponding locking reception receiving said locking protrusion when the lever is in the preliminary mating position.