Power connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10644443-B2
Application number	US-201916434178-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 7, 2019
Priority date	Jun 23, 2017
Publication date	May 5, 2020
Grant date	May 5, 2020

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a power connector which comprises an insulative housing and a terminal. The insulative housing defines a terminal receiving groove therein and comprises a stopping wall. The terminal is positioned in the terminal receiving groove and comprises a mating portion, a stopping portion and a wire connecting portion. The stopping portion abuts against the stopping wall and comprises a first horizontal portion and a second horizontal portion. The first horizontal portion comprises a first front end edge. The second horizontal portion comprises a second front end edge. A portion of a front end of the first horizontal portion and a portion of a front end of the second horizontal portion are cut off, therefore when the terminal clamps the wire, the first front end edge and the second front end edge do not splay forwardly and outwardly to protrude forwardly, but are parallel to each other or respectively extend backwardly, which thus can avoid the first front end edge and the second front end edge of the stopping portion from abutting against the stopping wall first due to the protruding.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power connector, comprising:
an insulative housing;
a lock assembly provided to an upper surface of the insulative housing and positioned in an up-down direction with the insulative housing, the lock assembly comprising:
a frame defining an opening therein, the frame comprising:
a front bracket;
a rear bracket facing the front bracket and spaced apart from the front bracket by the opening, and the front bracket and the rear bracket being positioned in a front-rear direction;
a first side bracket extending in the front-rear direction and connecting the front bracket and the rear bracket; and
a second side bracket facing the first side bracket, spaced apart from the first side bracket by the opening and connecting the front bracket and the rear bracket, the first side bracket and the second side bracket being positioned in a left-right direction, the opening being formed by the front bracket, the rear bracket, the first side bracket, and the second side bracket; and
a first leg positioned between the front bracket and the rear bracket of the frame and extending from the first side bracket of the frame to the insulative housing in the up-down direction and connecting with the insulative housing;
a second leg positioned between the front bracket and the rear bracket of the frame and extending from the second side bracket of the frame to the insulative housing in the up-down direction and connecting with the insulative housing;

a first elastic arm extending outwardly from a first end of the rear bracket of the frame in the left-right direction, and further extending toward the front bracket of the frame in the front-rear direction, and further extending in the up-down direction to the insulative housing and connecting with the insulative housing; and
a second elastic arm extending outwardly from a second end of the rear bracket of the frame in the left-right direction, and further extending toward the front bracket of the frame in the front-rear direction, and further extending in the up-down direction to the insulative housing and connecting with the insulative housing.

2. The power connector according to claim 1 , wherein the insulative housing is correspondingly assembled with an external insulative housing of an external power connector in the front-rear direction, a protruding block is provided to an outer surface of the external insulative housing and latched with the opening of the lock assembly of the insulative housing.

3. The power connector according to claim 1 , wherein the insulative housing further comprises two side walls positioned in the left-right direction, two latching blocks positioned in the up-down direction are provided to each of the two side walls, a guiding rib extending the front-rear direction is provided between the two latching blocks of each of the two side walls.

4. The power connector according to claim 1 , wherein the front bracket, the rear bracket, the first side bracket, and the second side bracket of the frame are thin cylinders and sizes thereof can avoid a sink mark deformation due to an uneven wall thickness of a mold injection in manufacturing of the frame.

Assignees

• Molex Llc

Inventors

• Zheng You-Xiang
• Yin Hao

Classifications

• H01R13/6272 Primary

  comprising a single latching arm · CPC title

• H01R13/4368

  comprising a temporary and a final locking position · CPC title

• H01R13/114

  co-operating with pins or blades having a square transverse section · CPC title

• H01R13/4223

  comprising integral flexible contact retaining fingers · CPC title

• H01R13/057

  co-operating with sockets having a square transverse section · CPC title