Power connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016181716-A1
Application number	US-201414909561-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 30, 2014
Priority date	Aug 2, 2013
Publication date	Jun 23, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A connector is disclosed including a housing and a pair of terminals. Each terminal includes a planar body portion and a planar mounting portion formed at the first end of the body portion with a bent contacting portion disposed therebetween. A wire securing position is formed at the second end of the body portion with a pair of crimping portions to secure the wire to the terminal. The body portion and the mounting portion are received in a slot formed in the housing with the contacting portion extending through a window formed in the housing and the terminal mounting portion being translatable within the slot.

First claim

1 . A connector comprising:
a housing, the housing including a terminal receiving cavity, the terminal receiving cavity includes a first end and a second end, the terminal receiving cavity having an opening at the first end and a transverse slot formed in the cavity extending to a stop surface formed at the second end; and a terminal positioned in the terminal receiving cavity, the terminal including a planar body portion and a planar mounting portion, the terminal including a contacting portion disposed between the body portion and the mounting portion, the mounting portion having a front edge, wherein a space is defined between the front edge of the mounting portion of the terminal and the stop surface of the slot formed at the second end of the cavity.

2 . The connector of claim 1 , wherein the body portion and the mounting portion are coplanar.

3 . The connector of claim 1 , wherein the body portion and the mounting portion have a first width and the contacting portion has a second width.

4 . The connector of claim 3 , wherein the first width is greater than the second width.

5 . The connector of claim 1 , wherein the mounting portion has a width that is less than a width of the body portion.

6 . The connector of claim 1 , wherein the contacting portion is formed as arc shaped.

7 . The connector of claim 1 , wherein the mounting portion is configured to translate in a mating direction.

8 . The connector of claim 1 , wherein the terminal receiving cavity includes a ramped portion configured to engage the contacting portion of the terminal.

9 . The connector of claim 8 , wherein the ramped portion includes a flat portion having a longitudinal recessed.

10 . A connector comprising:
a housing, the housing including a terminal receiving cavity, the terminal receiving cavity including a first end and a second end, the terminal receiving cavity having an opening at the first end and a transverse slot formed in the cavity extending to the second end, wherein the opening provides a diagonal distance between opposing corners; and a terminal positioned in the terminal receiving cavity, the terminal includes a planar body portion and a planar mounting portion with a contacting portion disposed between the body portion and the mounting portion, the body portion and the mounting portion having a first width and the contacting portion having a second width, wherein the first width is greater than the diagonal distance.

11 . The connector of claim 10 , wherein it e body portion and the mounting portion are coplanar.

12 . The connector of claim 10 , wherein the width of the contacting portion is less than the width attic body portion.

13 . The connector of claim 10 , wherein the mounting portion is disposed in the transverse slot.

14 . The connector of claim 13 , wherein the mounting portion translates in a mating direction.

15 . A connector comprising:
a housing, the housing including a terminal receiving cavity, the terminal receiving cavity includes a first end and a second end, the terminal receiving cavity having an opening at the first end and a transverse slot formed in the cavity extending to a stop surface formed at the second end, and the opening further including a groove; and a terminal positioned in the terminal receiving cavity, the terminal including a planar body portion, a planar mounting portion and a contacting portion formed in a first direction and disposed between the body portion and the mounting portion, the body portion having a locking tang formed from the body portion and a rib formed from an exterior edge of the body portion, wherein the rib is positioned in the groove and the rib is configured to provide a protective envelope over the locking tang.

16 . The connector of wherein the rib is formed in a second direction.

17 . The connector of claim 16 , wherein the second direction is opposite the first direction.

18 . The connector of claim 15 , wherein the ribs have a lead-in portion formed on the leading end of the rib.

19 . The connector of claim 18 , wherein the body portion includes a pair ribs disposed on each side of the locking tang.

Assignees

• Ramanna Nrupathunga Chakravarthy Somanathapura
• Somanath Krishna Prasad Darbal
• Raghavan Chamarajanagar Gopala
• Pulukool Nyshil Belaay
• Comerci Joseph D
• Killian Patrick J
• Molex Inc
• Molex Llc

Inventors

• Ramanna Nrupathunga Chakravarthy Somanathapura
• Somanath Krishna Prasad Darbal
• Raghavan Chamarajanagar Gopala
• Pulukool Nyshil Belaay
• Comerci Joseph D
• Killian Patrick J

Classifications

• H01R13/432

  by stamped-out resilient tongue snapping behind shoulder in base or case · CPC title

• H01R13/28 Primary

  Contacts for sliding cooperation with identically-shaped contact, e.g. for hermaphroditic coupling devices {(H01R24/84 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• H01R24/20

  Coupling parts carrying sockets, clips or analogous contacts and secured only to wire or cable · CPC title

• H01R13/434 Primary

  by separate resilient locking means on contact member, e.g. retainer collar or ring around contact member · CPC title