Power connector having a wire release mechanism

A power connector comprising:

• a terminal block including terminal channels with separating walls between the terminal channels, the terminal block extending between a front and a rear;
• terminals received in the terminal channels, each terminal including a mating end and a terminating end, the mating end configured for mating with a mating terminal, the terminating ends of the terminals configured to be electrically coupled to corresponding wires at separable interfaces, the terminating ends provided at the rear;
• a rear insert coupled to the rear and covering the terminating ends of the terminals, the rear insert including wire ports configured to receive the corresponding wires, wherein the wires are configured to be poked into the wire ports to interface with the terminating ends of the terminals;
• biasing members associated with the terminals, the biasing members located between the rear of the terminal block and the rear insert, each biasing member including a pusher configured to be biased against the wire to push the wire into direct physical contact with the separable interface at the terminating end of the corresponding terminal, wherein the biasing members are cantilevered from the rear of the terminal block, each biasing member including a fixed end coupled to the terminal block and a free end opposite the fixed end, the free end being deflectable relative to the terminal block, the free end defining the corresponding pusher configured to engage the wire poked into the wire port;
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• a release mechanism including a plurality of pusher release elements, each pusher release element being associated with the pusher of the corresponding biasing member, the release mechanism being actuated to release the pushers of each of the biasing members from the corresponding wires, wherein the release mechanism is slidably coupled to the rear insert, the release mechanism sliding between an unactuated position and an actuated position, the pusher release elements moving each of the pushers when the release mechanism is moved from the unactuated position to the actuated position.

A power connector comprising:

• a terminal block including terminal channels with separating walls between the terminal channels, the terminal block extending between a front and a rear;
• terminals received in the terminal channels, each terminal including a mating end and a terminating end, the mating end configured for mating with a mating terminal, the terminating ends of the terminals configured to be electrically coupled to corresponding wires at separable interfaces, the terminating ends provided at the rear;
• a rear insert coupled to the rear and covering the terminating ends of the terminals, the rear insert including wire ports configured to receive the corresponding wires, wherein the wires are configured to be poked into the wire ports to interface with the terminating ends of the terminals;
• biasing members associated with the terminals, the biasing members located between the rear of the terminal block and the rear insert, each biasing member including a pusher configured to be biased against the wire to push the wire into direct physical contact with the separable interface at the terminating end of the corresponding terminal;
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• a release mechanism including a plurality of pusher release elements, each pusher release element being associated with the pusher of the corresponding biasing member, the release mechanism being actuated to release the pushers of each of the biasing members from the corresponding wires;
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• a cable cover assembly having a chamber receiving the terminal block, the cable cover assembly including a protrusion having a cable bore configured to receive a cable including the wires in a wire bundle, the wires exiting through the cable bore, the cable cover assembly including a sealing grommet along the cable bore to seal between the protrusion and the cable, the cable cover assembly including a securing feature coupled to the protrusion to clamp the protrusion to the cable.