Electrical connector and power terminal

An electrical connector, comprising:

• an insulative housing comprising a slot configured to receive a removable mating component;
• a first row of conductive terminal assemblies comprising a plurality of contact surfaces and disposed in the housing such that the contact surfaces of the first row are exposed in the slot;
• and
• a second row of conductive terminal assemblies comprising a plurality of contact surfaces and disposed in the housing such that the contact surfaces of the second row are exposed in the slot,
• wherein:
• the first and second rows comprise a plurality of pairs of conductive terminal assemblies, each pair of conductive terminal assemblies including a conductive terminal assembly of the first row facing a conductive terminal assembly of the second row,
• each conductive terminal assembly of the first and second rows comprises a plurality of fingers disposed in a plurality of tiers including an outer tier and an inner tier, with contact points of the contact surfaces of the first and second rows being disposed on the fingers, the fingers including at least outer fingers disposed in the outer tier and inner fingers disposed in the inner tier, the outer tier and the inner tier being parallel to a row direction,
• the contact surfaces of the outer fingers of the outer tier are aligned in at least one row parallel to the row direction,
• the contact surfaces of the inner fingers of the inner tier are aligned in at least one other row different from and parallel to the at least one row.

An electrical power terminal, comprising:

• a plurality of conductive terminal layers stacked on each other, wherein:
• each conductive terminal layer comprises a plurality of fingers disposed in a plurality of tiers including an outer tier and an inner tier, with contact surfaces being disposed on the fingers, the fingers including at least first fingers of a first tier and second fingers of a second tier, the first tier and the second tier being parallel to a row direction,
• the first fingers of the first tier are interspersed such that a first finger of a first conductive terminal layer is adjacent a first finger of a second conductive terminal layer of the plurality of conductive terminal layers,
• the second fingers of the second tier are interspersed such that a second finger of the first conductive terminal layer is adjacent a second finger of the second conductive terminal layer,
• the contact surfaces of the first fingers of the first tier of the first conductive terminal layer are aligned in at least a first row parallel to the row direction,
• the contact surfaces of the first fingers of the second conductive terminal layer are aligned in at least a second row parallel to the row direction,
• the contact surfaces of the second fingers of the second tier of the first conductive terminal layer are aligned in at least a third row parallel to the row direction, and
• the contact surfaces of the second fingers of the second conductive terminal layer are aligned in at least a fourth row parallel to the row direction.