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US 12,700,704 B2Granted
Busbar connector
AssigneeMolex Incorporated
InventorsChiuming Lu, Robert Piszczor, Mark Cole, Trent C Perkins, Ralph Kern
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Abstract
A busbar connector includes an insulative housing which is configured to accept a busbar assembly therein. The busbar connector is connected to an electrical device, such as a server. The busbar connector includes contact terminals which engage with busbars for distributing power. The busbar connector can include a signal housing having signal contact terminals for connection to a signal component of the busbar assembly.
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A busbar connector comprising:
- an insulative housing having a top wall, a bottom wall and opposite side walls extending therebetween, wherein the housing has a front end and a rear end and a longitudinal axis defined therebetween, a cavity extending through the housing and defining front and rear openings, one of the top and bottom walls having an elongated slot extending from the rear end of the housing toward the front end of the housing that is open to the cavity, and a passageway extending through the housing and defining front and rear openings, the passageway being vertically spaced from the elongated slot, wherein a busbar is configured to extend into the slot and into the cavity;
- first and second contact terminals, each contact terminal including a body having a front end and a rear end, and a set of spring fingers extending from the rear end of the body, the contact terminal being positioned within the cavity with the respective body being coupled to the housing and a rear end of the spring fingers being proximate to the rear end of the housing, wherein the set of spring fingers of the first contact terminal is positioned on a first side of the rear opening and the set of spring fingers of the second contact terminal is positioned on a second side of the rear opening, wherein the contact terminals are electrically isolated from each other by the housing, and wherein a receiving space is defined between the spring fingers in which at least one busbar is configured to be received;
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- a third contact terminal at least partially within the passageway, the third contact terminal being electrically isolated from the first and second contact terminals by the housing, the third contact terminal being configured to transmit signals therethrough.
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A busbar connector comprising:
- an insulative housing having a front end and a rear end and defining a longitudinal axis therebetween, a first cavity extending through the housing and defining front and rear openings, and a second cavity extending through the housing and defining front and rear openings;
- first and second contact terminals, each contact terminal including a body having a front end and a rear end, and a set of spring fingers extending from the rear end of the body, each contact terminal being positioned within the first cavity with the respective body being coupled to the housing and a rear end of the spring fingers being proximate to the rear end of the housing, wherein the set of spring fingers of the first contact terminal is positioned on a first side of the rear opening of the first cavity and the set of spring fingers of the second contact terminal is positioned on a second side of the rear opening of the first cavity, wherein the first and second contact terminals are electrically coupled to each other, and wherein a receiving space is defined between the spring fingers in which a busbar is configured to be received;
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- third and fourth contact terminals, each third and fourth contact terminal including a body having a front end and a rear end, and a set of spring fingers extending from the rear end of the body, each third and fourth contact terminal being positioned within the second cavity with the respective body being coupled to the housing and a rear end of the spring fingers being proximate to the rear end of the housing, wherein the set of spring fingers of the third contact terminal is positioned on a first side of the rear opening of the second cavity and the set of spring fingers of the fourth contact terminal is positioned on a second side of the rear opening of the second cavity, wherein the third and fourth contact terminals are electrically coupled to each other and electrically isolated from the first and second contact terminals, and wherein a receiving space is defined between the spring fingers of the third and fourth contact terminals in which a second busbar is configured to be received.
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A busbar connector comprising:
- an insulative housing having a front end and a rear end and defining a longitudinal axis therebetween, a cavity extending through the housing and defining front and rear openings;
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- first and second contact terminals, each contact terminal including a body having a front end and a rear end, a first set of spring fingers extending from the rear end of the body, each spring finger in the first set having a bump and a planar section and terminating in a free end, and a second set of spring fingers extending from the rear end of the body, each spring finger in the second set having a bump and a planar section and terminating in a free end, wherein the planar section of the respective spring finger in the second set is offset from the planar section of the respective spring finger in the first set in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis and the free ends of the spring fingers of the second set are offset from the bumps of the spring fingers of the first set along the longitudinal axis and vertically align with the planar sections of the first set of spring fingers, each contact terminal being positioned within the cavity with the respective body being coupled to the housing and the free ends of the spring fingers of the first set being proximate to the rear end of the housing, wherein the first and second sets of spring fingers of the first contact terminal is positioned on a first side of the rear opening and the first and second sets of spring fingers of the second contact terminal is positioned on a second side of the rear opening, and
- wherein a receiving space is defined between the first and second sets of spring fingers of the first contact terminal and the first and second sets of spring fingers of the second contact terminal in which a busbar is configured to be received.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.