Power connector for connection to a printed circuit board
AssigneeNorthrop Grumman Corporation
InventorsCarmine Gugliotti, George W. Brehm, Bruce E. Moore
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to an electrical power connector including a U-shaped body including a first wall with a first plurality of undercut grooves and a second wall that has a second plurality of undercut grooves and a base member that has a third plurality of rectangular slots. A first plurality of spring contacts are each positioned in a corresponding one of the first plurality of grooves. A second plurality of spring contacts are each positioned in a corresponding one of the second plurality of grooves. A third plurality of carrier mounted pins are each positioned in a corresponding one of the plurality of rectangular slots.
Claims17
A power connector, comprising:
- a U-shaped body including a first wall with a first plurality of undercut grooves and a second wall having a second plurality of undercut grooves and a third wall having a third plurality of rectangular slots;
- a first plurality of spring contacts each positioned in a corresponding one of said first plurality of grooves;
- a second plurality of spring contacts each positioned in a corresponding one of said second plurality of grooves;
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- a third plurality of pins each positioned in a corresponding one of said third plurality of rectangular slots.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.