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US 2006/0223362 A1Published application
Electrical connector with cooling features
AssigneeFCI Americas Technology, Inc.
InventorWilfred Swain
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Abstract
A preferred embodiment of an electrical connector includes an electrical conductor for transmitting electrical power, and a housing. The electrical conductor is mounted in the housing so that the housing and the electrical conductor define a channel for circulating airflow through the housing and along a surface of the electrical conductor.
Claims21
An electrical connector, comprising:
- an electrical conductor for transmitting electrical power;
- and
- a housing, wherein:
- the electrical conductor is mounted in the housing so that the housing and the electrical conductor define a channel for circulating airflow through the housing and along a surface of the electrical conductor;
- the electrical connector can be mounted on a substrate;
- the housing has standoffs for spacing a bottom of the housing from the substrate so that a gap is formed between the bottom of the housing and the substrate;
- the gap is in fluid communication with the channel;
- and the gap forms an opening in a side of the housing.
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An electrical connector, comprising:
- a first and a second electrical conductor for conducting electrical power, the first and second electrical conductors each comprising a major portion, a tail extending from the major portion for establishing electrical contact with a substrate, and a contact beam extending from the major portion;
- and
- a housing defining a cavity for receiving the major portions of the first and second electrical conductors so that the tails of the first and second electrical conductors extend from a bottom of the housing, wherein the cavity is in fluid communication with the ambient environment by way of openings defined in the bottom and a top of the housing so that ambient air can circulate over the major portions of the first and second electrical conductors in response to heating of the electrical conductor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.