Power connector system
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorsANDREW CHARLES DAVISON, JOHN EUGENE WESTMAN, STEVEN LEE FLICKINGER
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Abstract
A power connector system for an appliance includes a cable assembly comprising a plug having plug contacts terminated to discrete wires of the cable assembly. The power connector system also includes a receptacle assembly having a receptacle housing having a cavity that receives the plug. The receptacle housing is configured to be received in a cutout of a bezel of the appliance such that the cavity is accessible from an exterior of the appliance. The receptacle housing holds receptacle contacts that are mated to the plug contacts when the plug is received in the cavity.
Claims20
A power connector system for an appliance comprising:
- a cable assembly comprising a plug having plug contacts terminated to discrete wires of the cable assembly;
- a receptacle assembly comprising a receptacle housing having a cavity that receives the plug, the receptacle housing being configured to be received in a cutout of a bezel of the appliance such that the cavity is accessible from an exterior of the appliance, the receptacle housing holding receptacle contacts, the receptacle contacts being mated to the plug contacts when the plug is received in the cavity.
A power connector for an appliance comprising:
- a receptacle housing having a front and a rear, the receptacle housing having a cavity open at the front and being configured to receive a plug, the receptacle housing having contact channels extending between the cavity and the rear, the receptacle housing having a latching feature configured to engage a bezel of the appliance to secure the receptacle housing to the bezel such that such that the cavity is accessible from an exterior of the appliance;
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- receptacle contacts received in the contact channels, the receptacle contacts having mating ends within the cavity, the mating ends being mated to corresponding plug contacts when the plug is received in the cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.