US 2021/0344132 A1Published application

Shielded electrical connector system with internal spring component

AssigneeRoyal Precision Products, LLC

InventorsSlobodan Pavlovic, Mohamad Zeidan, Brantley Natter, James Dawson

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Abstract

A shielded electrical connector system for electrically and mechanically connecting a component to a power source is disclosed. The connector system includes a male connector assembly with a male terminal, a non-conductive internal male housing that receives the male terminal, and a conductive external male housing that receives an extent of the internal male housing. This terminal includes a receiver and side walls with a contact arm that extends across an aperture in the side wall. An internal spring member with at least one spring arm resides within the male terminal receiver. A female connector assembly includes a female terminal with a receptacle that receives both the male terminal and the spring member. A non-conductive internal female housing receives the female terminal and an extent of the male connector assembly. A conductive external female housing that receives: (i) an extent of the internal female housing, (ii) an extent of the internal male housing, and (iii) an extent of the external male housing.

Claims25

Dependent claims

An electrical connector assembly for use in a high-power application that exposes the connector assembly to elevated temperatures and thermal cycling, the connector assembly comprising:

a first electrically conductive connector formed from a first material, the first connector having a side wall arrangement defining a receiver that extends from an open first end towards a second end, the side wall arrangement having at least one side wall with (i) an aperture and (ii) a contact beam extending from a first portion of the side wall, across an extent of the aperture, and towards a second portion of the side wall, and wherein the contact beam includes a free end that terminates inward of an outer surface of the side wall;
an internal spring member formed from a second material and dimensioned to reside within the receiver of the first connector, the spring member having a base and at least one spring arm that extends from the base;
a second electrically conductive connector with a receptacle dimensioned to receive both the first connector and the spring member residing within the receiver of the first connector to define a connected position that withstands elevated temperatures and thermal cycling resulting from the high-power application;
wherein in the connected position, the spring arm of the spring member exerts an outwardly directed force on the contact beam of the first connector to outwardly displace the contact beam into engagement with an inner surface of the receptacle of the second connector to maintain the first and second connectors in the connected position.

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An electrical connector assembly for use in a power distribution application, the electrical connector assembly comprising:

a first male terminal assembly having:
(i) a first male terminal formed from a first material and having a receiver, and
(ii) a first spring member formed from a second material and dimensioned to reside within the receiver of the first male terminal;
a second male terminal assembly having:
(i) a second male terminal formed from the first material and having a receiver, and
(ii) a second spring member formed from the second material and dimensioned to reside within the receiver of the second male terminal;
a male housing configured to surround an extent of both the first terminal and the second male terminal assembly;
and
wherein when electrical connector assembly is subjected to certain operating conditions (a) an extent of the first spring member applies an outwardly directed force on an extent of the first male terminal, and (b) an extent of the second spring member applies an outwardly directed force on an extent of the second male terminal.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/376,390Filed 15 Jul 2021
Priority: 15 Jan 2019
Published: 4 Nov 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification18 codes

H01R 13/2407
Resilient; resiliently-mounted: characterized by the resilient means
H01R 13/533
Bases; Cases: bases, cases made for use in extreme conditions, e.g. high temperature, radiation, vibration, corrosive environment, pressure
H01R 4/48
Clamped connections, spring connections: utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member
H01R 13/055
Resilient pins or blades: co-operating with sockets having a rectangular transverse section

Family

Application62/792,881Us provisional application · filed 15 Jan 2019
Application17/376,390Continuation
US 12,237,605 B2Related patent
US 2021/0344132 A1This patent

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