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US 2025/0079727 A1Published application
Contact assembly and method of manufacturing a contact assembly
AssigneeTE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
InventorMarjorie Kay Myers
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Abstract
A contact assembly includes a contact having an upper surface and a lower surface. The contact has a drill hole therethrough. The contact has a flashing collar surrounding the drill hole. The contact assembly includes a mating interposer bonded to the flashing collar to mechanically and electrically connect the mating interposer to the contact. The mating interposer has a mating interface configured to be mated to a terminal to electrically connect the terminal to the contact.
Claims20
A contact assembly comprising:
- a contact having an upper surface and a lower surface, the contact having a drill hole therethrough, the contact having a flashing collar surrounding the drill hole;
- and
- a mating interposer bonded to the flashing collar to mechanically and electrically connect the mating interposer to the contact, the mating interposer having a mating interface configured to be mated to a terminal to electrically connect the terminal to the contact.
A contact assembly comprising:
- a contact having an upper surface and a lower surface, the contact having a drill hole therethrough, the contact having a flashing collar surrounding the drill hole at the upper surface;
- and
- a mating interposer having a mating surface and a connecting surface, the connecting surface being connected to the flashing collar by metallurgical bonding to mechanically and electrically connect the mating interposer to the contact, the mating interposer having an opening therethrough aligned with the drill hole, the mating interposer having a separable mating interface at the mating surface configured to be mated to a terminal to electrically connect the terminal to the contact.
A method of manufacturing a contact assembly comprising:
- providing a contact having an upper surface and a lower surface;
- thermal friction drilling a drill hole in the contact to form a flashing collar around the drill hole;
- and
- bonding a mating interposer to the flashing collar to form a separable mating interface configured to be mated to a terminal to electrically connect the terminal to the contact.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.