Electrical connector having terminals incorporating passive electronic components
AssigneeTE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
InventorChristopher Ryan Raybold
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Abstract
An electrical connector assembly includes a flat flexible cable (FFC) having a substrate holding conductors. The conductors have ends at an end of the FFC. The electrical connector assembly includes an electrical connector terminated to the end of the FFC. The electrical connector includes a housing holding terminals. The terminals are terminated to ends of the corresponding conductors. At least one of the terminals includes a passive electronic component in-line with the terminal.
Claims20
An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- a cable assembly having conductors, the conductors having ends at an end of the cable assembly;
- an electrical connector terminated to the end of the cable assembly, the electrical connector including a housing holding terminals;
- the housing extending between a mating end and a cable end, the cable assembly extending from the cable end, the housing including walls forming terminal channels that receive the corresponding terminals;
- each terminal including a mating end and a terminating end opposite the mating end, the terminating end configured to be terminated to the corresponding conductor of the cable assembly, the terminal including a main body between the mating end and the terminating end, the main body including a first pad, a second pad, and a sacrificial section between the first pad and the second pad, the sacrificial section configured to be removed to separate the first and second pads,
- wherein the terminal is configured to receive a passive electronic component.
An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- a flat flexible cable (FFC) having a substrate holding conductors, the conductors having ends at an end of the FFC;
- an electrical connector terminated to the end of the FFC, the electrical connector including a housing holding terminals, the terminals being terminated to ends of the corresponding conductors, at least one of the terminals including a passive electronic component in-line with the terminal.
A terminal for an electrical connector, the terminal comprising:
- a mating end configured to be mated to a mating contact of a mating electrical connector;
- a terminating end opposite the mating end configured to be terminated to a conductor of a cable assembly;
- the terminal including a main body between the mating end and the terminating end, the main body including a first pad, a second pad, and a sacrificial section between the first pad and the second pad, the sacrificial section configured to be removed to separate the first and second pads,
- a passive electronic component coupled to the main body in-line between the mating end and the terminating end, the passive electronic component electrically connecting the first pad and the second pad after the sacrificial section is removed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.