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US 2026/0171737 A1Published application
Power connector for a data communication system
AssigneeTE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
InventorsNoah R. Reitz, Richard Carreno, Nicholas Pease, Michael Menkhaus
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Abstract
A power connector includes a connector housing having a plug at a mating end at a front and a base at a terminating end at a rear. The plug is configured to be plugged into a busbar assembly and includes a slot between plug walls that receives a busbar of the busbar assembly. The power connector includes first and second power contacts received in corresponding contact channels each having a mating end in the slot to mate with busbar contacts of the busbar and a sockets at the terminating ends configured to receive corresponding power pins.
Claims20
A power connector comprising:
- a connector housing having a mating end at a front and a terminating end at a rear, the connector housing having a base at the terminating end and a plug, extending forward of the base, at the mating end, the plug configured to be plugged into a busbar assembly, the plug including a slot between a first plug wall and a second plug wall, the slot configured to receive a busbar of the busbar assembly, the connector housing having contact channels through the base and extending to the slot of the plug;
- a first power contact received in the corresponding contact channel, the first power contact having a first mating end extending along the first plug wall into the slot to mate with a first busbar contact of the busbar, the first power contact having a first socket at the terminating end configured to receive a first power pin;
- a second power contact received in the corresponding contact channel, the second power contact having a second mating end extending along the second plug wall into the slot to mate with a second busbar contact of the busbar, the second power contact having a second socket at the terminating end configured to receive a second power pin.
A data communication system comprising:
- a data rack having a rack space;
- an equipment tray received in the rack space, the equipment tray including a circuit board, the equipment tray including a first power pin and a second power pin coupled to the circuit board;
- a power supply device coupled to the data rack to supply power to the equipment tray, the power supply device including a shroud forming a busbar chamber and a busbar received in the busbar chamber;
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- a power connector including a connector housing holding a first power contact and a second power contact, the connector housing having a mating end at a front and a terminating end at a rear, the connector housing having a base at the terminating end and a plug, extending forward of the base, at the mating end, the plug configured to be plugged into a busbar assembly, the plug including a slot between a first plug wall and a second plug wall, the slot configured to receive a busbar of the busbar assembly, the connector housing having contact channels through the base and extending to the slot of the plug, the first power contact received in the corresponding contact channel, the first power contact having a first mating end extending along the first plug wall into the slot to mate with a first busbar contact of the busbar, the first power contact having a first socket at the terminating end mated to the first power pin, the second power contact received in the corresponding contact channel, the second power contact having a second mating end extending along the second plug wall into the slot to mate with a second busbar contact of the busbar, the second power contact having a second socket at the terminating end mated to the second power pin.
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A data communication system comprising:
- a data rack having a rack space;
- an equipment tray received in the rack space, the equipment tray including a circuit board, the equipment tray including a first power pin and a second power pin coupled to the circuit board;
- a power supply device coupled to the data rack to supply power to the equipment tray, the power supply device including a shroud forming a busbar chamber and a busbar received in the busbar chamber;
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- a power connector including a connector housing holding a first power contact and a second power contact, the connector housing having a mating end at a front and a terminating end at a rear, the mating end of the connector housing forming an open rack power connector interface for mating with a busbar assembly, the first power contact having a first socket at the terminating end mated to the first power pin, the second power contact having a second socket at the terminating end mated to the second power pin.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.