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US 2026/0291089 A1Published application
Terminal block housing and power terminal for power connector
AssigneeTE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
InventorBrian Keith Weaver
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Abstract
A power connector includes a terminal block housing having a terminal cavity with a load opening at the rear and an access opening at the top. A power terminal assembly is received in the terminal cavity through the load opening. The power terminal assembly includes a power terminal with a screw threadably coupled to a nut through a head of the power terminal. A terminal retainer is coupled to the rear of the terminal block housing to close the terminal cavity at the rear and retain the power terminal assembly in the terminal cavity.
Claims20
A power connector comprising:
- a terminal block housing including a terminal cavity, the terminal block housing including a top and a bottom extending between a front and a rear of the terminal block housing, the terminal block housing including a first side and a second side between the top and the bottom, the terminal block housing including a load opening at the rear and an access opening at the top;
- a power terminal assembly received in the terminal cavity, the power terminal assembly including a power terminal including a head and a tail, the tail configured to be coupled to a power wire, the head including an opening, the power terminal assembly including a screw received in the opening and a nut coupled to a threaded end of the screw configured to be coupled to a ring terminal of a power supply, the head captured between a screw head of the screw and the nut;
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- a terminal retainer coupled to the rear of the terminal block housing to close the terminal cavity at the rear;
- wherein the power terminal assembly is rear leaded into the terminal cavity through the load opening, the terminal retainer retaining the power terminal assembly in the terminal cavity, the screw head of the screw of the power terminal assembly accessible through the access opening at the top of the terminal block housing.
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A power connector comprising:
- a terminal block housing including a terminal cavity, the terminal block housing including a top and a bottom extending between a front and a rear of the terminal block housing, the terminal block housing including a first side and a second side between the top and the bottom, the terminal block housing including a load opening at the rear and an access opening at the top, the terminal block housing including retention elements extending into the terminal cavity;
- a power terminal assembly received in the terminal cavity, the power terminal assembly including a power terminal including a head and a tail, the tail configured to be coupled to a power wire, the head including a front edge, a rear edge, a first side edge between the front and rear edges, and a second side edge between the front and rear edges, the head including an opening therethrough, the power terminal assembly including a screw received in the opening and a nut coupled to a threaded end of the screw configured to be coupled to a ring terminal of a power supply, the head captured between a screw head of the screw and the nut, wherein the screw head of the screw of the power terminal assembly is accessible through the access opening at the top of the terminal block housing;
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- a terminal retainer coupled to the rear of the terminal block housing to close the terminal cavity at the rear;
- wherein the power terminal assembly is rear leaded into the terminal cavity through the load opening, the terminal retainer engaging the rear edge to retain the power terminal assembly in the terminal cavity and block removal of the power terminal assembly through the load opening, and wherein the retention elements engage the first and second side edges to retain the power terminal assembly in the terminal cavity and block removal of the power terminal assembly through the access opening.
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A terminal block housing for a power terminal assembly including a power terminal including a head holding a screw and a nut configured to be coupled to a ring terminal of a power supply, the terminal block housing comprising:
- housing walls forming a terminal cavity, the housing walls extending between a top and a bottom of the terminal block housing, the housing walls extending between a front and a rear of the terminal block housing, the housing walls extending between a first side and a second side of the terminal block housing;
- a load opening at the rear providing access to the terminal cavity, wherein the power terminal assembly is configured to be loaded into the terminal cavity through the load opening;
- an access opening at the top providing access to the power terminal assembly;
- retention elements extending into the terminal cavity, the retention elements are configured to engage the head to retain the power terminal assembly in the terminal cavity and block removal of the power terminal assembly through the access opening;
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- a terminal retainer coupled to the rear of the terminal block housing at the load opening to close the terminal cavity at the rear, the terminal retainer configured to engage the head to retain the power terminal assembly in the terminal cavity and block removal of the power terminal assembly through the load opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.