Electrical connector having power contacts for providing high electrical power
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorYung-Ming Yu
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Abstract
An electrical connector (1) includes an insulative housing (10), and a plurality of first contacts (20) and at least a second contact (30) respectively received within the housing. The first contacts have first body portions (22) aligned with each other within a plane, and the second contact has a second body portion (32). The second body portion is spaced from the plane by the housing. The second contact is thereby able to transfer high electrical power without creating signal interference between the first contacts and the second contact.
Claims8
An electrical connector for transferring electronic data and electrical power, comprising:
- an insulative housing having a first face, a second face opposite to the first face and a third face connecting the first and second faces, the housing defining a plurality of first receiving channels and at least one second receiving channel;
- a plurality of first contacts used for transferring electronic data, each first contact having a first body portion, a first mating portion at an end of the body portion and a first contacting portion for contacting a cable at an opposite end of the body portion, the first contacts being inserted into the first receiving channels of the housing at the second face;
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- at least one second contact used for transferring electrical power, the at least one second contact having a second body portion, a second mating portion at an end of the body portion and a second contacting portion for contacting the cable at an opposite end of the second body portion, the at least one second contact being inserted into the corresponding second receiving channel of the housing at the first face, wherein the at least one second contact is spaced from every first contact by the housing;
- wherein the receiving channels are defined in the third face of the housing and the second receiving channels is below the first receiving channels, near a bottom face of the housing opposite to the third face.
An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- an insulative housing receiving a plurality of first contacts for transferring electronic data and at least one second contact for transferring electrical power, said first contacts defining first mating portions thereon and first contacting portions opposite to the first mating portions for contacting a cable;
- said at least one second contact spaced from the first contacts, and defining a second mating portion thereon and a second contacting portion offset from the second mating portion for contacting the same cable;
- wherein
- said first mating portions and the second mating portion extend perpendicular to each other, and said second contacting portion extends parallel to the first contacting portions while perpendicular to said second mating portion;
- wherein the first contacts are located in a same plane while the second contact is located in another plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.