Low profile high current power connector with cooling slots
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorsGeorge R. Defibaugh, Nancy L. Reeser, George I. Peters, Don Wood, Michael Allen Blanchfield
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Abstract
A low profile, high power electrical connector assembly is disclosed. The connector assembly includes a plug and a receptacle connector designed to be mounted on separate printed circuit boards. The plug and receptacle connectors are designed to be mated and thus allow the separate circuit boards to be electrically connected in tandem in either the same plane or perpendicular to one another. The connector assembly includes a plug contact and a receptacle contact provided with cooling slots and an at least partially open rear face configured to permit the dissipation of heat.
Claims16
An electrical connector assembly, comprising:
- a plug connector comprising a plug housing comprising a tail section and a shroud section and at least one plug power contact;
- a receptacle connector comprising a receptacle housing comprising a tail section and a shroud section and at least one receptacle power contact;
- wherein the plug connector and the receptacle connector are configured to mate with one another and establish an electrical connection between the plug power contact and the receptacle power contact;
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- wherein the plug housing includes a plug mating face and support ribs along the plug mating face, and the receptacle housing includes a receptacle mating face and recesses along the receptacle mating face for receiving the support ribs of the plug housing when the plug connector and the receptacle connector are mated.
An electrical connector assembly, comprising:
- a plug connector comprising a plug housing comprising a tail section and a shroud section, the plug housing holding plug power contacts;
- a receptacle connector comprising a receptacle housing comprising a tail section and a shroud section, the receptacle housing holding receptacle power contacts;
- wherein the plug connector and the receptacle connector are configured to mate with each other and establish, electrical connections between the plug power contacts and the receptacle power contacts;
- wherein the tail section of the plug housing comprises a slotted support structure that supports and aligns the plug power contacts;
- wherein the shroud section of the plug housing includes a plug mating face and support ribs along the plug mating face;
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- wherein the receptacle housing includes a receptacle mating face and recesses along the receptacle mating face for receiving the support ribs of the plug housing when the plug connector and the receptacle connector are mated.
An electrical connector comprising:
- a plug connector comprising a plug housing comprising a tail section and a shroud section, the plug housing holding plug power contacts;
- wherein the tail section comprises a slotted support structure that supports and aligns The plug power contacts;
- wherein the shroud section includes a top wall and a bottom wall, top ribs along an inner surface of the top wall and bottom ribs along an inner surface of the bottom wall, a plug mating face within the shroud section and support ribs along the plug mating face;
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- wherein the support ribs extend from the bottom wall to the slotted support structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.