US 7,731,520 B1Granted

Blade and receptacle power connector

AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation

InventorsChristopher George Daily, Matthew Edward Mostoller, Seth Fisher

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Abstract

An electrical connector for supplying power to a circuit board or the like. The electrical connector has a housing with contact receiving cavities extending from a wire-receiving face to a mating face. Alignment cavities are positioned adjacent the contact receiving cavities and extend from the mating face toward the wire-receiving face. Contacts are positioned in the contact receiving cavities. Each contact has a wire-receiving portion and a contact section. The wire-receiving portion has power wires terminated thereto, and the contact section is positioned in the contact receiving cavities proximate the mating face. A connector latch arm extends from the housing and has a latch projection provided proximate the mating face of the housing. The latch projection is movable relative to the housing.

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Dependent claims

An electrical connector comprising:

a housing having contact receiving cavities extending from a wire-receiving face to a mating face, alignment cavities positioned adjacent the contact receiving cavities, the alignment cavities extending from the mating face toward the wire-receiving face;
contacts positioned in the contact receiving cavities, the contacts having wire-receiving portions and contact sections, the contact sections being positioned in the contact receiving cavities proximate the mating face;
a connector latch arm extending from the housing, the connector latch arm having a latch projection proximate the mating face, the latch projection being movable relative to the housing;
and
the contact receiving cavities having latch arm projections and retention shoulders which extend into securing sections of the contact receiving cavities, the latch arm projections and the retention shoulders cooperating with mounting shoulders of the contacts to retain the contacts in the contact receiving cavities, the latch arm projections being provided on contact latch arms which can be resiliently displaced to move the latch arm projections out of the contact receiving cavities, thereby allowing the contacts to be removed from the contact receiving cavities.

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An electrical connector comprising:

a housing having at least one receptacle contact receiving cavity and at least one blade receiving contact cavity extending from a wire-receiving face to a mating face, alignment cavities positioned adjacent the at least one receptacle contact receiving cavity and the at least one blade contact receiving cavity, the alignment cavities extending from the mating face toward the wire-receiving face, the at least one receptacle contact receiving cavity having walls which define a mating contact receiving area, the walls having slots extending therethrough;
a receptacle contact positioned in the at least one receptacle contact receiving cavity, the receptacle contact having a receptacle wire-receiving portion and receptacle contact section, the receptacle contact section being positioned in the at least one receptacle contact receiving cavity proximate the mating face;
a blade contact positioned in the at least one blade contact receiving cavity, the blade contact having a blade wire-receiving portion and a blade contact section, the blade contact section being positioned in the at least one blade contact receiving cavity proximate the mating face;
and
a connector latch arm extending from the housing, the connector latch arm having a latch projection proximate the mating face, the latch projection being movable relative to the housing.

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An electrical connector comprising:

a housing having at least one receptacle contact receiving cavity extending from a wire-receiving face to a mating face, at least one alignment cavity positioned adjacent the at least one receptacle contact receiving cavity, the at least one alignment cavity extending from the mating face toward the wire-receiving face, the at least one receptacle contact receiving cavity having walls which define a mating contact receiving area, the walls having slots extending therethrough;
and
a receptacle contact positioned in the at least one receptacle contact receiving cavity, the receptacle contact having a receptacle wire-receiving portion and receptacle contact section, the receptacle contact section being positioned in the at least one receptacle contact receiving cavity proximate the mating face;
the receptacle contact has resilient contact arms which align with the slots of the walls and which move into the slots of the walls when a mating connector is mated with the receptacle contact.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.