Board mounted power connector

• US 20060128197A1
• Filed: 12/10/2004
• Published: 06/15/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Molex Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Molex Incorporated
• Inventors: Stiles, Kenneth M., Patel, Arvind, Margulis, Yan, McGowan, Daniel B., Bogiel, Steven B.
• Application Number:
  US11/010,226
• Publication Number:
  US 20060128197A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/212
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/58 terminals for insertion into holes
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/53 Bases or cases for heavy duty; Bases or cases for high voltage with means for preventing corona or arcing
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 4/58 characterised by the form or material of the contacting members H01R4/01 takes precedence

Abstract

A blade terminal is provided for an electrical power connector which is mountable on a printed circuit board. The terminal includes at least a pair of flat metal layers juxtaposed to form a laminated structure, with a non-conductive layer disposed between the metal layers. The metal layers include contact blade ends separated from each other a first distance by the non-conductive layer, for mating with one or more appropriate terminals of a complementary connecting device. The metal layers include board mounting ends separated from each other a second distance greater than the first distance, for mounting to the printed circuit board.

Claims

1. A blade terminal for an electrical power connector mountable on a printed circuit board, comprising:

at least a pair of flat metal layers juxtaposed to form a laminated structure with a non-conductive layer between the metal layers and the metal layers including

contact blade ends separated from each other a first distance by said non-conductive layer for mating with one or more appropriate terminals of a complementary connecting device, and

board mounting ends separated from each other a second distance greater than said first distance for mounting to the printed circuit board.

2. The blade terminal of claim 1 wherein said mounting end of each metal layer comprises a row of solder tails whereby the two rows of solder tails of the respective metal layers are spaced from each other said second distance.

3. The blade terminal of claim 1 wherein said metal layers and non-conductive layer all have generally equal thicknesses.

4. The blade terminal of claim 1 wherein said non-conductive layer is adhered to the metal layers to hold the layers together in said laminated structure.

10. The electrical power connector of claim 1 wherein two pair of flat metal layers are provided, each pair in a plane the same plane as the other pair with one pair nested within the other pair.

11. The electrical power connector of claim 10 wherein the contact blade ends of the one pair of flat metal layers begins at a first distance from the front mating face of the housing and the contact blade ends of the other pair of flat metal layers begins at a second distance from the front mating face of the housing, where the first and second distances are different from one another.

5. An electrical power connector mountable on a printed circuit board, comprising:

a non-conductive housing having a mating face and a terminating face; and

a terminal mounted in the housing and including

at least a pair of flat metal layers juxtaposed to form a laminated structure with a non-conductive layer between the metal layers and the metal layers including

contact blade ends exposed at the mating face of the housing and separated from each other a first distance by said non-conductive layer for mating with one or more appropriate terminals of a complementary connecting device, and

board mounting ends exposed at the terminating face of the housing and separated from each other a second distance greater than said first distance for mounting to the printed circuit board.

6. The electrical power connector of claim 5 wherein said mounting end of each metal layer comprises a row of solder tails whereby the two rows of solder tails of the respective metal layers are spaced from each other said second distance.

7. The electrical power connector of claim 5 wherein said metal layers and non-conductive layer all have generally equal thicknesses.

8. The electrical power connector of claim 5 wherein said non-conductive layer is adhered to the metal layers to hold the layers together in said laminated structure.

9. The electrical power connector of claim 5 wherein said metal layers include mounting sections between the contact blade ends and the board mounting ends, and said housing is overmolded about said mounting sections.