ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH AIR-CIRCULATION FEATURES

• US 20080038956A1
• Filed: 10/09/2007
• Published: 02/14/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC (Amphenol Corporation)
• Original Assignee: FCI Americas Technology Incorporated (FCI)
• Inventors: Swain, Wilfred
• Granted Patent: US 7,541,135 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/487
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/716 Coupling device provided on the PCB

Abstract

A power contact as disclosed herein may include first and second conductive plates positioned parallel to each other. Each of the conductive plates may include respective first and second curved portions. The first curved portion of the first conductive plate and the second curved portion of the second conductive plate diverge in two opposite directions. Board tails extend in a common first direction from a first edge of the first conductive plate and a corresponding first edge of the second conductive plate. A contact extends from the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate in a third direction that is generally perpendicular to the common first direction and generally perpendicular to the two opposite directions.

Claims

1. A power contact comprising:

a first conductive plate and a second conductive plate positioned parallel to each other, the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate each comprising a first curved portion and a second curved portion, respectively, wherein the first curved portion of the first conductive plate and the second curved portion of the second conductive plate diverge in two opposite directions;

board tails that extend in a common first direction from a first edge of the first conductive plate and a corresponding first edge of the second conductive plate; and

a contact that extends from the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate in a third direction that is generally perpendicular to the common first direction and generally perpendicular to the two opposite directions.

2. The power contact of claim 1, wherein the curved portion of the first conductive plate extends through an arc of approximately ninety degrees.

3. The power contact of claim 1 further comprising a housing, the housing comprising a channel configured to receive the power contact.

4. The power contact of claim 3, wherein the housing further comprises an opening in a portion of the housing.

5. The power contact of claim 4, wherein the first curved portion is located directly below the opening in a top portion of the housing.

6. The power contact of claim 3, wherein the housing further comprises an opening in a bottom portion of the housing.

7. The power contact of claim 1, wherein the first curved portion of the first conductive plate has a plurality of slots formed therein.

8. The power contact of claim 7 further comprising a housing, the housing comprising a channel configured to receive the power contact.

9. The power contact of claim 8, wherein the housing further comprises an opening in a bottom portion of the housing.

10. The power contact of claim 8 further comprising an opening in a top portion of the housing.

11. The power contact of claim 10, wherein the first curved portion is located directly below the opening in the top portion of the housing.

12. The power contact of claim 10, wherein the plurality of slots are located directly below the opening in the top portion of the housing.