Electrical power contacts and connectors comprising same
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1. A power contact, comprising:
- a first half comprising a first plate-like body member, a first substantially straight contact beam electrically and mechanically connected to the first body member, and a first angled contact beam electrically and mechanically connected to the first body member; and
a second half comprising a second plate-like body member;
a second substantially straight contact beam electrically and mechanically connected to the second body member and at least partially spaced apart from the first substantially straight contact beam by a first gap when the power contact is in an unmated state; and
a second angled contact beam electrically and mechanically connected to the second body member and at least partially spaced apart from the first angled contact beam by a second gap when the power contact is in the unmated state.
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Abstract
Preferred embodiments of power contacts include two or more opposing contact beams of a first type that are spaced apart along at least a portion of the length thereof when the power contact is in an unmated state; and two or more opposing contact beams of a second type. The contact beams of the second type are spaced apart so that the contact beams of the second type pinch the contact beams of the first type when the power contact is mated with a mating contact, thereby causing the contact beams of the first type of deflect inwardly toward each other.
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1. A power contact, comprising:
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a first half comprising a first plate-like body member, a first substantially straight contact beam electrically and mechanically connected to the first body member, and a first angled contact beam electrically and mechanically connected to the first body member; and a second half comprising a second plate-like body member;
a second substantially straight contact beam electrically and mechanically connected to the second body member and at least partially spaced apart from the first substantially straight contact beam by a first gap when the power contact is in an unmated state; and
a second angled contact beam electrically and mechanically connected to the second body member and at least partially spaced apart from the first angled contact beam by a second gap when the power contact is in the unmated state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A power contact, comprising:
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a first contact beam having a mating surface, and a major surface located on an opposite side of the first contact beam from the mating surface; a second contact beam having a mating surface, and a major surface located on an opposite side of the second contact beam from the mating surface of the second contact beam, the major surface of the second contact beam being at least partially spaced apart from the major surface of the first contact beam when the power contact is in an unmated state whereby the first and second contact beams can deflect toward each other as the power contact is mated; a third contact beam having a mating surface; and a fourth contact beam having a mating surface that faces the mating surface of the third contact beam. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A connector system, comprising:
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a first power contact comprising a first contact beam and an opposing second contact beam, at least a portion of the second contact beam being spaced apart from the first contact beam when the first and second power contacts are in an unmated state; and a second power contact matable with the first power contact, the second power contact comprising a third and an opposing fourth contact beam, wherein the third and fourth contact beams are for pinching the first and second contact beams and are for causing the first and second contact beams to deflect toward each other as the first and second power contacts are mated. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A power contact, comprising:
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a first half comprising a first plate-like body member, a first type of contact beam electrically and mechanically connected to the first body member, and a second type of contact beam electrically and mechanically connected to the first body member; and a second half comprising a second plate-like body member;
another of the first type of contact beams electrically and mechanically connected to the second body member and at least partially spaced apart from the first type of contact beam of the first half by a first gap when the power contact is in an unmated state; and
another of the a second type of contact beams electrically and mechanically connected to the second body member and at least partially spaced apart from the second type of contact beam of the first half by a second gap when the power contact is in the unmated state;wherein the second gap is less than a combined width of the first type of contact beam of the first half, plus the first type of contact beam of the second half, plus the first gap. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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