公开(公告)号：US10148041B2

公开(公告)日：2018-12-04

申请号：US15661773

申请日：2017-07-27

Applicant: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION

Inventor： Zachary Wood Lyon ,  David James Rhein ,  Jeremy Christian Patterson

IPC: H01R13/6591 ,  H01R4/2416 ,  H01R13/629 ,  H01R4/26 ,  H01R4/64 ,  H01R13/648 ,  H01R4/30 ,  H01R4/38

Abstract: An electrical component includes a housing having a mounting end configured to be mounted to a structure and an electrical shield held by the housing and providing electrical shielding. The electrical shield is configured to be electrically grounded to the structure. The electrical shield has a mounting tab having a mounting area including an opening therethrough and a grounding feature in the mounting area near the opening. The grounding feature is configured to cut through a coated surface of the structure to directly engage a conductive layer of the structure to electrically connect the electrical shield to the structure through the coated surface.

公开(公告)号：US10020613B2

公开(公告)日：2018-07-10

申请号：US15661751

申请日：2017-07-27

Applicant: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION

Inventor： Zachary Wood Lyon ,  Jeremy Christian Patterson ,  Abraham Louis Shocket

IPC: H01R13/53 ,  H01R13/66 ,  H01R39/46 ,  H01R39/54

CPC classification number: H01R13/53 ,  H01R13/6616 ,  H01R29/00 ,  H01R39/46 ,  H01R39/54 ,  H01R2201/26

Abstract: A power terminal includes a terminal beam having a mating surface. A protective thermal coupler bridge is positioned adjacent the terminal beam having a bridge conductor, an insulating substrate and a bridge pad. The bridge pad has a mating surface. A variable resistive member is electrically coupled between the terminal beam and the bridge conductor to provide a shunt so that arcing does not occur when the power terminal is disconnected from the mating power terminal. The mating surface of the terminal beam is separable before the mating surface of the bridge pad is disconnected so that the resistance in the variable resistive member increases after disconnection of the main power terminal from the mating power terminal and prior to disconnection of the bridge pad from the mating power terminal to shunt the current through the bridge conductor and the variable resistive member during unmating.

公开(公告)号：US20180034197A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-01

申请号：US15661713

申请日：2017-07-27

Applicant: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION

Inventor： Zachary Wood Lyon ,  Abraham Louis Shocket ,  Jeremy Christian Patterson

IPC: H01R13/53 ,  H01R13/42 ,  H01R24/76 ,  H01R13/66 ,  H01R24/28

CPC classification number: H01R13/53 ,  H01R13/42 ,  H01R13/4361 ,  H01R13/639 ,  H01R13/665 ,  H01R13/701 ,  H01R13/7032 ,  H01R13/7137 ,  H01R24/28 ,  H01R24/76 ,  H01R2103/00 ,  H01R2201/26

Abstract: An electrical connector matable to and unmatable from a separable mating electrical connector includes a housing having a terminal channel and an auxiliary terminal channel with a power terminal received in the terminal channel and an auxiliary power terminal received in the auxiliary terminal channel. A TPA device is movably coupled to the housing between an open position and a blocking position for blocking removal of the power terminal from the terminal channel. A protective thermal coupler is held by and movable with the TPA device. The protective thermal coupler has a variable resistive member electrically coupled between the power terminal and the auxiliary power terminal. The variable resistive member provides a shunt so that arcing does not occur when the power terminal is disconnected from the mating power terminal of the mating electrical connector.