公开(公告)号：US20190044267A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-07

申请号：US15724682

申请日：2017-10-04

Applicant: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Hoi Lui ,  James M. Rainey ,  Patrick Joseph Reedy

IPC: H01R13/187 ,  H01R13/28 ,  H01R13/11 ,  H01R43/16 ,  H01R13/53 ,  H01R13/44 ,  H01R24/66

Abstract: A high-current electrical connector includes a female electrical-terminal and a contact-spring. The female electrical-terminal is configured to receive a male electrical-terminal and is formed of a single piece of electrically conductive material. The female electrical-terminal has a first-sidewall and a second-sidewall. The second-sidewall defines a distal-end, a proximal-end, and a medial-zone. The first-sidewall is opposite and parallel to the distal-end of the second-sidewall. The contact-spring is formed of a single piece of electrically conductive material disposed intermediate to the first-sidewall and the second-sidewall. The contact-spring defines a plurality of opposed-pair contact-beams. Each of the opposed-pair contact-beams have a plurality of outer-contact-points and a plurality of inner-contact-points. The plurality of outer-contact-points are in contact with the female electrical-terminal, and the plurality of inner-contact-points contact opposed sides of the male electrical-terminal. Contact is formed between the contact-beam, the female electrical-terminal, and the male electrical-terminal in at least four separate locations.