Thermal Corporation

Tyco Electronics Corporation

Te Connectivity Corporation

Te Connectivity Solutions Gmbh

Te Connectivity Germany Gmbh

Te Connectivity Services Gmbh

Thermacore, Inc.

Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc.

Other

Tyco Electronics (shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Te Connectivity Brasil Industria De Eletronicos Ltda

Aavid Thermal Corp.

The Pennsylvania State Research Foundation

David Bruce Sarraf

Nathan Philip Myer

Kevin John Peterson

Aaron James De Chazal

John Hartenstine

Helge Schmidt

Charles Randall Malstrom

Jerome E Toth

Jeremy Christin Patterson

Clara Marguerite Rhodes

Chad William Morgan

Scott D Garner

Zachary Wood Lyon

Martin William Bayes

Jon Zuo

Peter M Dussinger

Marjorie Kay Myers

Nelson J Gernert

William G Anderson

Mohammad Siddique Ahmed

Mark Wartenberg

Gokce Gulsoy

Hurley Chester Moll

Weiping Zhao

Sidharth Dalmia

Eric David Briant

Ting Gao

David Patrick Orris

Matthew Bryan Hitchcock

Sean Patrick McCarthy

Michael Fredrick Laub

John H Rosenfeld

Bruce Foster Bishop

David Alan College

Miguel A Morales

Amadeu Luiz Fazani Cavallieri

George Y Eastman

Charles David Fry

Raymond Howard Kohler

Ryan David Hetrick

Honghao Wu

Robert E DeHoff

Jeremy Christian Patterson

Robert M Shaubach

Rodney Ivan Martens

Stephen Mark Jackson

G Yale Eastman

Craig Maurice Campbell

Jian Lu

Xiaobao Geng

Leonard Henry Radzilowski

Dominique Freckmann

Todd Michael Wenger

Jevon Ryan Corban

Bernd Kosch

John J Todd, Jr

Mike Laub

Andreas Hangauer

Majorie Kay Myers

Zhaohai Xue

Lucas A Benson

Joel T Schwendemann

John Fale

Frank Surina

Peter Wollen

Shanoo Revankar

David L Miller

Eva Weier

Sönke Sachs

Konstantinos Panos

Craig Reeder

A method of detecting temperature of an electrical terminal. The method includes: applying a material patch to a surface of the electrical terminal, the material patch containing a polymer matrix with a polymeric positive temperature coefficient material which contains a mixture of electrically conductive magnetic particles, whereby the material patch does not appreciably increase the electrical resistance or thermal capacitance of the electrical terminal; and remotely sensing a change in the material patch with an electrically isolated circuit which is external to the electrical terminal to determine if the electrical terminal is operating at a safe temperature to optimize current flow across the electrical terminal.

Isolated temperature sensing for hems contacts

The present invention relates to metallic structure with desired combinations of mechanical and electrical characteristics formed of a higher electrical conductivity element with a mechanically stronger element.

Metallic structure with desired combinations of mechanical and electrical characteristics

An electronic component includes a circuit carrier unit and a housing at least partly encompassing the circuit carrier unit. The circuit carrier unit has an electronic element assembled on the circuit carrier unit. The circuit carrier unit has a first section and a second section arranged at a distance from the first section and opposing the first section. The housing has a first receiving portion receiving the first section and a second receiving portion receiving the second section. The first receiving portion and the second receiving portion are separated from each other by a cooling clearance.

Electronic component with cooling clearance, and assembly method

A power connector includes a housing having a terminal channel and a terminal received in the terminal channel including a mating pin at a front of the terminal and a cable connector at a rear of the terminal. The mating pin is positioned in the terminal channel for mating with a charging connector. The cable connector includes a pad configured to be terminated to a power cable. The power connector includes a heat exchanger thermally coupled to the pad of the terminal. The heat exchanger includes a coolant channel for coolant flow through the heat exchanger for actively cooling the terminal. The heat exchanger includes a thermally conductive separator electrically isolating the heat exchanger from the pad of the terminal.

Heat exchanger for a power connector

The present invention relates to use of an enhanced performance ultraconductive copper composite cylindrical conduit. The ultraconductive copper composite cylindrical conduit has enhanced RF conductivity.

Use of enhanced performance ultraconductive copper materials in cylindrical configurations and methods of forming ultraconductive copper materials

A method of detecting temperature of an electrical terminal. The method includes: applying a material patch to a surface of the electrical terminal, the thermal mass of the material patch is less than 25 percent of the thermal mass of the electrical terminal, whereby the material patch does not appreciably increase the electrical resistance or thermal capacitance of the electrical terminal; and remotely sensing a change in the material patch with an electrically isolated circuit which is external to the electrical terminal to determine if the electrical terminal is operating at a safe temperature to optimize current flow across the electrical terminal.

A battery distribution unit includes a housing having a bottom mounted to a battery case of a battery module and having a component cavity with a contactor therein. The contactor has fixed contacts having terminating ends extending from a bottom end of a contactor housing. The BDU includes terminals at the bottom end of the contactor coupled to the terminating ends and a heat exchanger cap at the bottom end of the contactor. The heat exchanger cap is provided in the component cavity in thermal communication with the fixed contacts and in thermal communication with the battery case of the battery module to dissipate heat from the fixed contacts into the battery case of the battery module.

Heat dissipation arrangement for battery distribution unit

A charging inlet assembly for an electric vehicle includes a housing having a power connector including AC terminals and DC terminals. An AC terminal assembly is coupled to the housing and includes AC bus bars electrically connected to corresponding AC terminals at a separable mating interface. A DC connector is mechanically and electrically connect to the DC contact of the DC connector at a separable mating interface.

Charging inlet assembly

A cooling system for a power connector of a charging inlet assembly includes a cooling adapter coupled to a housing of the charging inlet assembly including an adapter body forming a cavity. The cooling adapter includes supply and return ports adjacent a cable exit. The cooling system includes a heat exchanger positioned in the cavity of the cooling adapter including a heat exchanger body configured to receive the power cable and/or the terminal. The heat exchanger body is thermally coupled to the power cable or the terminal to dissipate heat therefrom.

A thermal sensing system includes an electrical contact, a sensing element, and at least one position sensor. The electrical contact releasably connects to a mating contact for establishing a conductive path across a mating interface. The electrical contact defines a channel therein that extends from an opening along an outer surface of the electrical contact. The sensing element is at least partially outside of the channel and is configured to move relative to the electrical contact from a first position to a second position based on a temperature increase within the channel that exceeds a designated threshold temperature. The at least one position sensor is spaced apart from the electrical contact and is configured to detect a position change of the sensing element from the first position to the second position, indicating that the temperature within the channel exceeds the designated threshold temperature.

Electrical contact thermal sensing system and method

Heat sinks having a mounting surface with a coefficient of thermal expansion matching that of silicon are disclosed. Heat pipes having layered composite or integral composite low coefficient of expansion heat sinks are disclosed that can be mounted directly to silicon semiconductor devices.

CTE-matched heat pipe

A power connector includes a housing having a terminal channel holding a terminal. The terminal includes a mating pin at a front of the terminal and a cable connector at a rear of the terminal. The mating pin is positioned in the terminal channel for mating with a charging connector. The power connector includes a power cable including a conductor terminated to the cable connector at the rear of the terminal. The power connector includes a cable heat exchanger thermally coupled to the conductor of the power cable. The cable heat exchanger includes a coolant channel for coolant flow through the cable heat exchanger for actively cooling the conductor of the power cable. A thermally conductive separator electrically isolates the cable heat exchanger from the conductor of the power cable.

Cable heat exchanger for a power connector

A thermal sensing system includes an electrical contact, a sensing element, and a position sensor. The electrical contact includes a shaft that defines a channel. The channel extends into the shaft from an opening along an outer surface of the shaft. The sensing element is disposed at least partially outside of the channel and is operably connected to the channel through the opening. The sensing element is movable relative to the electrical contact based on a temperature change within the channel. The position sensor is spaced apart from the electrical contact and the sensing element. The position sensor is configured to detect a position change of a portion of the sensing element outside of the channel responsive to the temperature change within the channel.

Electrical contact thermal sensing system

An electrical connector including a housing having a terminal channel with a power terminal in the terminal channel. The electrical connector includes a temperature sensor assembly positioned in the chamber. The temperature sensor assembly includes a sealing pad holding the power terminal and a thermal shunt held by the sealing pad. A temperature sensor is coupled to the thermal shunt. The sealing pad is electrically insulative and has a terminal opening receiving the power terminal. The sealing pad is thermally coupled to the power terminal and thermally coupled to the thermal shunt. The thermal shunt has a thermal conductivity higher than a thermal conductivity of the sealing pad. The temperature sensor monitors the temperature of the power terminal through a thermal path defined by the sealing pad and the thermal shunt.

Temperature sensor assembly for an electrical connector

An electrical connector includes a housing that extends between a front and a rear. The housing has a chamber at the rear. The housing has a terminal channel between the front and the rear. A terminal is coupled to the housing. The terminal includes a mating pin at a front of the terminal and a cable connector at a rear of the terminal. The mating pin is positioned in the terminal channel for mating with a charging connector. The cable connector is positioned in the chamber at the rear of the housing. A terminal heat exchanger is positioned in the chamber. The terminal heat exchanger is thermally coupled to the cable connector of the terminal. The terminal heat exchanger has a separator electrically isolating the terminal heat exchanger from the terminal.

Terminal heat exchanger for an electrical connector

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