Molex Corporation

Dow Global Technolgoies LLC

Timothy R Gregori

Joseph D Comerci

Kevin O'Connor

David L Brunker

David E Dunham

Ronald C Hodge

Narayan Ramesh

Karen Samiec

Jinjie Shi

Jason E Squire

Kirk R Stevens

Steven J Rozeveld

James Keenihan

Robert Piszczor

John S Luthy

Abhijit A Namjoshi

Steven Sousek

Herbert Endres

Siow Pheng Goh

John C McKeen

David J Parrillo

Mikael Sigfridsson

Garfield J Lowe

James R Keenihan

John C Mckeen

David Parrillo

Connector housing

Connector terminal

An electrical power connector includes a housing having channels formed in the housing from a mounting end to a mating end. The channels are configured to receive a first and second blade terminal having a flat contact with a wall disposed between the blade terminals. Projections are formed on the wall and the projections support the terminals while forming passages that allow air flow between the wall and the blade terminal in the channel.

Power connector with air flow passages

Connector assembly

A connector has a housing and a TPA member. The housing has a base which includes a first and second sides and a top surface that extends between the sides. The base further includes a channel. The TPA member is operatively associated with the housing and has at least one hinge which extends from the top surface. The at least one hinge has top and bottom portions. The bottom portion is provided proximate to the base and the top portion has a portion thereof cutout to provide a weakened portion of the at least one hinge. The TPA member further includes a rearwardly extending L-shaped feature. Upon a force being applied to the TPA member, the at least one hinge is configured to first rotate about the weakened portion and, thereafter, is configured to rotate about the bottom portion, thereby allowing the L-shaped feature to be inserted into the channel.

Connector with TPA

A connecter system is configured for macro motion. Two mating terminals are configured so that during macro motion cycles, the resistance between two terminals does not substantially increase. One terminal can have multiple, somewhat spherical-shaped mating surfaces while a mating surface on the other terminal can be flat. The mating terminals can be configured to provide desirable resistance performance after more than 5000 cycles of macro motion.

System and connector configured for macro motion

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Timothy R Gregori