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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2017
Te Connectivity Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Zachary Wood Lyon, Lewisville, NC (US);
Abraham Louis Shocket, Cary, NC (US);
Jeremy Christian Patterson, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, Berwyn, PA (US);
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.