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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2022
Aptiv Technologies Ag, Schaffhausen, CH;
Patrick Reedy, Youngstown, OH (US);
APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG, Schaffhausen, CH;
Abstract
An electrical connector includes a pair of electrical contacts between which two electrical bus bars are received. Each electrical contact in the pair of electrical contacts having a central base, a first plurality of contact fingers extending longitudinally from the base, and a second plurality of contact fingers extending from the base in the opposite direction. The electrical connector also includes a spring assembly having a retaining band configured to secure the pair of electrical contacts within the electrical connector. The spring assembly further has a first plurality of spring fingers extending longitudinally from the retaining band in the first direction, and a second plurality of spring fingers extending longitudinally from the retaining band in the second direction. A spring finger of the first or second plurality of spring fingers is in compressive contact with at least one contact finger of the first and second plurality of elongate contact fingers.