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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2023
Te Connectivity Solutions Gmbh, Schaffhausen, CH;
Nicholas Paul Ruffini, Lancaster, PA (US);
Howard Wallace Andrews, Jr., Hummelstown, PA (US);
Robert Neil Mulfinger, Mount Wolf, PA (US);
Brian Patrick Costello, Athens, GA (US);
TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH, Schaffhausen, CH;
Abstract
A power rail for powering a power driver assembly includes a rail member extending between a front end and a rear end. The rail member has a track including a channel between an upper support beam and a lower support beam. The track extends between the front end and the rear end. The track configured to receive a driver circuit card of the power driver assembly. The power rail includes a power contact having a base coupled to the rail member. The power contact includes a cable termination terminated to a power cable. The power contact includes a mating beam extending from the base into the channel. The mating beam has a mating interface configured to be mated to a power pad of the driver circuit card when the driver circuit card is plugged into the track of the rail member.