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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2023
Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin, IE;
Brantley Natter, Carol Stream, IL (US);
James Dawson, Carol Stream, IL (US);
Slobodan Pavlovic, Carol Stream, IL (US);
Mohamad Zeidan, Carol Stream, IL (US);
EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
A connector system for use in a power distribution system includes a male terminal assembly, a female terminal assembly and an internal spring. The male terminal assembly includes a male terminal body formed with a spring receiver, a base wall, and a plurality of contact arms extending forward from the base wall and arranged along a curvilinear contact arm path. The contact arms are spatially arranged such that a contact arm opening resides between a pair of contact arms in the plurality of contact arms and no intervening structure of the male terminal body resides between a pair of contact arms in the plurality of contact arms. The internal spring is dimensioned to reside within the spring receiver, and includes a plurality of spring arms arranged along a curvilinear spring arm path. The female connector assembly has a female terminal with a female receptacle. An insertion force of less than 45 Newtons is applied on the male terminal assembly to position an extent of it within the female receptacle to arrive at a fully connected state where the connector system enjoys high ampacity to transfer over 500 amps between the male terminal assembly and the female terminal with less than a 55° C. rise over the ambient temperature in which the connector system is operating.