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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2015
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Robert Paul Nichols, Vacaville, CA (US);
Kevin Edward Weidner, Hummelstown, PA (US);
David Patrick Orris, Middletown, PA (US);
Julia Lachman, York, PA (US);
TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical power contact includes a mating segment having a mating interface at which the electrical power contact is configured to mate with a mating contact. The mating segment includes an electrically conductive base layer, and an electrically conductive outer layer that includes the mating interface. The mating segment also includes a circuit protection layer that extends between the base layer and the outer layer. The circuit protection layer provides an electrical pathway between the base layer and the outer layer. The circuit protection layer includes a selectively conductive material that is configured to open the electrical pathway between the base layer and the outer layer when an electrical current above a predetermined threshold is passed through the circuit protection layer.