US 11,812,576 B2
Socket connector for a power connector system
Michael James Horning, Landisville, PA (US)
Assigned to TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/335,627.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/069,912, filed on Aug. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0071040 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 7/10 (2006.01); H05K 5/03 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/10 (2013.01) [H05K 5/0221 (2013.01); H05K 5/0295 (2013.01); H05K 5/03 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A socket connector comprising: a housing having a top, a bottom, a first side wall and a second side wall, the housing having a front and a rear, the housing including a cavity, the housing including a pin access opening through the bottom; a power socket received in the cavity, the power socket having a cable socket configured to receive a power cable and the power socket configured to be coupled to the power cable, the power socket having a pin socket configured to receive a power pin, the pin socket being aligned with the pin access opening of the housing, the power socket electrically connecting the power cable and the power pin; and a latch associated with the housing, the latch including a latch release and a latch arm integral with the latch release, the latch release being extended from the housing through the latch arm, the latch release moving the latch arm, the latch arm extending along the pin access opening, the latch arm including a latching surface aligned with the pin access opening to retain the power pin in the housing, the latch release being actuated to release the latch arm from the power pin and allow removal of the power pin from the housing.