US 12,237,629 B2
Bus bar connector
Jiaoyong (Mac) Liu, Shanghai (CN); Hongqiang (Sean) Han, Shanghai (CN); Jie (Roger) Luo, Shunde (CN); and Brian Patrick Costello, Athens, GA (US)
Assigned to Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai (CN); and TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Shanghai (CN); and TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/900,110.
Claims priority of application No. 202111019028.6 (CN), filed on Aug. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0064235 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 25/14 (2006.01); H01R 4/28 (2006.01); H01R 24/60 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 25/145 (2013.01) [H01R 4/28 (2013.01); H01R 24/60 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector for plugging into a bus bar, comprising:
a housing with a first side wall, a second side wall, and a connecting channel between the first side wall and the second side wall;
a plurality of power terminals each having an electrical connection part provided inside the connecting channel and configured for electrically connecting with the bus bar;
a plurality of grounding terminals each disposed on the first side wall and the second side wall outside the connecting channel respectively, each of the grounding terminals having a first finger which is elastic; and
an auxiliary support member supporting the first finger.