US 12,272,909 B2
High power electrical header connector with cooling features
Nicholas A. Durse, Youngstown, OH (US); Don E. Bizon, Boardman, OH (US); Patrick Joseph Reedy, Youngstown, OH (US); and Steven W. Marzo, Cortland, OH (US)
Assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by Aptiv Technologies AG, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on May 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/742,603.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/195,223, filed on Jun. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/187,588, filed on May 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0368090 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 25/14 (2006.01); H01R 13/502 (2006.01); H01R 13/533 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 25/14 (2013.01) [H01R 13/502 (2013.01); H01R 13/533 (2013.01); H05K 7/20218 (2013.01); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector assembly, comprising:
a connector housing;
a planar busbar having a rectangular cross section defining two opposed major surfaces and four minor surfaces;
a cooling plate that is sized, shaped, and arranged to be in conductive thermal contact with a first major surface of the planar busbar; and
an L-shaped busbar partially disposed within the connector housing having a first end connected to an electrical terminal and having a second end attached to, and in conductive thermal contact with, a second major surface of the planar busbar, the cooling plate being configured to reduce a temperature of the planar busbar and the attached L-shaped busbar;
a cooling plate retainer formed of an insulative material and disposed between the cooling plate and the connector housing, the cooling plate retainer and the cooling plate being separated from the connector housing by a plurality of stand-offs.