US 12,347,953 B2
Electrical power connector system
Stephen Hart, Middletown, PA (US); Stephen Wiseman, Histon (GB); Brian Patrick Costello, Scotts Valley, CA (US); Cristian S. Regus, Fremont, CA (US); Richard Bruce Lloyd, Fremont, CA (US); Jonathan Roberts, Histon (GB); and Peter Goesseringer, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH et al., Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH); and Tyco Electronics UK Ltd, Swindon (GB)
Filed on Jan. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/157,974.
Prior Publication US 2024/0250459 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. H01R 12/00 (2006.01); H01R 12/72 (2011.01); H01R 12/73 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 12/727 (2013.01) [H01R 12/732 (2013.01); H01R 2201/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical power connector comprising:
a connector housing having a slot at a mating end of the connector housing, the slot configured to receive a power distribution assembly;
a first power contact received in the connector housing at a first side of the slot, the first power contact configured to be coupled to a first power distribution contact of the power distribution assembly;
a second power contact received in the connector housing at a second side of the slot, the second power contact configured to be coupled to a second power distribution contact of the power distribution assembly; and
a monitoring device coupled to the connector housing, the monitoring device including a monitoring circuit, a monitoring sensor coupled to the monitoring circuit, and a monitoring transmitter coupled to the monitoring circuit, the monitoring sensor coupled to the first power contact to monitor an operating characteristic of the first power contact, the monitoring circuit receiving sensor signals from the monitoring sensor, the monitoring transmitter transmitting monitoring signals from the monitoring circuit associated with the sensor signals based on the operating characteristic of the first power contact to a monitoring network remote from the electrical power connector.