US 12,407,141 B2
Pluggable terminal block short circuit prevention system
Per Henrik Fremrot, Novato, CA (US); Colin Montgomery, Mountain View, CA (US); and Maunish Shah, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on May 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/326,578.
Prior Publication US 2024/0405489 A1, Dec. 5, 2024
Int. Cl. H01R 24/38 (2011.01); H01R 13/59 (2006.01); H01R 105/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 24/38 (2013.01) [H01R 13/59 (2013.01); H01R 2105/00 (2013.01); H01R 2201/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pluggable terminal block short circuit prevention system, comprising:
a pluggable terminal block chassis;
a computing device connector that extends from the pluggable terminal block chassis, that includes a computing device positive power sub-connector, a computing device negative power sub-connector, and a computing device ground sub-connector, and that is configured to connect to a pluggable terminal block connector on a computing device;
a ground coupling device that is included on the pluggable terminal block chassis, that is coupled to the computing device ground sub-connector, and that is configured to connect to a grounding wire to couple the computing device ground sub-connector to the grounding wire; and
a power system connector that is included on the pluggable terminal block chassis and that includes a terminal block positive power contact that is coupled to the computing device positive power sub-connector, and a terminal block negative power contact that is coupled to the computing device negative power sub-connector, wherein the power system connector is configured to couple to a power system via power cabling having a power cabling connector that includes:
a power cabling connector positive power contact that is configured to engage the terminal block positive power contact when the power cabling connector is connected to the power system connector; and
a power cabling connector negative power contact that is configured to engage the terminal block negative power contact when the power cabling connector is connected to the power system connector, wherein the power cabling connector prevents relative movement between the power cabling connector positive power contact and the power cabling connector negative power contact.