US 12,413,019 B2
Electrical power connector assembly
Pascal Menard, Villepreux (FR); and Rama Krishna Manne, Guntur (IN)
Assigned to APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by Aptiv Technologies AG, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on May 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/142,781.
Claims priority of application No. 22172204 (EP), filed on May 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0361509 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/64 (2006.01); H01R 13/512 (2006.01); H01R 13/514 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/64 (2013.01) [H01R 13/512 (2013.01); H01R 13/514 (2013.01); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector assembly for an electrical circuit of a motor vehicle, comprising:
a first housing part defining at least one cavity extending longitudinally along an insertion direction;
a power terminal with a connection portion configured to be inserted, in the insertion direction, in the at least one cavity, the power terminal having an external and an internal cylindrical surface; and
a first electrical conductor at least a portion of which is covered by the first housing part, and configured to be connected to the power terminal through the at least one cavity, when the power terminal is inserted in the at least one cavity, wherein the cavity has an internal surface from which protrudes at least one protection structure, wherein the at least one protection structure is configured to prevent the insertion, in the insertion direction, in the cavity, of a solid cylinder having a diameter equal to or greater than 12 mm, past the at least one protection structure, wherein at least one slot is defined in the external cylindrical surface, wherein the external cylindrical surface has a diameter greater than 12 mm, wherein each slot extends longitudinally parallel to the insertion direction and extends radially only over a portion of a thickness of the terminal between the external cylindrical surface and the internal cylindrical surface, and wherein the at least one protection structure can slide parallel to the insertion direction in at least one slot.