Patent ID: 9159514
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: H01H,H01R

Abstract:
1. A relay connector assembly configured to electrically connect a power supply and a load, the relay connector assembly comprising: a housing having a bottom configured to be mounted to a circuit board, the housing having contact cavities; power contacts received in corresponding contact cavities and held by the housing, the power contacts having relay tab ends and terminating ends, the terminating ends having interfaces configured to be terminated to high current power conductors of either the power supply or the load; and a relay coupled to the housing, the relay having coil contacts configured to be electrically connected to a coil circuit of the circuit board used to energize the relay, the relay having relay tabs extending therefrom, the relay tabs being received in corresponding contact cavities of the housing when the relay is coupled to the housing such that the relay tabs are terminated to the relay tab ends of corresponding power contacts, wherein the relay electrically connects corresponding power contacts when the relay is energized.