Patent ID: 8262395
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A power connector assembly with improved terminals, comprising: a first electrical connector, including a first insulated body and a plurality of first power-terminal sets, the first insulated body formed with a plurality of first terminal receiving grooves for respectively receiving the plurality of first power-terminal sets; and a second electrical connector, including a second insulated body and a plurality of second power-terminal sets, the second insulated body formed with a plurality of second terminal receiving grooves for receiving the plurality of second power-terminal sets, wherein each of the first power-terminal sets correspondingly contacts each of the second power-terminal sets, each of the second power-terminal sets has a pair of separate second power terminals, each of the second power terminals having a contacting portion for electrically contacting the first power-terminal set, each of the contacting portions protruded with at least one bulge portion toward the first power-terminal set from a side thereof; wherein each of the second power terminal includes a fixing portion fixed in the second terminal receiving groove, and a plurality of soldering legs downwardly extending from the fixing portion, wherein the contacting portion forwardly extends from the fixing portion; wherein each of the fixing portions includes an elastic-finger portion extending outward and rearward from a top edge thereof, and a pair of engaging portions formed on a top edge and a bottom edge thereof, the pair of the engaging portions are adjacent to the contacting portion; wherein each of the fixing portions further includes a barbed portion protruded inward and rearward from an inner side thereof.