Patent ID: 8979562
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector assembly comprising: an electrical connector including an electrically insulative connector housing that defines a receptacle, the electrical connector further including a first row of at least one power contact supported by the housing, and a second row of at least one power contact supported by the housing at a location spaced from the first row, each power contact of the first and second rows defining at least two mating ends that are at least partially disposed in the receptacle so as to define a slot that extends between the mating ends of the first row and the mating ends of the second row, the housing including a latch; and a busbar that includes an electrically conductive busbar contact having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the busbar defining a recess that is configured to receive the latch so as to lockingly attach the busbar to the connector housing when the first end of the busbar contact is received by the receptacle in a mating direction such that 1) the first end of the busbar contact is brought into physical and electrical contact with the at least two mating ends of each of the first and second rows within the slot, and 2) the second end of the busbar contact is spaced from the receptacle in a withdrawal direction that is opposite the mating direction.