Patent ID: 6592381
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A power connector having an intermateable first connector piece and second connector piece, the first connector piece comprising:a) an insulative housing having a central cavity; b) a plurality of blades at the periphery of the central cavity; and the second connector piece comprising: a) a first wafer having power contacts running therethrough, the first wafer having a front edge and the power contacts of the first wafer having mating portions extending from the front edge of the first wafer; b) a second wafer attached to the first wafer, the second wafer having power contacts running therethrough, the second wafer having a front edge and the power contacts of the second wafer having mating portions extending from the front edge of the second wafer; c) a cap attached to the first wafer and the second wafer having an insulative wall disposed between the mating portions of the power contacts of the first wafer and the second wafer; wherein the power contacts of the first wafer and the second wafer in the second connector piece are aligned with the blades in the first connector piece when the first and second connector pieces are mated.