Parallel Power Connector for High Current Low Profile
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing connectors with a mixture of power supply and signal terminals face challenges in transmitting high currents, such as 100 amperes, while maintaining a low profile, as it is difficult to achieve this without increasing the connector's height.
Innovation Solution
A connector design featuring power supply terminals that engage and connect in parallel with those of another mating connector, alongside signal terminals, within an insulation body, allowing for high current transmission while maintaining a low profile through a hermaphroditic structure and optimized terminal arrangement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the connector height is increased to transmit high current (100 amperes), then the current transmission capability is improved, but the connector profile height increases which is undesirable
Solution Approach 1:
The connector is divided into two separate connectors that mate together, with each connector containing a subset of power supply terminals. When mated, the power supply terminals from both connectors are connected in parallel to achieve high current transmission (100 amperes or higher) while each individual connector maintains a low profile height
Solution Approach 2:
The power supply terminals from two separate connectors are merged through parallel connection when the connectors are mated together. This combining of multiple terminal paths enables high current transmission capability while maintaining compact individual connector dimensions
2Reliability
If multiple power supply terminals are used to transmit high current, then the current transmission capability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The connector design uses identical power supply terminal structures in both connectors that mate together. The universal design of the terminals and their parallel connection configuration simplifies the overall system by using repeated, standardized components rather than complex unique structures, enabling high current transmission while managing device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The complex task of transmitting 100 amperes is segmented into multiple smaller current paths through parallel terminal connections. Each terminal handles a portion of the total current, dividing the complex high-current transmission task into simpler, manageable parallel pathways
Data Source
AI summary
A connector comprises an insulation body, a plurality of signal terminals held in the insulation body and adapted to transmit signals, and a plurality of power supply terminals held in the insulation body and adapted to supply power. The power supply terminals of the connector are adapted to engage with power supply terminals of a mating connector such that the power supply terminals engaged together are connected in parallel.