Electrical connector and wire harness assembly with compression contacts

US11757217B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS, INC. · BE
• TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH · CH

Inventors

• Chong Hun Yi · Mechanicsburg, US
• Brian Keith Weaver · Middletown, US
• William James Moyer, II · Middletown, US
• Ronald Skovira · Carlisle, US
• Gary Altemose · Harrisburg, US
• Richard Benjamin Emenheiser · Mount Joy, US
• William Thomas Anniss, III · Simpsonville, US
• Willard Grant · Williamston, US
• Raony Barrios · Anderson, US
• William L. Small · New York, US
• Marcello Correa Machado · Anderson, US
• Thomas W. McCollough · Anderson, US
• Christopher Stephan Rousey · Anderson, US
• Robert Astle · Middlefield, US
• George Nicholas Lauri, III · Windsor, US
• Ramesh Subramanian · Charlotte, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 28, 2021
• Grant date: Sep 12, 2023
• Expiry date: Jun 3, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C02F2307/12
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A wire harness assembly including a first connector, a second connector, and conductors extending between the first connector and the second connector. Contacts are provided on the second connector. The contacts have termination sections which are mounted on the second connector, compliant sections which extend from the termination sections, and substrate engagement sections which extend from the compliant sections. The substrate engagement sections have curved contact sections which are configured to be positioned in mechanical and electrical engagement with circuit pads of a mating printed circuit board. Embossments are provided on the curved contact sections to provide additional strength and stability to the curved contact sections.