A contact member includes, an outer conductor including a mating interface section that includes a front end of the outer conductor, a termination section including a rear end of the outer conductor, and a middle section therebetween joining the mating interface and termination sections; an inner conductor received in the mating interface section; and a protective insulator including a main portion received in the mating interface section of the outer conductor and supporting the inner conductor and including an end portion configured for closed entry mating. The end portion has an end face extending outside of the front end of the outer conductor.

Contact members and electrical terminals are described. An example contact member has a first panel, a second panel, and an interspace defined between the first panel and the second panel. Each of the first and second panels has a plurality of posts. Each post of the plurality of posts has a plurality of slots and a contact point. Each slot of the plurality of slots is disposed adjacent to the contact point. Each post of the plurality of posts extends into the interspace such that the contact point is disposed within the interspace. Each post of the plurality of posts is moveable between a first position and a second position to accommodate retention of an electrically conductive structure and an electrical connection between the electrically conductive structure and the contact member.

A self-lubricating connector with a housing having a contact receiving cavity with a contact provided therein. A lubricating device is positioned in the housing proximate the contact. The lubricating device extends into the contact receiving cavity and has lubricant provided therein. The lubricant from the lubricating device is deposited or on the outside surface of the contact as the contact is moved between the first position and the second position, reducing wear on the contacts as the contacts are moved between the first position and the second position.

An evaluation jig comprises a female terminal connectable to a male terminal of a charging connector. The female terminal includes a plurality of contact pieces and a support portion. Each contact piece has a flexible piece, and a contact portion protruding toward the center axis from an inner surface of the flexible piece. The flexible piece forms a portion of a cylinder having the center axis. The flexible piece has a length equal to or larger than twice an outer diameter of the cylinder in a direction parallel to the center axis. The flexible piece is elastically deformable so that the flexible piece has a distal end portion to be displaceable in a radial direction of the cylinder relative to a proximal end portion of the flexible piece. The contact portion has a shape curved so as to protrude inward in the radial direction.

A hot swap component is provided, which includes a movable portion and a fixed portion that may be electrically connected to each other by using electrical connectors. When a circuit breaker works, a pin that is of an electrical connector and that is located on the movable portion is correspondingly connected to a base located on the fixed portion, and the fixed portion and the circuit breaker inside the movable portion are conducted. When the circuit breaker is faulty and needs to be repaired and replaced, the movable portion can be pulled out from the fixed portion, and the circuit breaker is electrically disconnected from the fixed portion. An anti-electric shock protection mechanism of the fixed portion isolates a first base inside the fixed portion, thereby implementing safe hot swap of the circuit breaker.

A power connector socket includes a housing and a lamella cage. The housing includes a socket and an opening at a side portion of the socket. The lamella cage passes through the socket and includes a ring portion and contact lamellae. The ring portion is adjacent to the opening. The contact lamellae outwardly extend from a side portion of the ring portion and are annularly arranged. One of two ends of each of the contact lamellae includes a fixed end formed on the ring portion, and a free end outwardly extends from the other end of each of the contact lamellae. The contact lamellae include contact portions extending toward an interior portion of the socket. The contact portions are a first position adjacent to the fixed end of each of the contact lamellae and on a second position of a middle portion of each of the contact lamellae.

The present invention provides a contact member that strikes a balance between low electrical resistance and sliding durability under the condition of load as low as about 0.1 N. A contact member of the invention has a metal base and a coating disposed on at least part of the metal base. The coating contains fluorinated oil having a polar group, and metal particles surface-treated with a fluorine-based compound having a polar group.

A convertible force latching system includes two complementary connector bodies. Each connector body has a first mating face under which two series of magnets oriented alternating directions. A moving portion of the latching system allows the connector bodies and the magnets within to alter their alignment by the interaction of a user along a predetermined motion path. In a first arrangement, the series of magnets are aligned with such that the magnets of one connector body are attracted to the magnets of the other connector body. When the user actuation shifts the moving portion, the second arrangement positions the series of magnets such that they are aligned such that the magnets of one connector body are repelled to the magnets of the other connector body.

A socket contact (1) has a hollow cylindrical contact wire region (AB) for receiving a stripped end portion of an electrical conductor to be connected, and a hollow cylindrical contact region (KB) with a pin insertion opening (2) for receiving a contact pin. The contact region (KB) has a cylinder wall with at least one radially inwardly folded contact blade (4), the free end of which points towards the pin insertion opening (2). The cylinder wall has an at least partially circumferential groove (5) for the contact blade in the region of the fold.

A load contact module for a charging plug-in connection includes: a load contact, which is designed to electromechanically contact a load contact to be inserted and/or slid on; a mounting portion, which is designed to connect the load contact module to a support of a charging plug and/or of a charging socket; and a temperature sensor for the temperature monitoring of a charging process, wherein the temperature sensor has a distance from the mounting portion.