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Title: Low resistance, low-inductance power connectors

Abstract

An electrical connector includes an anode for conducting an electrical supply current from a source to a destination, a cathode for conducting an electrical return current from the destination to the source, and an insulator that prevents electrical conduction between the anode and the cathode. The first and second shapes are such as to provide a conformity of one to the other, with the insulator placed therebetween and having a predetermined relatively thin thickness. A predetermined low-resistance path for the supply current is provided respectively by the anode and the cathode, and a proximity of the anode to the cathode along these paths provides a predetermined low self-inductance of the connector. The anode and the cathode each comprises a plurality of sections that are disposed at one or more predetermined angles to form a rigid assembly that accommodates a geometry between the source and the destination.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1568130
Patent Number(s):
10243285
Application Number:
15/856,295
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01R - ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS
DOE Contract Number:  
B601996
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 12/28/2017
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Coteus, Paul W., Ferencz, Andrew, Hall, Shawn Anthony, and Takken, Todd Edward. Low resistance, low-inductance power connectors. United States: N. p., 2019. Web.
Coteus, Paul W., Ferencz, Andrew, Hall, Shawn Anthony, & Takken, Todd Edward. Low resistance, low-inductance power connectors. United States.
Coteus, Paul W., Ferencz, Andrew, Hall, Shawn Anthony, and Takken, Todd Edward. Tue . "Low resistance, low-inductance power connectors". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1568130.
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