CN215184855U - Electrical connector - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides an electric connector, including shell, a plurality of contact terminal and at least one temperature sensor, be equipped with the installation department on the shell, contact terminal and temperature sensor all connect on the installation department, and contact terminal includes the terminal body and locates the heat-conducting piece on the terminal body, two at least contact terminal's heat-conducting piece and same temperature sensor contact. The utility model discloses an electric connector cost is lower.

Description

Electrical connector

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a vehicle technical field that charges especially relates to an electric connector.

Background

Due to the shortage of gasoline energy and the negative impact of the traditional fuel automobile on the environment, the new energy electric automobile gradually becomes the mainstream of future development.

With the rapid development of the electric automobile industry, the safety requirements of electric automobile charging equipment are higher and higher. Among them, in the electric connectors such as the charging gun and the charging socket, the problem of temperature rise caused by a large current passing through the contact terminal at the time of charging is not negligible. Therefore, many manufacturers have developed temperature detection schemes in the charging socket or the charging gun of the automobile, that is, a temperature sensor is provided on a contact terminal in the charging gun or the charging socket, the temperature of the contact terminal is measured, and a detected temperature signal is transmitted to a charging control system. Wherein, contact terminal in rifle or the socket that charges has a plurality of circumstances, needs to correspond and sets up a plurality of temperature sensor to the temperature to every contact terminal all monitors, thereby makes the temperature monitoring effect to rifle and the socket that charges more reliable.

However, in the above-described conventional charging gun or charging socket, since a separate temperature sensor needs to be provided for each contact terminal, the cost of the charging socket or charging gun is high.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the above problems, embodiments of the present application provide an electrical connector with low cost.

In order to achieve the above object, the present application provides an electrical connector, which includes a housing, a plurality of contact terminals, and at least one temperature sensor, wherein the housing is provided with a mounting portion, the contact terminals and the temperature sensor are both connected to the mounting portion, each contact terminal includes a terminal body and a heat conducting member disposed on the terminal body, and the heat conducting members of at least two contact terminals contact with the same temperature sensor.

In an alternative embodiment, the heat conducting member includes a heat transfer portion and a contact portion that are continuous with each other, the heat transfer portion being annularly provided on a circumferential outer side of the contact terminal, the contact portion being for contact with the temperature sensor.

In an alternative embodiment, the heat-conducting member is located between the axial ends of the contact terminals; and/or the contact portion and the mutually contacting surface of the temperature sensor are mutually matched.

In an alternative embodiment, the housing has a mounting groove, the bottom of the mounting groove forms the mounting portion, the bottom of the mounting groove has a first mounting hole and a second mounting hole, the contact terminal is connected in the first mounting hole, and the temperature sensor is connected in the second mounting hole.

In an optional implementation mode, a limit rib arranged around the heat conducting piece and the temperature sensor is further arranged on the bottom of the mounting groove, a part of the surface of the limit rib, facing the heat conducting piece, is abutted to the heat conducting piece, and a part of the surface of the limit rib, facing the temperature sensor, is abutted to the temperature sensor.

In an optional implementation manner, the terminal support further includes a terminal support covering the groove opening of the mounting groove, a third mounting hole is formed in the terminal support, the position of the third mounting hole corresponds to the first mounting hole, and the third mounting hole is used for supporting the contact terminal.

In an alternative embodiment, the plurality of contact terminals are arranged in a row, and a temperature sensor is disposed between each two adjacent contact terminals, and the heat-conducting member of each two adjacent contact terminals is in contact with the temperature sensor located therebetween.

In an alternative embodiment, the plurality of contact terminals are arranged in two rows with the temperature sensor located between the two rows of contact terminals; the number of the contact terminals is five, wherein the number of the contact terminals in the first row is three, and the number of the contact terminals in the second row is two;

the heat-conducting member of the contact terminal of the first row at the head of the row is contacted with the heat-conducting member of the contact terminal of the second row at the head of the row and the same temperature sensor between the two members; the thermal conductors of the contact terminals of the first row situated at the tail of the row are in contact with the thermal conductors of the contact terminals of the second row situated at the tail of the row, with the same temperature sensor between them.

In an alternative embodiment, the casing of the temperature sensor is made of an insulating soft material, or the outer surface of the temperature sensor is covered with an insulating soft material layer.

In an alternative embodiment, the electrical connector is a charging gun or a charging socket; and/or the electrical connector is a high voltage electrical connector.

The electric connector of this application includes shell, a plurality of contact terminal and at least one temperature sensor, is equipped with the installation department on the shell, and contact terminal and temperature sensor all connect on the installation department, and contact terminal includes the terminal body and locates the heat-conducting member on the terminal body, and two at least contact terminal's heat-conducting member and same temperature sensor contact. In the above scheme, the terminal body of each contact terminal is correspondingly provided with the heat conducting piece, the terminal body of the contact terminal can be contacted with the temperature sensor through the heat conducting piece, and heat on the terminal body of the contact terminal can be transferred to the temperature sensor through the heat conducting piece, so that temperature monitoring of the terminal body of the contact terminal is realized; and the heat-conducting piece of at least two contact terminals contacts with same temperature sensor, can realize the temperature monitoring of at least two contact terminals simultaneously with a temperature sensor like this, compare with prior art need for every contact terminal configuration temperature sensor, reduced the quantity of temperature sensor, consequently can reduce the cost of charging socket or charging rifle electricity connector etc..

The structure of the present invention and other objects and advantages thereof will be more clearly understood from the following description of the preferred embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an exploded schematic view of an electrical connector according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of an electrical connector according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 is a front view of an electrical connector provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic view of another structure of an electrical connector provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of another structure of an electrical connector according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 6 is a front view of another structure of an electrical connector according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 6;

fig. 8 is a schematic view of another structure of an electrical connector according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Description of reference numerals:

100. 100' -an electrical connector; 10-a housing; 11-a mounting portion; 12-mounting grooves; 121-a first mounting hole; 122-a second mounting hole; 123-limiting flange; 20. 20', 20 "-contact terminals; 21-a terminal body; 22. 22' -a thermally conductive member; 221-a heat transfer portion; 222-a contact portion; 30. 30' -a temperature sensor; 40-a terminal holder; 41-a third mounting hole; 42-avoiding holes; 43-Signal probe.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention are combined below to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, and obviously, the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

The electric connector in the charging equipment of the existing electric automobile has the problem of higher cost because the number of temperature sensors for detecting the temperature of the electric connector is larger. Specifically, the electrical connector is generally a charging gun or a charging socket provided on an electric vehicle, and both the charging gun and the charging socket include contact terminals, and during charging of the electric vehicle, the temperature of the contact terminals may rise sharply if the contact terminals are subjected to a high voltage and a high current in a short time, so that a temperature sensor needs to be provided for each contact terminal, which may increase the cost of the electrical connector.

And the electric connector of this application's adoption, because at least two contact terminals can share a temperature sensor and carry out temperature detection, consequently can reduce the quantity of temperature sensor in the electric connector to reduce electric connector's cost.

It should be noted that the electrical connector described in the embodiment of the present application may be a charging gun or a charging socket provided on an electric vehicle. It will be appreciated that the contact terminals may be male contact terminals in the case where the electrical connector is a charging gun, and female contact terminals in the case where the electrical connector is a charging socket.

An electrical connector according to an embodiment of the present application will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Fig. 1 is an exploded schematic view of an electrical connector according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the electrical connector according to the embodiment of the present disclosure; fig. 3 is a front view of an electrical connector provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 1 and 2 illustrate a case where the electrical connector 100 is a dc charging gun, in which case the contact terminal 20 is a male contact terminal, and in a case where the electrical connector is a charging socket, the contact terminal may be a female contact terminal.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, an electrical connector 100 of the present application includes a housing 10, a plurality of contact terminals 20, and at least one temperature sensor 30, the housing 10 is provided with a mounting portion 11, the contact terminals 20 and the temperature sensor 30 are both connected to the mounting portion 11, the contact terminals 20 include a terminal body 21 and a heat conduction member 22 disposed on the terminal body 21, and the heat conduction members 22 of at least two contact terminals 20 are in contact with the same temperature sensor 30.

In the above solution, the terminal body 21 of each contact terminal 20 is correspondingly provided with the heat conducting member 22, the terminal body 21 of the contact terminal 20 can be contacted with the temperature sensor 30 through the heat conducting member 22, and heat on the terminal body 21 of the contact terminal 20 can be transferred to the temperature sensor 30 through the heat conducting member 22, so as to monitor the temperature of the terminal body 21 of the contact terminal 20; and the heat-conducting members 22 of at least two contact terminals 20 are in contact with the same temperature sensor 30, so that the temperature monitoring of at least two contact terminals 20 can be simultaneously realized by using one temperature sensor 30, and compared with the prior art that the temperature sensor 30 needs to be configured for each contact terminal 20, the number of the temperature sensors 30 is reduced, thereby reducing the cost of the electric connector 100 such as a charging socket or a charging gun.

The number of the contact terminals 20 may be two, so that the electrical connector may be a dc electrical connector, and the number of the contact terminals 20 may also be other, for example, three or five, which corresponds to the case that the electrical connector is an ac electrical connector. The present application is not limited to this, and the number of the contact terminals 20 may be other as necessary.

As described above, the contact terminal 20 may include the terminal body 21 and the heat conductive member 22 provided on the terminal body 21, and the terminal body 21 is generally a cylindrical metal member and has electrical conductivity. The heat conducting member 22 is disposed on the terminal body 21, for example, the heat conducting member 22 is directly connected between two axial ends of the terminal body 21, and the heat conducting member 22 is in direct contact with the terminal body 21, so that the terminal body 21 can conduct heat to the heat conducting member 22. Here, the heat conducting member 22 may be made of a material having a good heat conductivity.

Alternatively, referring to fig. 3, the heat conductive member 22 may include a heat transfer portion 221 and a contact portion 222 that are continuous with each other, the heat transfer portion 221 being annularly disposed on the circumferential outer side of the contact terminal 20, and the contact portion 222 being in contact with the temperature sensor 30. So that heat on the contact terminal 20 can be rapidly transferred to the heat transfer portion 221 in a direction of 360 ° and transferred to the temperature sensor 30 via the contact portion 222. Specifically, the heat conduction member 22 may be integrally flange-shaped, and the heat conduction member 22 is circumferentially arranged around the circumference of the contact terminal 20.

It will be appreciated that the surfaces of the contact portion 222 and the temperature sensor 30 that contact each other need to match each other, for example, the surfaces of the contact portion 222 and the temperature sensor 30 that contact each other are both planar, so that the heat on the contact portion 222 is better transferred to the temperature sensor 30.

Optionally, the housing 10 of the temperature sensor 30 may be made of an insulating soft material, or the outer surface of the temperature sensor 30 is covered with an insulating soft material layer. This facilitates better contact and heat conduction between the thermal conductor member 22 and the temperature sensor 30.

In the embodiment of the present application, the housing 10 may have a hollow structure to accommodate other structures such as a circuit board in the electrical connector 100. The housing 10 may be provided with a mounting portion 11 for mounting the contact terminal 20 and the temperature sensor 30, etc.

Specifically, referring to fig. 1 and 2, the housing 10 may be provided with a mounting groove 12, a mounting portion 11 is formed at a bottom of the mounting groove 12, a first mounting hole 121 and a second mounting hole 122 are formed at a bottom of the mounting groove 12, the contact terminal 20 may be connected in the first mounting hole 121, and the temperature sensor 30 may be connected in the second mounting hole 122. For example, the inner diameter of the first mounting hole 121 may be substantially the same as the outer diameter of the terminal body 21 of the contact terminal 20, so that the terminal body 21 may be inserted into the first mounting hole 121, and at this time, the heat-conducting member 22 may be stopped on the bottom of the mounting groove 12, thereby limiting the displacement of the terminal body 21 along the axial direction thereof.

The inner contour of the second mounting hole 122 may be substantially the same as the outer contour of the temperature sensor 30 so that the temperature sensor 30 may be snapped into the second mounting hole 122.

In order to better position the contact terminal 20 and the temperature sensor 30, it is also conceivable to provide a terminal support 40, and for example, the electrical connector 100 further includes a terminal support 40 covering the notch of the mounting groove 12, a third mounting hole 41 is provided on the terminal support 40, the position of the third mounting hole 41 corresponds to the first mounting hole 121, and the third mounting hole 41 is used for supporting the contact terminal 20, for example, the diameter of the third mounting hole 41 is the same as the outer diameter of the end of the terminal body 21 to support the end of the contact terminal 20. Alternatively, the terminal bracket 40 may be further provided with a relief hole 42, so that when the temperature sensor 30 is installed at the bottom of the mounting groove 12, the signal output end of the temperature sensor 30 can pass through the terminal bracket 40 and extend out of the electrical connector 100, so as to transmit signals with the outside.

Optionally, referring to fig. 2, a limiting rib 123 surrounding the heat conducting member 22 and the temperature sensor 30 is further disposed on the bottom of the mounting groove 12, a part of the surface of the limiting rib 123 facing the heat conducting member 22 abuts against the heat conducting member 22, and a part of the surface of the limiting rib 123 facing the temperature sensor 30 abuts against the temperature sensor 30. Specifically, the limiting rib 123 may form an annular member extending along the circumferential direction of the temperature sensor 30 and the heat conducting member 22, and has a certain height in the axial direction of the terminal body 21, so that the heat conducting member 22 can be blocked. In some examples, the outer profile of the structure formed by the two thermal conductive members 22 and the temperature sensor 30 together matches the inward profile of the retaining rib 123 to better position the structure.

In addition, referring to fig. 1, optionally, two signal probes 43 are further connected to the mounting portion 11, and the two signal probes 43 are used for transmitting a charging connection confirmation signal and a charging control confirmation signal between the charging gun and the charging socket, for example.

In the embodiment of the present application, the heat-conducting members 22 of at least two contact terminals 20 are in contact with the same temperature sensor 30. This reduces the number of temperature sensors compared to providing temperature sensors for all contact terminals.

As an alternative embodiment, the plurality of contact terminals 20 may be arranged in a row, and one temperature sensor 30 is disposed between every two adjacent contact terminals 20, and the heat-conducting member 22 of every two adjacent contact terminals 20 is in contact with the temperature sensor 30 located between them.

Specifically, in the case where the number of the contact terminals 20 is two, referring to fig. 2, the two contact terminals 20 are oppositely disposed, the number of the temperature sensors 30 may be one, and the temperature sensors 30 may be located between the two contact terminals 20, in which case, the contact portions 222 on the heat conductive members 22 of the two contact terminals 20 may be disposed toward the temperature sensors 30 so as to be better contacted with the temperature sensors 30.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view of another structure of the electrical connector according to the embodiment of the present application, in which only the structures of the contact terminal 20 and the temperature sensor 30 are illustrated. Referring to fig. 4, in the case where the number of the contact terminals 20 is three, the three contact terminals 20 may be arranged in a line, and the temperature sensor 30 is disposed between each adjacent two contact terminals 20, wherein the contact terminal 20 located in the middle includes one heat transfer portion 221 and two contact portions 222, and the two contact portions 222 are disposed on opposite sides of the heat transfer portion 221. The connection mode of the heat conducting member 22 and the temperature sensor 30, the structure of the mounting portion and the temperature sensor, etc. are similar to those of the electrical connector shown in fig. 2, and are not described herein again.

It should be noted that the arrangement of the plurality of contact terminals 20 in a row means that the plurality of contact terminals 20 are substantially located on a straight line, and it is not necessary that the respective contact terminals 20 are completely strictly located on a straight line. In the case where the number of the contact terminals 20 is four or more, it is sufficient if the temperature sensor 30 is provided between every adjacent two contact terminals 20.

Fig. 5 is a schematic view of a further structure of an electrical connector according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, fig. 6 is a front view of the further structure of the electrical connector according to the embodiment of the present disclosure, and fig. 7 is a sectional view taken along line a-a of fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a schematic view of another structure of an electrical connector according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. It should be noted that the electrical connector 100' in fig. 5, 6 and 7 is a charging socket, and the contact terminal 20' is a female contact terminal, and the interior of the contact terminal 20' is hollow. Of course, the electrical connector 100 'in fig. 5, 6 and 7 may also be a charging gun, in which case the contact terminal 20' is a male contact terminal.

In the embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 5, fig. 6, and fig. 7, as another alternative implementation, the plurality of contact terminals 20' may be arranged in two rows, and the temperature sensor 30' is located between the two rows of contact terminals 20 '. Alternatively, the number of the contact terminals 20' may be five, i.e. the electrical connector 100' is an alternating current electrical connector, wherein the function and arrangement of the five contact terminals 20' may be referred to the corresponding national standard.

The number of the first row of contact terminals 20 'is three, and the number of the second row of contact terminals 20' is two, for which the contact terminals 20 'and the temperature sensor 30' have the following two connection modes:

referring to fig. 6, one is that the heat-conducting member 22' in the first row of leading contact terminals 20' is in contact with the heat-conducting member 22' in the second row of leading contact terminals 20' and the same temperature sensor 30' therebetween; the thermal conductors 22' of the first row of contact terminals 20' at the end of the row are in contact with the thermal conductors 22' of the second row of contact terminals 20' at the end of the row with the same temperature sensor 30' therebetween, and the contact terminal 20' in the middle of the first row is in contact with both temperature sensors 30' simultaneously.

Referring to fig. 8, alternatively, the thermal conductive member 22' of the first row of leading contact terminals 20' is in contact with the thermal conductive member 22' of the second row of leading contact terminals 20' and the temperature sensor 30' therebetween; the thermal conductors 22 'of the contact terminals 20' of the first row situated at the end of the row are in contact with the thermal conductors 22 'of the contact terminals 20' of the second row situated at the end of the row with the temperature sensors 30 'between them, and the contact terminals 20 "in the middle of the first row are not in contact with any temperature sensors 30'. In this case, the contact terminal 20 ″ in the middle of the first row is a ground terminal, and there is no problem of an excessively high temperature rise, and therefore monitoring may not be performed.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, in the case that one temperature sensor jointly monitors the temperatures of a plurality of contact terminals, the temperature data of the contact terminal with the highest temperature is detected by the temperature sensor, and since the temperature of one contact terminal exceeds the temperature threshold value among all the contact terminals of the electrical connector, a danger occurs, even if the temperature detection sensor can only detect the temperature of the contact terminal with the highest temperature, the alarm system is triggered to stop the charging operation as long as the temperature of one contact terminal exceeds the threshold value.

It is to be noted that the electrical connector in the embodiments of the present application may also be a high voltage electrical connector.

Specifically, the electrical connector may be applied to a power supply device or a device to be charged, or may be an electrical connector that is disposed outside the power supply device and the device to be charged and used for connecting the charging device and the device to be charged to each other, or may be a high-voltage electrical connector that is disposed inside the power supply device and the device to be charged and used for connecting a power grid or a battery. For example, the electrical connector may be a charging connector on the outside of the electric vehicle, or may be a high-voltage electrical connector for connecting a cable on the outside of the electric vehicle to a battery in the electric vehicle.

In the embodiment of the application, the electric connector comprises a shell, a plurality of contact terminals and at least one temperature sensor, wherein the shell is provided with an installation part, the contact terminals and the temperature sensor are both connected to the installation part, each contact terminal comprises a terminal body and a heat conduction piece arranged on the terminal body, and the heat conduction pieces of at least two contact terminals are in contact with the same temperature sensor. In the above scheme, the terminal body of each contact terminal is correspondingly provided with the heat conducting piece, the terminal body of the contact terminal can be contacted with the temperature sensor through the heat conducting piece, and heat on the terminal body of the contact terminal can be transferred to the temperature sensor through the heat conducting piece, so that temperature monitoring of the terminal body of the contact terminal is realized; and the heat-conducting piece of at least two contact terminals contacts with same temperature sensor, can realize the temperature monitoring of at least two contact terminals simultaneously with a temperature sensor like this, compare with prior art need for every contact terminal configuration temperature sensor, reduced the quantity of temperature sensor, consequently can reduce the cost of charging socket or charging rifle electricity connector etc..

In the description of the present invention, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise expressly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning a fixed connection, an indirect connection through an intermediary, a connection between two elements, or an interactive relationship between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

The terms "first," "second," "third," "fourth," and the like in the description and in the claims of the present application and in the drawings described above, if any, are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used is interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the application described herein are, for example, capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or otherwise described herein.

Furthermore, the terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed, but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and not to limit the same; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. The utility model provides an electric connector, its characterized in that includes shell, a plurality of contact terminal and at least one temperature sensor, be equipped with the installation department on the shell, contact terminal with temperature sensor all connects on the installation department, contact terminal includes the terminal body and locates heat-conducting member on the terminal body, at least two contact terminal's heat-conducting member with same temperature sensor contacts.

2. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the heat conductive member includes a heat transfer portion and a contact portion that are continuous with each other, the heat transfer portion being provided annularly outside the contact terminal, the contact portion being for contact with the temperature sensor.

3. The electrical connector of claim 2, wherein the thermal conductor member is located between axial ends of the contact terminals; and/or

The contact portion and the mutually contacting surface of the temperature sensor are matched with each other.

4. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the housing defines a mounting slot, a slot bottom of the mounting slot defining the mounting portion, the slot bottom of the mounting slot having a first mounting hole and a second mounting hole, the contact terminal being connected in the first mounting hole, and the temperature sensor being connected in the second mounting hole.

5. The electrical connector of claim 4, wherein a limiting rib is disposed around the heat conducting member and the temperature sensor on the bottom of the mounting groove, a portion of the limiting rib facing the heat conducting member abuts against the heat conducting member, and a portion of the limiting rib facing the temperature sensor abuts against the temperature sensor.

6. The electrical connector of claim 5, further comprising a terminal bracket covering the slot of the mounting slot, wherein a third mounting hole is formed in the terminal bracket, the third mounting hole is corresponding to the first mounting hole, and the third mounting hole is used for supporting the contact terminal.

7. The electrical connector according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a plurality of said contact terminals are arranged in a row, one said temperature sensor is disposed between each adjacent two of said contact terminals, and said heat-conducting member of each adjacent two of said contact terminals is in contact with said temperature sensor therebetween.

8. The electrical connector according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a plurality of said contact terminals are arranged in two rows, said temperature sensor being located between said two rows of said contact terminals; the number of the contact terminals is five, wherein the number of the contact terminals in the first row is three, and the number of the contact terminals in the second row is two;

the thermal conductors of the first row of contact terminals leading up to the row are in contact with the thermal conductors of the second row of contact terminals leading up to the row and with the same one of the temperature sensors therebetween; the thermal conductors of the first row of contact terminals at the tail end of the row are in contact with the thermal conductors of the second row of contact terminals at the tail end of the row and the same one of the temperature sensors therebetween.

9. The electrical connector according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the housing of the temperature sensor is made of an insulating soft material, or the outer surface of the temperature sensor is covered with an insulating soft material layer.

10. The electrical connector of any one of claims 1-6, wherein the electrical connector is a charging gun or a charging socket; and/or

The electrical connector is a high voltage electrical connector.

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