Performance indicating electrical connector

1. An electrical connector comprising:

a connector section comprising a first connection section adapted to connect to a first electrical conductor and a second connection section adapted to connect to a second electrical conductor, wherein the connector section is adapted to electrical connect the first electrical conductor to the second electrical conductor; and

a connector performance indicating section connected to a portion of the connector section, wherein the connector performance indicating section comprises a temperature sensitive indicator adapted to signal occurrence of a temperature of the portion of the connector section above a predetermined temperature, wherein the temperature sensitive indicator comprises a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag,

wherein the RFID tag comprises a chip section and an antenna section, and wherein the connector performance indicating section comprises a temperature sensitive electrical section coupling the chip section to the antenna section, and wherein the temperature sensitive electrical section is adapted to interrupt signal transmission between the chip section and the antenna section when the predetermined temperature is reached.

2. An electrical connector as in claim 1 wherein the first connection section comprises a crimp connection section, wherein the connector section comprises a non-crimp section which is adapted not to be deformed when the electrical connector is connected to the first and second electrical conductors, and wherein the RFID tag is connected to the non-crimp section.

3. An electrical connector as in claim 1 wherein the connector performance indicating section is adapted to permanently record the occurrence of the temperature of the portion above the predetermined temperature.

4. An electrical connector as in claim 1 wherein the RFID tag comprises multiple RFID tags.

5. An electrical connector as in claim 1 wherein the temperature sensitive indicator comprises a thermocouple.

6. An electrical connector as in claim 1 wherein the temperature sensitive indicator comprises a temperature sensing device.

7. An electrical connector as in claim 1 wherein the connector performance indicating section comprises a pressure sensing device.

8. An electrical connector as in claim 1 wherein the temperature sensitive indicator is adapted to modify the response signal to be sent from the RFID tag based upon occurrence of the temperature of the portion above the predetermined temperature.

9. An electrical connector as in claim 1 wherein the temperature sensitive indicator is adapted to select the response signal to be sent from the RFID tag based upon occurrence of the temperature of the portion above the predetermined temperature.

10. An electrical connector comprising:

a connector section comprising a first connection section adapted to connect to a first electrical conductor and a second connection section adapted to connect to a second electrical conductor, wherein the connector section is adapted to electrical connect the first electrical conductor to the second electrical conductor; and

a connector performance indicating section connected to a portion of the connector section, wherein the connector performance indicating section comprises a temperature sensitive indicator adapted to signal occurrence of a temperature of the portion of the connector section above a predetermined temperature, wherein the temperature sensitive indicator comprises a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag,

wherein the RFID tag comprises at least one antenna and multiple chip sections coupled to the at least one antenna, each chip section comprising a different RFID response signal code.

11. An electrical connector comprising:

a connector section comprising a first connection section adapted to connect to a first electrical conductor and a second connection section adapted to connect to a second electrical conductor, wherein the connector section is adapted to electrical connect the first electrical conductor to the second electrical conductor; and

a connector performance indicating section connected to a portion of the connector section, wherein the connector performance indicating section comprises a temperature sensitive indicator adapted to signal occurrence of a temperature of the portion of the connector section above a predetermined temperature, wherein the temperature sensitive indicator comprises a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag,

wherein the connector performance indicating section comprises a strain sensing device.

12. An electrical connector comprising:

a connector section comprising a first connection section adapted to connect to a first electrical conductor and a second connection section adapted to connect to a second electrical conductor, wherein the connector section is adapted to electrical connect the first electrical conductor to the second electrical conductor; and

a connector performance indicating section connected to a portion of the connector section, wherein the connector performance indicating section comprises a temperature sensitive indicator adapted to signal occurrence of a temperature of the portion of the connector section above a predetermined temperature, wherein the temperature sensitive indicator comprises a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag,

wherein the connector performance indication section comprises a humidity sensing device.

13. An electrical connector comprising:

a connector section comprising a first connection section adapted to connect to a first electrical conductor and a second connection section adapted to connect to a second electrical conductor, wherein the connector section is adapted to electrical connect the first electrical conductor to the second electrical conductor;

a connector performance indicating section connected to a portion of the connector section, wherein the connector performance indicating section comprises a temperature sensitive indicator adapted to signal occurrence of a temperature of the portion of the connector section above a predetermined temperature, wherein the temperature sensitive indicator comprises a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag; and

a protective cover connected to the connector section and covering the RFID tag.

14. An electrical connector comprising:

a connector section comprising a first connection section adapted to connect to a first electrical conductor and a second connection section adapted to connect to a second electrical conductor, wherein the connector section is adapted to electrical connect the first electrical conductor to the second electrical conductor; and

a connector performance indicating section connected to a portion of the connector section, wherein the connector performance indicating section comprises a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) section comprising at least one RFID chip,

wherein the RFID section comprises an RFID chip electrically coupled to the connector section, wherein the connector section is adapted to function as an antenna for the RFID chip.

15. An electrical connector as in claim 14 wherein the RFID section comprises multiple RFID chips.

16. An electrical connector as in claim 14 wherein the connector performance indicating section is adapted to send an RFID response signal based upon an incoming RFID polling signal and at least one condition of the electrical connector comprising at least one of temperature, pressure, stain and humidity.

17. An electrical connector comprising:

a connector section comprising a first connection section adapted to connect to a first electrical conductor and a second connection section adapted to connect to a second electrical conductor, wherein the connector section is adapted to electrical connect the first electrical conductor to the second electrical conductor; and

a connector performance indicating section connected to a portion of the connector section, wherein the connector performance indicating section comprises a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) section comprising at least one RFID chip,

wherein the connector performance indicating section comprises at least one RFID chip and at least one antenna section coupled to the at least one RFID chip by at least one thermocouple.