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US 2001/0036768 A1Published application
Connector
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsTeruaki Hasegawa, Naova Kurimoto
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AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsTeruaki Hasegawa, Naova Kurimoto
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A connector is provided with a shorting terminal. Male terminal fittings 12 protrude into a hood 11 of a male housing 10, a female housing 20 fitting into this hood 11. A left half of a lower portion of the hood 11 protrudes downwards, a shorting terminal housing recess 70 being provided at this location, this recess 70 housing a shorting terminal 60. The shorting terminal 60 has four resilient contacts 62 which make contact with the male terminal fittings 12 and short-circuit them. The shorting terminal 60 can be inserted, from the posterior of the male housing 10, into the recess 70. A misalignment preventing wall 75 protrudes at an anterior end of the recess 70. A protruding anterior end face of the misalignment preventing wall 75 forms a unified face with a right half of the lower portion of the hood 11. As a result, an opening area of the hood 11 of the male housing 10 is approximately the same shape as a fitting area R of the female housing 20, thereby preventing misalignment when fitting is carried out. The misalignment preventing wall 75 ensures that only a small part of the shorting terminal 60 is exposed to the exterior.
An electrical connector comprising a first housing provided with a hood, and a second housing insertable in the hood in a fitting direction and to a fully fitted condition, said first housing having a plurality of terminal fittings protruding into said hood, and a resilient shorting terminal having one or more resilient contacts, said shorting terminal being in contact with two or more of said terminal fittings, and said shorting terminal being adapted to be separated from said terminal fittings by said second housing on insertion to said fully fitted condition, wherein said first housing further includes a wall at the mouth of said hood and extending into said hood substantially transverse to said fitting direction, said wall overlapping said shorting terminal in a direction transverse to said fitting direction.
An electrical connector comprising a first housing provided with a hood, and a second housing insertable in the hood in a fitting direction and to a fully fitted condition, said first housing having a plurality of terminal fittings protruding into said hood, and a resilient shorting terminal having one or more resilient contacts, said shorting terminal being in contact with two or more of said terminal fittings, and said shorting terminal being adapted to be separated from said terminal fittings by said second housing on insertion to said fully fitted condition wherein said first housing includes an insertion aperture for said shorting terminal, said aperture facing outwards in the opposite direction to said hood.
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