US 2011/0217864 A1Published application

Electrical Connector

AssigneeTyco Electronics Japan G.K.

InventorsEiichi Sasaki, Takahiro Yoneda, Ryo Sawada

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Abstract

An electrical connector that can provide stable contact between a signal transmission terminal and a short-circuit terminal even if the connector is downsized. The connector includes a main body having a plurality of terminal receiving cavities provided with lances by which signal transmission terminals are secured and a plurality of short-circuit terminal receiving cavities adjacent to the terminal receiving cavities for receiving short-circuit terminals. Each short-circuit terminal includes a bent part at a forward position and a contact at a rearward position. The main body further includes a window that is formed at a position to the rear of the lances corresponding to the contacts of the short-circuit terminals and through which the terminal receiving cavities and the short-circuit terminal receiving cavities communicate with each other. The contacts of the short-circuit terminals are in contact with the female terminals through the window.

Claims17

Dependent claims

An electrical connector, comprising:

a main body having a plurality of terminal receiving cavities with flexible lances, a short-circuit terminal accommodating cavity adjacent to the terminal receiving cavities, a window, and an upper supporting wall;
signal transmission terminals received and secured by the lances in the terminal receiving cavities;
and
a short-circuit terminal having a U-shape with a bent part at a forward position and a contact at a rearward position, the short-circuit terminal received in the short-circuit terminal accommodating cavity;
wherein the window is positioned to the rear of the lances corresponding to the contact of the short-circuit terminal and through which the terminal receiving cavities and the short-circuit terminal accommodating cavity communicate with each other, the upper supporting wall is positioned to the rear of the lances corresponding to the contact of the short-circuit terminal, and the contact of the short-circuit terminal is in contact with the signal transmission terminals through the window.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/050,616Filed 17 Mar 2011
Priority: JP 2008-24051119 Sep 2008
Published: 8 Sep 2011
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

H01R 13/4362
Insertion of locking piece perpendicular to direction of contact insertion: comprising a temporary and a final locking position
H01R 13/506
Composed of different pieces: assembled by snap action of the parts
H01R 13/703
With built-in switch: operated by engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. dual-continuity coupling part
H01R 13/4223
Securing in resilient one-piece base or case, e.g. by friction; One-piece base or case formed with resilient locking means: comprising integral…