Electrical connector with short circuiting facility
AssigneeThe Whitaker Corporation
InventorsBernhard Kirsch, Kai Sellien, Hans-Joachim Zander
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Abstract
An electrical connector is comprised of an outer housing having a rack and pinion lever, where the outer housing can receive in sliding engagement an inner housing. The inner housing carries a plurality of receptacle contacts and a plurality of shunt contacts disposed above selected contacts. The shunt spring has a base wall including individual shunt contact springs having a projection which extends through a window of a central wall to make shunt contact with adjacent electrical terminals positioned therebeneath.
Claims14
An electrically shunted connector for mating with a complementary connector component having complementary terminals therein, where the electrically shunted connector comprises a connector housing having a row of terminal receiving passageways, where at least two of said passageways carry signal carrying contacts, said housing further comprising a shunting terminal passageway opposed to the at least two of said terminal receiving passageways of the row that have the signal carrying contacts therein and carrying a shunting terminal for commoning the two signal carrying contacts in the opposing row, the connector being characterized in that the shunt terminal passageway in the housing is profiled for front loading of said shunt terminal therein, and in that said housing and shunt terminal have relief areas to prevent overstressing said shunt terminal upon insertion therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.