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US 5,509,817 AGranted
Connector having short circuit terminal
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorTakeshi Tsuji
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AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorTakeshi Tsuji
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A short-circuit terminal mounted within an air bag-side housing includes contact portions that are formed respectively at opposite side portions thereof and are resiliently and selectively engaged with respective ones of a pair of female terminals. A narrow insulating plate that can intrude between one of the contact portions of the short-circuit terminal and an upper surface of one of the female terminals is mounted within a power source-side housing within which male terminals are provided. When the two housings are fitted together, the insulating plate intrudes between one contact portion of the short-circuit terminal and its associated female terminal, thereby interrupting an electrical connection between the pair of female terminals. With this construction, it is possible to reduce a manipulation force required for inserting and withdrawing a connector provided with a short-circuit terminal, and the connector will not trigger erroneous opening of the air bag.
A connector comprising a first connector housing and a second connector housing, said first connector housing having a first pair of terminals connected to an operating device and a short-circuit terminal having at least two adjacent contact portions that are resiliently biased in substantially a common direction, said short circuit terminal being made up of an electrically-conductive material, each of said contact portions being interruptably engageable with said first pair of terminals, said second connector housing being engageable with said first connector housing and connected to a power source for said operating device, said second connector housing having an insulating plate that intrudes between said short-circuit terminal and only one of said pair of first terminals with which said short-circuit terminal is resiliently engaged when said first and second connector housings are fitted together while at least one of said contact portions remains engaged to its associated terminal.
A connector comprising:
The connector according to claim 4, wherein a greatest dimension of said insulating plate is less than half a width of said second housing.
A connector comprising a first housing and a second housing, said first and second housings each having terminals adapted to be engageable with each other in a fitted condition;
A connector comprising a pair of terminals mounted in a first housing, a short circuit terminal having a base fixedly attached to said first housing and a pair of adjacent contact portions resiliently biased in a common direction towards respective ones of said pair of terminals, and a single opening on a face of said first housing aligned between only a first terminal of said pair of terminals and a first associated contact portion, a second terminal of said pair of terminals and a second associated contact portion not being in communication with said single opening such that said second terminal cannot be disengaged with the second associated contact portion.
A connector comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.