Electrical connector with short circuiting facility

An electrical connector is comprised of an outer housing (4) having a rack and pinion lever (6), where the outer housing (4) can receive in sliding engagement an inner housing (40). The inner housing carries a plurality of receptacle contacts (54) and a plurality of shunt contacts (100) disposed abo...

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Main Authors SELLIEN, KAI, ZANDER, HANS-JOACHIM, KIRSCH, BERNHARD
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 21.09.1994
Edition5
Subjects
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
CURRENT COLLECTORS
ELECTRICITY
LINE CONNECTORS
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Summary:An electrical connector is comprised of an outer housing (4) having a rack and pinion lever (6), where the outer housing (4) can receive in sliding engagement an inner housing (40). The inner housing carries a plurality of receptacle contacts (54) and a plurality of shunt contacts (100) disposed above selected contacts (54). The shunt spring (100) has a base wall (102) including individual shunt contact springs (104) having a projection (108) which extends through a window (96) of a central wall (98) to make shunt contact with adjacent electrical terminals (54) positioned therebeneath.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP19940104115