Sense pin for an electrical connector

An electrical connector (12) comprises a housing (18) that holds electrical contacts (22) configured to mate with corresponding mating contacts (24) of a mating connector (14). The housing holds a sense pin (22a) that is configured to mate with a corresponding mating contact (24a) of the mating conn...

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Main Authors HERRING, MICHAEL DAVID, BEHZIZ, ARASH, REISINGER, JASON M'CHEYNE, WRIGHT, SUSAN ELAINE, TROUT, DAVID ALLISON, MCGEE, WILLIAM CHARLES
Format Patent
LanguageChinese
English
Published 16.11.2014
Subjects
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
CURRENT COLLECTORS
ELECTRICITY
LINE CONNECTORS
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Summary:An electrical connector (12) comprises a housing (18) that holds electrical contacts (22) configured to mate with corresponding mating contacts (24) of a mating connector (14). The housing holds a sense pin (22a) that is configured to mate with a corresponding mating contact (24a) of the mating connector. The sense pin includes a tip segment (54) and a sensing segment (52) having respective different electrical characteristics. The tip segment extends from the sensing segment to a tip (44) of the sense pin such that the sensing segment is offset from the tip along a length of the sense pin. The sensing segment is configured to indicate that the electrical contacts and the mating contacts are de-mated by more than a predetermined de-mating distance (PDD).
Bibliography:Application Number: TW20143106683