Electrical connectors – Having circuit interrupting provision effected by mating or...
Patent
1988-10-24
1990-03-06
Bradley, P. Austin
Electrical connectors
Having circuit interrupting provision effected by mating or...
439510, H01R 2900
Patent
active
049062034
ABSTRACT:
An electrical connector comprises a plug connector body which has a pair of female terminals and a U-shaped, sheet metal shorting clip. The shorting clip is retained in an intermediate cavity and has a pair of cantilevered spring contact arms which engage respective side walls of the female terminals. A mating electrical connector comprises a socket connector body which has a cam which engages one of the spring contact arms of the shorting clip and disengages the shorting clip form the side wall of one female terminal when the socket connector body is connected to the plug connector body. A loose piece shroud which is attached to the plug connector body has a lock arm which engages a lock member of the socket connector body to lock the mated plug and socket connector bodies together.
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AMP Deutschland Drawings 827 099 and 926 721.
Packard Electric Division Drawings 1201 5082; 1206 6330; 1206 6331; 1206 6332.
Packard Electric Division Drawings 1206 6336; 1206 6337; 1206 6362.
Fowler Charles E.
Margrave Christopher A.
Robison Glenn E.
Smith Randall K.
Bradley P. Austin
Fodale F. J.
General Motors Corporation
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