Electrical connectors – Having circuit interrupting provision effected by mating or...
Patent
1994-02-17
1995-11-28
Ramsey, Kenneth J.
Electrical connectors
Having circuit interrupting provision effected by mating or...
439513, H01R 2900
Patent
active
054702437
ABSTRACT:
An electrical connector 10 is disclosed having a shorting switch 30 that shorts connector contacts 14 together when the mating connector 90 is separated therefrom and breaks the short when the mating connector 90 is mated thereto. The shorting switch 30 includes a shank 32 that is secured in an opening 24 in the base 16 of the connector housing 12. A first beam 38 extends upwardly from the shank 32 at an angle thereto and terminates in a radiused end 40 on one side of the centerline 37 of the shank 32. A second beam 42 extends from the radiused end 40 and terminates in a bifurcated contact end 50,52 on the other side of the shank centerline 37. The second beam 42 includes a knee 48 which is engaged by the mating connector housing 92 for camming the contact end 50,52 out of shorting engagement with the connector contacts 14 in such a way that the contact end 50,52 remains spaced from the mating housing 92. Elongated openings 54,56,58 are formed in the first and second beams 38,42 to distribute the stress of mating and unmating among the first and second beams 38,42 and the radiused end 40.
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Ramsey Kenneth J.
The Whitaker Corporation
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