Shunted connector assembly and shunt assembly therefor

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1993-05-04

1994-09-13

Desmond, Eugene F.

Electrical connectors

Having circuit interrupting provision effected by mating or...

H01R 2500

Patent

active

053464052

ABSTRACT:
A shunted connector assembly (14) wherein the electrical connector (12) has a housing (22) with spaced contacts (18), each having an exposed contact portion along an open portion of a side wall (30) of the housing. A shell member (64) is mounted to the connector housing and a shunt contact support housing (66) is slidably mounted to the shell member. The shunt contact support housing is movable generally linearly between first and second positions. When the shunt contact support housing is in the first position, shunt contacts (68, 70) secured therein engage pairs of spaced contacts (18) of the connector. When the shunt contact support housing is in the second position, the shunt contacts are electrically isolated from the connector contacts. A spring (72) biases the shunt contact support housing toward its first position so that when the connector is disengaged from a mating receptacle connector (36), the shunt contact support housing is automatically moved to the first position wherein connector contact pairs are electrically commoned. When the electrical connector is mated with a receptacle connector, the shunt contact support housing comes into interfering engagement with structure (58) surrounding the recess (176) of the receptacle connector so that the shunt contact support housing is moved to the second position. During movement of the shunt contact support housing from its first position toward its second position, it is lifted away from the electrical connector so that the shunt contacts do not rub against the connector.

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