The Whitaker Corporation

Jacques Lalange

Olivier Pamart

Pascal Seguin

Connector with secondary locking and coupling mechanism

A short circuit terminal has a U-shaped base section formed by a base wall and side walls. Spring contact arms are stamped out of the base wall for short circuiting a pair of terminals arranged in adjacent cavities of a connector housing. The short circuit arms are provided with prestress abutment portions that engage a wall portion of the housing for prestressing the contact arms. The side walls of the base section have cutouts for allowing sliding of secondary locking protrusions through the connector housing.

Short circuit terminal and connector

Electrical connector with shunt

An electrical connector comprises a shunt attached to a pivotable secondary locking member, for example by overmoulding. The shunt contact protrusions are positioned further towards the terminal receiving end of the connector than the pivot axis such that upon pivoting the secondary locking member from the preassembly to the fully locked position the contact force between the shunt and tab is increased.

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Pontoise, France

Jacques Lalange