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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1988
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1987
Carlo Bertini, Moncalieri, IT;
Gianfranco D'Urso, Turin, IT;
AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector for a telephone system comprises a housing moulded in one piece from insulating material with a plug receiving cavity opening at a plug receiving mouth at a front mating face of the housing, a row of spring contacts anchored in a housing cavity wall to extend into the cavity so that the contacts will be resiliently engaged by respective contacts of a complementary plug when inserted through the mouth into the cavity. A compartment with a contact set extends alongside and opens into the plug receiving cavity. A cam integrally formed with a wall of the cavity extends into the plug receiving cavity into the insertion path of a plug, which will, on insertion, urge the cam through the opening and into the compartment, moving the contacts of the contact set relatively apart and breaking the circuit.