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Patent No.:

US 5494450 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 1996

Filed:

Mar. 15, 1994

Electrical connector with short circuiting facility

Applicant:
Inventors:

Bernhard Kirsch, Lampertheim, DE;

Kai Sellien, Zwingenberg, DE;

Hans-Joachim Zander, Schifferstadt, DE;

Assignee:

The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorneys:

Groen; Eric J.

Van Atten; Mary K.

Primary Examiner:

Neil Abrams

Assistant Examiner:

Daniel Wittels

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439188 ; 439724 ;
Abstract

An electrical connector is comprised of an outer housing having a rack and pinion lever, where the outer housing can receive in sliding engagement an inner housing. The inner housing carries a plurality of receptacle contacts and a plurality of shunt contacts disposed above selected contacts. The shunt spring has a base wall including individual shunt contact springs having a projection which extends through a window of a central wall to make shunt contact with adjacent electrical terminals positioned therebeneath.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kirsch, Bernhard. (1996). Electrical connector with short circuiting facility (U.S. Patent No. 5494450). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5494450

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