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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1997
Michael J Roche, Dearborn, MI (US);
Osram Sylvania Inc., Danvers, MA (US);
Abstract
A connector is provided which includes first and second insulative housings each of which includes first and second contacts, respectively, which may be electrically and mechanically connected and disconnected, in a connected mode and disconnected mode, respectively. The first insulative housing includes shorting bars which are spring biased into contact with the first contacts in the disconnected mode. The second insulative housing includes engagement posts which engage the shorting bars in a connected mode to disengage the shorting bars from the first contacts. An improved manner of mounting the shorting bars in the first insulative housing from the rear of such housing is provided. The shorting bars are firmly held in place by a primary retention and a secondary retention. The primary retention results from a press fit between a lower length of each shorting bar and a slot formed by opposing slot walls of the first insulative housing. The secondary retention results from the engagement of each shortage bar by a retention post extending into the rear of the first insulative housing from a rear cover.
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