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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jacques Lalange, Pontoise, FR;
Pascal Seguin, Soisy-sous-Montmorency, FR;
Assignee:
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439862 ; 439188 ;
Abstract
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.