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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1999
Chandrasekar Krishnaswamy, Lisle, IL (US);
Kevin C. Benes, Willowbrook, IL (US);
David R. Kalal, Wheato, IL (US);
Kenneth Grambley, Elburn, IL (US);
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
A short circuit electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a front mating end with an opening for receiving a complementary mating connector. The opening communicates with an interior cavity. A plurality of terminals are mounted in the housing and have contact portions in the cavity for engaging appropriate terminals of the mating connector. A shorting member has a retention section for securing the shorting member in the housing near the opening. An inclined section extends rearwardly from the retention section into the cavity for engagement by the mating connector. A contact section extends from the inclined section remote from the retention section for engaging at least a pair of the terminals in the absence of the mating connector.