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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2001
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Mie, JP;
Abstract
In order to prevent terminal fittings of a card edge connector from short circuiting, a housing is provided with a short circuit preventing member made from insulating material. This short circuit preventing member can be moved between a short circuit preventing position, between resilient contacts of terminal fittings provided at mutually opposing upper and lower locations, and a retreated position, which is to the posterior of the short circuit preventing position. Since the upper and lower terminal fittings are prevented from short circuiting when the short circuit preventing member is in the short circuit preventing position, the resilient contacts are bendable to a greater degree, thus increasing their contacting force with contacts of a card edge connector.