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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2010
Katsuhiko Kobayashi, Yamanashi, JP;
Katsuhiko Kobayashi, Yamanashi, JP;
Tyco Electronics Japan G.K., Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Abstract
A connector includes an insulating housing, a metal shell that covers the insulative housing, and a switch. The switch includes a fixed contact and a movable contact. The fixed contact is formed by partially bending a rear end of a top surface of a metal shell downward. The metal shell covers an insulating housing to be mated with a mating connector. The movable contact extends while having a fixed end held by the insulating housing, and bifurcates at an approximate midpoint of the movable contact. The movable contact has, at one free end, an attachment section that abuts a mating connector approaching in a mating direction and a contacting section, at an opposite free end, that contacts the fixed contact when the attachment section is pushed by the mating connector.