Electrical connector
US4501459A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 20, 1984 |
| Grant date | Feb 26, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 20, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R31/08
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electrical connector in which preselected terminals are shunted. Contact portions of the terminals are aligned with a shunt bar and are resiliently deformable from positions engaging the shunt bar in an unmated condition of the connector to positions spaced from the shunt bar in a mated condition of the connector by mating engagement with a complimentary connector. The shunt bar comprises a bridge portion from which contact lugs depend spaced asymmetrically along the bridge. Two shunt bars are located in tandem in back-to-back relation in a connector housing so that alternate contact tongues are aligned with respective contact lugs on respective shunt bars.
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