Patent ID: 6485318
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector comprising:an elongated male pin; a receptacle having a rearward facing arcing contact face; a shuttle constructed and arranged to slide axially within the receptacle between a mated position and a disengaged position and through an un-mated position orientated between the mated and disengaged positions, the mated position orientated axially forward of the disengaged position; the shuttle having a forward facing arcing contact surface and a lateral inward facing primary contact surface; the arcing contact surface of the shuttle being engaged electrically to the arcing contact face of the receptacle and the primary contact surface of the shuttle being laterally engaged electrically to the male pin when the shuttle is in the mated position; and the arcing contact surface of the shuttle being axially spaced from the arcing contact face of the receptacle, and the primary contact surface of the shuttle being engaged to the male pin when the shuttle is in the un-mated position; and the arcing contact surface of the shuttle being axially spaced from the arcing contact face of the receptacle, and the primary contact surface of the shuttle being spaced laterally from the male pin when the shuttle is in the disengaged position.