Patent ID: 6439914
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector, comprising two housings adapted for mutual fitting and having a resilient latch movable to a locking position to retain said housings in a fitted condition, and movable to a non-locking position during movement of said housings, through a half-fitted condition, the connector including a detecting member provided on one of said housings and movable from a retracted to an advanced condition, the latch preventing movement of the detecting member when in the non-locking position, and permitting movement of the detecting member when in the locking position, and the connector further including a short-circuit releasing member adapted to cause or release a short-circuit condition between terminals of the other of said housings, wherein said short-circuit releasing member is engageable by said detecting member on movement from the retracted to the advanced condition, to move from a short-circuiting condition to a state in which the short-circuit condition is released,wherein said short-circuit releasing member includes a resilient arm, and said detecting member deflects said arm during movement from the retracted to the advanced condition, thereby to release said short-circuit, and wherein said short-circuit releasing member is â€˜Uâ€™ shaped, a resilient arm being constituted by each free end thereof.