Patent ID: 6099347
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A shunt for shorting adjacent electrically conductive pins in an array of electrically conductive pins, the shunt comprising:an insulative housing, the housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall, the first and second side walls each extending from the top wall to the bottom wall and defining an internal cavity, the bottom wall having a first opening and a second opening extending into the internal cavity, the first and second openings adapted for receiving a pair of conductive pins along a pin insertion axis; andan electrically conductive contact positioned within the internal cavity of the housing, the conductive contact comprising a spring biased clip joining a central portion of a first longitudinal wiper and a central portion a second longitudinal wiper, the spring biased clip being positioned between the first and second openings in the bottom wall;whereby the pair of conductive pins are inserted through the first and second openings in the bottom wall such that the spring biased clip is positioned between the pins and the pins are captured between the first and second wipers of the conductive contact.