Patent ID: 6036515
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector, comprising:a connector housing having a plurality of substantially parallel terminal cavities and a fitting chamber formed therein, the fitting chamber having a bottom wall separating said fitting chamber from said terminal cavities and a ceiling surface facing the bottom wall and spaced therefrom;a plurality of terminal fittings mounted in the respective terminal cavities a short-circuiting terminal fitting inserted in the fitting chamber along an insertion direction and formed with a main body disposed against the ceiling surface of the fitting chamber, a plurality of substantially parallel elastic contacts extending unitarily from the main body and spaced from one another by clearances, each said elastic contact being substantially J-shaped and having a base portion extending from the main body in the insertion direction, a curved portion extending from the base portion and curving downwardly toward the bottom wall of the fitting chamber and a contact portion extending from the curved portion and continuing along a withdrawal direction substantially opposite to the insertion direction, said elastic contacts being biased into contact with the terminal fittings, and being deflectable away from the terminal fittings by a mating connector; andat least one restricting rib formed in the fitting chamber of the connector housing and extending from the bottom wall thereof to the ceiling surface, said at least one fitting rib extending through said clearance between the elastic contact portions for restricting displacement of the short-circuiting terminal fitting in directions transverse to the insertion direction.