Patent ID: 6659785
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector, comprising:first and second housings that are connectable with each other along a connecting direction; a plurality of terminal fittings provided in the first housing; a shorting terminal provided in the first housing and adapted to normally contact and short the terminal fittings and being resiliently deformable away from the terminal fittings for canceling a shorted state of the terminal fittings; receiving pieces formed at the leading end of the shorting terminal and extending oblique to the connecting direction of the housings toward a side wall of the first housing, and a pushing portion provided in the second housing and adapted to resiliently deform the shorting terminal in a direction away from the terminal fittings by contacting the receiving pieces to displace them toward the side wall during connection of the housings, wherein a through hole extends entirely through the side wall of the first connector housing aligned with the receiving pieces for receiving the receiving pieces and avoiding interference with the receiving pieces when the receiving pieces are displaced toward the side wall by the pushing portion.