Patent ID: 6632099
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector for establishing electrical communication with a shunted electrical terminal assembly of the type comprising a terminal housing having supported therein an electrically conductive terminal member and an electrically conductive shunt member, said shunt member being movable from a first, shunting, position in which it is in electrical communication with said terminal member to a second, unshunted, position where it is not in electrical communication with said terminal member, said connector comprising:a terminal housing configured to mechanically engage said terminal housing; an electrically conductive contact member supported by said connector housing, said contact member being disposed and configured to engage, and establish electrical contact with, said terminal member when the connector housing is in mechanical engagement with the terminal housing; and a shunt displacement member supported by the connector housing, said displacement member being selectably activatable when the connector housing is in mechanical engagement with the terminal housing, to move the shunt member from the shunting position to the unshunted position.