Patent ID: 6953364
Filing Date: 2005-10-11
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector comprising: a housing having an end and a chamber open in the end, at least one receiving groove adjacent the chamber, the receiving groove being open towards the end of the housing and having a closed stop surface facing the end of the housing, a plurality of terminal fittings and at least one shorting terminal accommodated in the housing, the shorting terminal having a main portion in the chamber, at least one contact piece extending from the main portion for contacting the terminal fittings, and at least one pushable piece bent from the main portion and disposed in the receiving groove, the pushable piece having a positioning edge abutting against the closed stop surface of the receiving groove and a pushing edge facing oppositely from the positioning edge and towards the end of the housing to be pushed for urging the shorting terminal into the housing, the pushable piece being bent at the main portion so that having a plate surface that extends between the positioning and pushing edges substantially along a pushing direction of the shorting terminal into the housing, whereby engagement between the positioning edge of the pushable piece and the closed stop surface of the receiving groove restricts a depth to which the shorting terminal is pushed.