Patent ID: 8708735
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. Shunt connector assembly for electrical systems comprising a body including at least a first, a second and a third coupling portion for coupling to respective connectors, said first and second coupling portions being aligned with one another and turned in opposite directions and said third coupling portion being arranged parallel to and beside said second coupling portion, each of said coupling portions having a plurality of contacts, the contacts of the first and second coupling portions being defined by the opposite ends of a first group of metal pins of circular section received inside the body of the connector assembly, and the contacts of said third coupling portion are defined by first ends of a second group of metal pins of circular section arranged parallel to and spaced from the pins of the first group, each pin of the first group is electrically connected to a respective pin of the second group by a metal bridging element in the form of a planar lamina extending substantially in the plane containing the axes of the pins connected by said bridging element and integrally incorporating at each end a bent-back portion defining a resiliently deformable open bushing that surrounds and clasps a respective metal pin.