Patent ID: 6257922
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector comprising two mutually engageable connector housings, a first of said housings having a chamber containing a resilient short-circuit terminal, and a second of said housings having a detecting terminal engageable with said short-circuit terminal, said first housing further including a latch arm resiliently movable from an engaged to a disengaged condition, and being engageable with a latch member of said second housing, said latch arm and short-circuit terminal being adjacent and movable together such that said short-circuit terminal and detecting terminal are engaged only when said latch arm and latch member are engaged, wherein said chamber has a front opening facing towards said second housing of sufficient size for the entire short-circuit terminal to pass therethrough and into the chamber, and a rear wall at least partially closing the chamber, and wherein said short-circuit terminal is insertable into the chamber through said front opening toward said rear wall of the chamber.