Patent ID: 7275946

Claim:
A connector comprising: at least two terminal fittings; a connector housing including terminal-receiving chambers each receiving the terminal fitting and having a locking piece for locking the terminal fitting; and a short circuit terminal for electrically connecting the two terminal fittings to each other, wherein when the connector is coupled with a mating connector, electrical connection between the two terminal fittings attained by the short circuit terminal is removed, wherein when the terminal fitting is inserted into the terminal-receiving chamber, the locking piece is once resiliently deformed and thereafter locks the terminal fitting, wherein the connector housing is provided with a bending space in which the locking piece is positioned when the locking piece is resiliently deformed, and wherein the short circuit terminal includes a resilient contacting piece which passes through the bending space and comes in resilient contact with one terminal fitting of the two terminal fittings and a contacting piece which comes in contact with another terminal fitting of the two terminal fittings.