Electrical connector with a deflectable shunt
First Claim
1. An electrical connector assembly comprising first and second mating electrical connectors, each connector having a plurality of terminals positioned within an insulative housing, the first connector having a spring biased shunt engagable with two terminals, the second connector including a cap securable to a mating face thereof, the cap having a ramp surface, the spring biased shunt being engagable with the ramp surface of the cap when the first connector is mated with the second connector to move the shunt out of engagement with the terminals in the first connector when the first and second connectors are mated, the terminals in the second connector being insertable into the second connector housing through the mating face thereof.
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Abstract
A connector assembly comprises one electrical connector having at least two terminals shunted in the unmated configuration and a second pull to seat connector. The shunt in the first connector comprises a longitudinally extending beam having laterally extending contact arms which engage adjacent terminals in the unmated configuration. A cap, which can be secured to the mating face of the second connector after terminals are withdrawn into the connector through the mating face, contains a ramp surface which engages the longitudinally extending beam of the deflectable shunt when the two connectors are mated. Clearance is provided on the mating face of the pull to seat connector so that the deflectable shunt is maintained out of engagement with the pins and receptacle terminals in the first and second connectors.
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- 1. An electrical connector assembly comprising first and second mating electrical connectors, each connector having a plurality of terminals positioned within an insulative housing, the first connector having a spring biased shunt engagable with two terminals, the second connector including a cap securable to a mating face thereof, the cap having a ramp surface, the spring biased shunt being engagable with the ramp surface of the cap when the first connector is mated with the second connector to move the shunt out of engagement with the terminals in the first connector when the first and second connectors are mated, the terminals in the second connector being insertable into the second connector housing through the mating face thereof.
- 10. An electrical connector assembly comprising first and second mating electrical connectors, each connector having a plurality of terminals positioned within an insulative housing, the first connector having a spring biased shunt engagable with two terminals, the second connector having a camming surface on a mating face and including a cap securable to the mating face thereof, the cap having a recess of sufficient width to permit passage of the shunt through the cap, the cap being aligned with the camming surface, the spring biased shunt being engagable with the camming surface when the first connector is mated with the second connector to move the shunt out of engagement with the terminals in the first connector when the first and second connectors are mated.
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16. An electrical connector assembly comprising first and second mating electrical connectors, each connector having a plurality of terminals positioned within an insulative housing, the first connector having a deflectable cantilever shunt having a longitudinally extending beam and arms extending laterally from the beam, the arms being engagable with two terminals, the longitudinally extending beam of the deflectable cantilever shunt and the two terminals extending from an intermediate wall into a cavity on a mating face of the first connector housing, the second connector including a surface on a mating face, the first and the second connectors being matable with the longitudinally extending beam in alignment with the surface so that the longitudinally extending beam is engagable with the surface when the first connector is mated with the second connector to move the deflectable cantilever shunt out of engagement with the terminals in the first connector when the first and second connectors are mated.
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