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Releasable connector for electric circuits

  • US 4,904,196 A
  • Filed: 07/14/1988
  • Issued: 02/27/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/17/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A releasable connector for preventing malfunctions in electric circuits, comprising a male connector housing and a female connector housing adapted to fit in each other in face-to-face relation, characterized in that one of said male and female connector housings is provided interiorly, and adjacent to a guide aperture opened at the interface thereof, with a terminal receiving cavity and a short-circuit member receiving cavity with a communicating space formed therebetween, whereby said terminal receiving cavity is provided with a plurality of terminals disposed therein, at least one of said terminals being provided with a projection formed from an electrically conductive material which extends outwardly from said terminal into said short-circuit member receiving cavity, said short-circuit member receiving cavity having disposed therein a resilient short-circuit member formed of electrically conductive material in such a manner that said member extends through the communicating space so as to be brought into resilient contact with the respective projections of said terminals to protect the electrical circuits from malfunctions due to external magnetic and electric fields when the housings are apart, the other of said connecting housings being provided with an insulator member recessively mounted within an interior cavity of the housing, said insulator member being adapted, when the two connector housings are fitted in each other, to be thrusted in between the short-circuit member and the terminals with which the short-circuit member has been in resilient contact, said short-circuit member and the respective projections of said terminal elements being configured so as to orient and guide said insulating member therebetween.

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