Shorting terminal, a connector and an assembling method therefor
First Claim
1. A shorting terminal to be accommodated in a housing to short terminal fittings in the housing, comprising:
- a substantially plate-shaped main body having opposite front and rear edges spaced apart along a push-in direction into the housing and opposite first and second sides extending between the front and rear edges;
at least one contact piece bent up from the rear edge of the main body at a position adjacent the first side, the contact piece being pushed at the time of insertion into the housing;
at least one support bent up from the first side of the main body and supporting the contact piece from a side opposite to the push-in direction into the housing; and
at least two resiliently deformable touching pieces bent up from the second side of the main body and extending beyond the support at the first side of the main body for touching and shorting the terminal fittings in the housing, at least one of the contact piece and the support being between the resiliently deformable touching pieces and the main body for preventing excessive deformation of the touching pieces.
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Abstract
A connector is provided with a plurality of terminal fittings (40), a shorting terminal (10) for shorting corresponding terminal fittings (40), and a housing (50) for accommodating the terminal fittings (40) and the shorting terminal (10). The shorting terminal (10) includes a contact piece (17) formed by bending and pushed at the time of insertion into the housing (50) and a support (21) formed by bending and held in contact with the contact piece (17) from a side opposite to a push-in direction into the housing (50). When a jig for pushing the shorting terminal (10) is pressed against a pushable surface (19) of the contact piece (17), the contact piece (17) can be prevented from being inclined in the push-in direction to be deformed by being supported by the support (21).
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1. A shorting terminal to be accommodated in a housing to short terminal fittings in the housing, comprising:
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a substantially plate-shaped main body having opposite front and rear edges spaced apart along a push-in direction into the housing and opposite first and second sides extending between the front and rear edges; at least one contact piece bent up from the rear edge of the main body at a position adjacent the first side, the contact piece being pushed at the time of insertion into the housing; at least one support bent up from the first side of the main body and supporting the contact piece from a side opposite to the push-in direction into the housing; and at least two resiliently deformable touching pieces bent up from the second side of the main body and extending beyond the support at the first side of the main body for touching and shorting the terminal fittings in the housing, at least one of the contact piece and the support being between the resiliently deformable touching pieces and the main body for preventing excessive deformation of the touching pieces. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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