EP0551128A1
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Plug-in connector assembly
Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd
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Filing: 1993-01-08
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2013-01-08
Abstract
Abstract An electric connector assembly comprising plug and socket connectors adapted to be connected together. The socket connector includes a socket connector housing (10) having an end portion adapted to be received within the receptacle in the plug connector housing (11) and also having parallel passageways (15) defined therein so as to open outwardly from the end portion thereof. Each passageway accommodates therein a socket terminal member (16). A retainer (12) is releasably mounted on the end portion of the socket connector housing (10). This retainer carries at least one contact bridge member (13) engageable with the socket terminal members to establish an electric circuit between the socket terminal members (16) when the socket terminal members have been inserted completely into the passageways and the retainer has been completely mounted on the end portion of the socket connector housing. The plug connector housing (11) having the receptacle (40) defined therein may have an actuator member (14) operable in response to an insertion of the end portion of the socket connector housing (10) into the receptacle to disengage the contact bridge member (13) from the socket terminal members (16) thereby to open an electric circuit between the socket terminal members.
Inventors
- 👤 Tatsuya C/O Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. Sumida
- 👤 Yasuo c/o Sumitomo Wir. Systems Ltd. Matsushita
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 10:05
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R13/00; H01R13/66; H01R13/70; H01R13/703; H01R13/7031; H01R13/7032; H01R13/40; H01R13/42; H01R13/436; H01R13/4364; H01R13/4365; H01R13/64; H01R13/641
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
109 words
A connector assembly comprising: a connector housing having a plurality of passageways for accommodating therein terminal members: a retainer mounted on the connector housing for movement between a temporarily mounted position and a completely mounted position for detecting a wrong insertion of at least one of the terminal member into the associated passageway; at least one contact bridge member mounted on the retainer, at least one pair of the terminal members being shortcircuitted with each other by means of the contact bridge member when the terminal members have been inserted into the passageways and the retainer is subsequently moved from the temporarily mounted position to the completely mounted position.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
69 words
The connector assembly as claimed in Claim 1, wherein wall portions of the connector housing which define the passageways for accommodating that pair of the terminal members are formed with respective access openings, and wherein said contact bridge member having contact areas which are brought into engagement with that pair of the terminal members through the respective access openings when the retainer is moved to the completely mounted position.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
100 words
The connector assembly as claimed in Claim 1 or 2, further comprising a mating connector housing adapted to be coupled with the connector housing, said mating connector housing having a rib formed therewith so as to confront the connector housing, and wherein said connector housing has an end wall formed with an opening through which said rib protrudes, said contact bridge member being actuated by said rib, when the connector housing and the mating connector housing are coupled together, thereby to disengage from that pair of the terminal members to open a circuit between that pair of the terminal members.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
48 words
The connector assembly as claimed in Claim 3, wherein said mating connector housing has at least two terminal members, said terminal members of said mating connector housing being shortcircuitted with each other by means of the contact bridge member when the bridge member is actuated by said rib.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
111 words
An electric connector assembly comprising: a first connector housing having an end portion and also having parallel passageways defined therein so as to open outwardly from the end portion thereof, each of said passageways accommodating therein a first terminal member; a retainer adapted to be releasably mounted on the end portion of the second connector housing; and a first contact bridge member mounted on said retainer and engageable with the first terminal members to establish an electric circuit between the first terminal members when the first terminal members have been inserted completely into the passageways and the retainer has been completely mounted on the end portion of the first connector housing.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
78 words
The connector assembly as claimed in Claim 5, wherein at least said end portion of the first connector housing is of a generally rectangular cross-sectional shape and said retainer is of a generally cap-like configuration having a cross-section oversized relative to the end portion of the first connector housing to permit the retainer to be capped onto the end portion, and further comprising means for temporarily holding the retainer at a temporarily mounted position on the end portion.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
98 words
The connector assembly as claimed in Claim 6, further comprising a second connector housing having a receptacle defined therein for receiving the end portion of the first connector housing, and also having at least two second electric terminal members partly protruding into the receptacle, said second connector housing having an actuator member operable in response to an insertion of the end portion of the first connector housing into the receptacle in the second connector housing to disengage the first contact bridge member from the first terminal members thereby to open an electric circuit between the first terminal members.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
56 words
The connector assembly as claimed in Claim 7 , wherein said second terminal members in the second connector housing are electrically connected with the first terminal members in the first connector housing, respectively, when the end portion of the first connector housing is inserted into the receptacle to connect the first and second connector housing together.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
94 words
The connector assembly as claimed in Claim 7 or 8, wherein said second connector housing has at least two third terminal members partly protruding into the receptacle, and further comprising a second contact bridge member mounted on the retainer and a second actuator member carried by the second connector housing, said second actuator member driving the second contact bridge member to engage the third terminal members to establish an electric circuit between the third terminal members when the first and second connector housings are coupled together with the end portion inserted into the receptacle.
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