EP0624929A1
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Connecteur having short circuit terminal
Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd
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Filing: 1994-05-10
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2014-05-10
Abstract
Abstract A short-circuit terminal mounted within an air bag-side housing includes contact portions that are formed respectively at opposite side portions thereof and are resiliently and selectively engaged with respective ones of a pair of female terminals. A narrow insulating plate that can intrude between one of the contact portions of the short-circuit terminal and an upper surface of one of the female terminals is mounted within a power source-side housing within which male terminals are provided. When the two housings are fitted together, the insulating plate intrudes between one contact portion of the short-circuit terminal and its associated female terminal, thereby interrupting an electrical connection between the pair of female terminals. With this construction, it is possible to reduce a manipulation force required for inserting and withdrawing a connector provided with a short-circuit terminal, and the connector will not trigger erroneous opening of the air bag.
Inventors
- 👤 Takeshi C/O Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. Tsuji
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
—
Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 11:46
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R13/00; H01R13/66; H01R13/70; H01R13/703; H01R13/7031; H01R13/7032
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
110 words
A connector comprising a first connector housing and a second connector housing, said first connector housing having a first pair of terminals connected to an operating device and a resiliently biased short-circuit terminal made of an electrically-conductive material that is interruptably engageable with said first pair of terminals, said second connector housing being engageable with said first connector housing and connected to a power source for said operating device, said second connector housing having an insulating plate that intrudes between said short-circuit terminal and only one of said pair of first terminals with which said short-circuit terminal is resiliently engaged when said first and second connector housings are fitted together.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
96 words
A connector comprising: a first housing having a first pair of terminals, a short circuit terminal connectable with said first pair of terminals, and an opening; and a second housing having a second pair of terminals and an insulating plate; wherein said first housing and said second housing are engaged with each other in a connected position and are disengaged in an unconnected position and wherein said insulating plate is engageable with said opening in said connected position to render said short circuit terminal inoperative, and in said unconnected position, said short circuit terminal is operative.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The connector according to claim 2, wherein said opening has a width of about half a width of the first housing.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The connector according to claim 3, wherein a greatest dimension of said insulating plate is less than half a width of said second housing.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
The connector according to claim 2, wherein said short circuit terminal includes a base connected to said first housing and a pair of contact portions for resiliently and interruptably engaging respective ones of said first pair of terminals.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
43 words
The connector according to claim 5, wherein, in said connected position, one of said pairs of contact members is engaged with one of said first pair of terminals and the other of said pair of contact members is engaged with said insulating plate.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
The connector according to claim 5, wherein said pair of contact portions comprises leaf springs biased toward said first pair of terminals.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
The connector according to claim 5, wherein said pair of contact portions is made from an electrically conductive material.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
102 words
A connector comprising a first housing and a second housing, said first and second housings each having terminals adapted to be engageable with each other in a fitted condition; a first one of said first housing and said second housing having a short circuit terminal interruptably engageable with at least one of its associated terminals and a second one of said first housing and said second housing having an interruption plate for disengaging at least one of said associated terminals from said short circuit terminal while at least one of said associated terminals is maintained in engagement with said short circuit terminal.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
33 words
The connector according to claim 9, wherein said first one of said first housing and said second housing further comprises an opening that is registered with said interruption plate in said fitted condition.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
The connector according to claim 10, wherein said interruption plate has a length that is no greater than half a length of said short circuit terminal.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
30 words
The connector according to claim 9, wherein said short circuit terminal comprises a base and contact portions, each of said contact portions being engageable with one of said associated terminals.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
20 words
The connector according to claim 12, wherein said base and said contact portions are made from an electrically conductive material.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
28 words
The connector according to claim 9, wherein said short circuit terminal comprises a base and a pair of electrical pick-ups that contacts respective ones of said associated terminals.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
41 words
The connector according to claim 14, wherein in said fitted condition, a first of said pair of pick-ups engages one of said associated terminals and a second of said pair of pick-ups is disengaged from a second of said associated terminals.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
18 words
The connector according to claim 15, wherein said second of said pair of pick-ups engages said interruption plate.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
66 words
A connector comprising a pair of terminals mounted in a first housing, a short circuit terminal having a base fixedly attached to said first housing and a pair of resiliently biased contact portions for contacting respective ones of said pair of terminals, and an opening on a face of said first housing located between only one of said pair of terminals and its associated contact portion.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
68 words
The connector according to claim 17, further comprising a second housing having a pair of terminals engageable with said terminals of said first housing in a fitted condition and an interruption plate cooperable with said opening, wherein, in said fitted condition, a first of said pair of contact portions engages its associated terminal while a second of said pair of contact portions is disengaged with its associated terminal.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
21 words
The connector according to claim 18, wherein said interruption plate engages said second of said contact portions in said fitted condition.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
59 words
A connector comprising: a housing having terminals, a short circuit terminal having a base fixedly attached to said first housing and resiliently biased pick-up for contacting respective areas of said terminals, and means for disengaging at least one of said pick-ups from its associated terminal while maintaining at least one of another said pick-ups engaged with its associated terminal.
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