AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING A SEPARABLE CONNECTION AND METHOD THEREFOR

摘要

An electrical connector having a housing and at least one current carrying element is provided. The current carrying element has a first portion and a second portion. A first biasing member is mounted within the housing for urging the first portion and the second portion outwardly. A second biasing member having a shape memory element is in proximity to the current carrying element. The shape memory element is fixed at an end thereof to the first portion and fixed at an opposite end thereof to the second portion. The shape memory element biases the first and second portions inwardly. The shape memory element has a stress riser formed therein. The shape memory element moves from a first configuration to a second configuration when heated at or above a phase transformation temperature and severs at the stress riser.