| 摘要 |
<p>A conductive spring device (46, Fig. 8) is described, which shorts a pair of connector terminals (14, 16) when the connector (12) is not mated to a second connector device (18). The spring device (46) is of the type having a fixed anchor end (50) connected to a first terminal (14) and an opposite contacting end portion (44) which can pivot in a shorting direction (S) to move outwardly (O) and also sidewardly (A) against the second terminal (16), and which can be forced to pivot in an unshorting direction (U) to move inwardly (I) and sidewardly away (B) from the second terminal (16). An isolator (92) of in sulative material surrounds an inner portion of the second terminal (16), so when the contacting end portion (44) is in its unshorting position, it cannot move sidewardly against the second terminal (16). The spring device (46) is formed of a piece of sheet metal with its anchor end (50) having a hole that closely receives the first terminal (14), the spring device (46) also having a tab (100) which projects inwardly into a slot (102) in the insulative base (28) of the connector (12) to limit pivoting of the spring device (46) about the first terminal (14). <IMAGE></p> |
