CONNECTOR MEANS HAVING SHORTING CLIP

摘要

In a preferred form, this disclosure relates to an electrical connector means comprising a pair of mating connector assemblies and in which one of the connector assemblies has a shorting clip which is biased into engagement with its associated metal terminals to provide a short thereacross when the connector assemblies are disconnected and is automatically disengaged from its associated metal terminals when the mating connector assemblies are connected together. The shorting clip is in the form of a one-piece spring clip which is self-biased toward a position in which it engages its associated terminals so that a short across the terminals is automatically provided when the connector assemblies are disengaged from each other and the other connector assembly includes a cam means for lifting the spring biased shorting clip out of engagement with its associated terminals subsequent to the mating terminals of the connector assemblies engaging one another when the connector assemblies are connected together.