Electrical connector with short circuiting facility
 An electrical connector is comprised of an outer housing having a rack and pinion lever, where the outer housing can receive in sliding engagement an inner housing. The inner housing carries a plurality of receptacle contacts and a plurality of shunt contacts disposed above selected contacts. The shunt spring has a base wall including individual shunt contact springs having a projection which extends through a window of a central wall to make shunt contact with adjacent electrical terminals positioned therebeneath. 
The Whitaker Corporation
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H01R
inventional
Bernhard Hans-Joachim Kai
Kirsch Zander Sellien