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(11) EP 0 393 670 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
17.04.1991 Bulletin 1991/16

(43) Date of publication A2:
24.10.1990 Bulletin 1990/43

(21) Application number: 90107443.5

(22) Date of filing: 19.04.1990
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: H01R 9/05, H01R 17/12
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT NL

(30) Priority: 20.04.1989 US 340979

(71) Applicant: THE WHITAKER CORPORATION
Wilmington, Delaware 19808 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Birch, Norman Ralph
    Jacobus, Pennsylvania 17407 (US)
  • Dunbar, James Grant
    Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603 (US)
  • Kerlin, Harold William
    Port Royal, Pennsylvania 17082 (US)
  • Sheesley, Wilmer Lee
    Dauphin, Pennsylvania 17018 (US)
  • Vees, Edward Charles
    Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 17011 (US)

(74) Representative: Klunker . Schmitt-Nilson . Hirsch 
Winzererstrasse 106
80797 München
80797 München (DE)


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    (54) Self terminating connector and cable assembly


    (57) Ends of electrical conductors (5) of an electrical cable are joined to corresponding self terminating, shielded connectors (4), each comprising, a conductive shell (20) connected to at least one corresponding sheath (8), a dielectric support (29) in the shell (20), a conductive switch contact (23) connected to a corresponding signal transmitting conductor (5) and carried by the dielectric support (29) for disconnect connection to an electrical contact inserted into the shielded connector (4), and an electrical circuit element (24) in contact with the shell (20) constructed for disconnect coupling with the switch contact (23) upon withdrawal of the electrical contact from the shielded connector (4), whereby the switch contact (23) is terminated electrically to the shell (20) through the circuit element (24).







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