Electrical connector having a sub-housing with a short circuit terminal
A connector includes a connector housing that includes a plurality of terminal accommodation chambers, a terminal that is accommodated in the terminal accommodation chamber, a retainer portion that holds the accommodated terminal in the terminal accommodation chamber, a short circuit terminal that makes at least two of the accommodated terminals be in a short-circuited state by coming into contact with the two accommodated terminals, and a sub-housing on which the short circuit terminal is mounted. The connector housing includes a fitting portion to which the sub-housing is fitted in a direction orthogonal to a fitting direction of the connector housing to a counterpart connector housing, and the retainer portion is formed at a position of holding the terminal and the short circuit terminal is mounted at a position at which the short circuit terminal comes into contact with the terminals.
1. A connector comprising:
a connector housing that includes a plurality of terminal accommodation chambers;
a terminal that is accommodated in the terminal accommodation chamber;
a retainer portion that holds the accommodated terminal in the terminal accommodation chamber;
a short circuit terminal that makes at least two of the accommodated terminals be in a short-circuited state by coming into contact with the two accommodated terminals; and
a sub-housing on which the short circuit terminal is mounted,
wherein the connector housing includes a fitting portion which is open to the terminal accommodation chamber and to which the sub-housing is fitted in a direction orthogonal to a fitting direction of the connector housing to a counterpart connector housing, and
in the sub-housing, in a state where the sub-housing is fitted to the connector housing, the retainer portion is formed at a position of holding the terminal and the short circuit terminal is mounted at a position at which the short circuit terminal comes into contact with at least two of the terminals.
2. The connector according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the counterpart connector housing, in a state of being fitted to the connector housing, a short circuit releasing member which releases the short-circuited state by coming into contact with the short circuit terminal and deforming the short circuit terminal is formed.
3. The connector according to claim 1 ,
wherein the sub-housing includes a sealing member which tightly adheres to an inner wall of the fitting portion in a state of being mounted on an outer circumference of the sub-housing and fitted to the fitting portion.
4. The connector according to claim 1 ,
wherein the retainer portion and the terminal respectively include a locking portion, and
in a state where the sub-housing is fitted to the connector housing, the locking portion of the retainer portion and the locking portion of the terminal are locked to each other.