Shunted connector assembly and interdigitated shunt assembly therefor

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A shunt assembly adapted to be secured on a connector or a shunt connector assembly where the electrical connector has a housing with spaced contacts secured therein. The contacts have exposed contact portions along a side wall of housing. A contact support lever is pivotally mounted to housing. The contact support lever has an inner surface having interdigitated channels has a pair of shunt contacts received and secured therein for engaging a surface of the exposed contact portions of preselected ones of the spaced contacts. The contact support lever is rotatable through a limited arc from a first position with the shunt contacts engaging the spaced contacts, to a second position where the …