One-piece environmental removable contact connector
US3953099A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 2, 1975 |
| Grant date | Apr 27, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 2, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R13/64
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An environmental electrical connector is provided in which the receptacle and plug members are individually formed as one-piece housings of resilient insulating material, having contact cavities formed with frontwardly disposed contact-retaining shoulders and rearwardly disposed resilient risers providing sealing engagement against lead-in conductors, with a sleeve at the mating end of the receptacle having an elastically expandable circumferential lip, and a complementary surface on the plug being provided for sealing engagement with the receptacle lip, as the front seal. A molded shape inside the sleeve and a matching cutaway portion on the plug prevent mating otherwise than in properly polarized relation, and matching longitudinal grooves on the outside of the connector members serve as visual alignment aids.
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