Patent · US Expired

Sealed electrical connector assembly

US5626489A · kind A · utility

15Cited by
13References
17Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateApr 13, 1995
Grant dateMay 6, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 13, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R4/2429
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A sealed connector assembly is provided for interconnecting two or more electrical wires. A dual-durometer body includes a relatively rigid plug portion and a relatively resilient sealing portion, with corresponding channels in the portions for receiving the wires. A conductive contact element is mounted on the resilient plug portion of the body and is adapted to electrically interconnect the wires. A relatively resilient sealing cover is adapted to telescope with the body and to seal the rigid plug portion and the contact element. The body and cover have complementary interengaging convolutions to retain the body and cover in an interengaged sealed condition.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.