Screw-on female connector for a multi-pin switch

A male multipin switch having a screw-on female connector, comprising:

• a) a multipin switch having a front end, a rear end, a push button switch at the front end, male electrical connecting pins at the rear end, and mounting threads;
• b) a screw-on female connector connecting to the male multipin switch, the screw-on female connector comprising:
• 1) a housing having a front end, a rear end, and an interior;
• 2) a retaining flange around said front end of said housing;
• 3) a screw-on nut mounted rotatably on said housing, the screw-on nut having a front end, a rear end, and an interior;
• 4) raised threads positioned in the interior of the screw-on nut near the front end of the screw-on nut and stop members positioned in the interior of the screw-on nut near the rear end of the screw-on nut, wherein the raised threads threadably engage threads on said multi-pin switch and connect the screw-on female connector to said multi-pin switch;
• 5) the retaining flange being positioned in a retaining area between the raised threads and the stop members of the screw-on nut, wherein the raised threads near the front end of the screw-on nut engage a surface of the retaining flange at the front end of the screw-on nut and the raised threads that engage the surface of the retaining flange also threadably engage the mounting threads of said multi-pin switch so as to pull said multi-pin switch into the interior of the housing as the screw-on nut is rotated on threads of said multi-pin switch, said surface of the retaining flange facing the front end of the screw-on nut;
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• 6) said raised threads that engage said surface of the retaining flange tighten said screw-on female connector against said multi-pin switch as the screw-on nut is rotated on threads of said multi-pin switch.

A male multipin switch having a screw-on female connector, comprising:

• a) a multipin switch having a front end, a rear end, a push button switch at the front end, male electrical connecting pins at the rear end, and mounting threads;
• b) a screw-on female connector connecting to the male multipin switch, the screw-on female connector comprising:
• 1) a housing having a front end, a rear end, and an interior;
• 2) a retaining flange around said front end of said housing;
• 3) a screw-on nut mounted rotatably on said housing, the screw-on nut having a front end, a rear end, and an interior;
• 4) raised threads positioned in the interior of the screw-on nut near the front end of the screw-on nut and stop members positioned in the interior of the screw-on nut near the rear end of the screw-on nut, wherein the raised threads threadably engage threads on said multi-pin switch and connect the screw-on female connector to said multi-pin switch;
• 5) the retaining flange being positioned in a retaining area between the raised threads and the stop members of the screw-on nut, wherein the raised threads near the front end of the screw-on nut engage a surface of the retaining flange at the front end of the screw-on nut and the raised threads that engage the surface of the retaining flange also threadably engage the mounting threads of said multi-pin switch so as to pull said multi-pin switch into the interior of the housing as the screw-on nut is rotated on threads of said multi-pin switch, said surface of the retaining flange facing the front end of the screw-on nut;
• 6) said raised threads that engage said surface of the retaining flange tighten said screw-on female connector against said multi-pin switch as the screw-on nut is rotated on threads of said multi-pin switch;
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• (7) female electrical connections embedded in a front seal positioned in said interior of said housing of said screw-on female connector near said front end of said housing, said female electrical connections connecting to male electrical connecting pins in said multi-pin switch, and said front seal form a water tight connection between said screw-on female connector and said multi-pin switch.