Protective cover devices for protecting electrical connectors in industrial equipment

A printed circuit board assembly comprising:

• an electrical connector comprising at least one electrical contact;
• a protective cover device engaged with said electrical connector and covering said at least one electrical contact to inhibit contact between a surrounding atmosphere and said at least one electrical contact to protect said at last one electrical contact against corrosion;
• said protective cover device comprising a one-piece molded polymeric body comprising at least one of:
• (i) at least one stud that is closely slidably received into a corresponding socket of said connector;
• (ii) a skirt that comprises a recess that receives at least part of said electrical connector therein;
• wherein said electrical connector comprises an edge connector and wherein said protective cover device comprises said skirt and a main wall from which said skirt projects outwardly, said body further comprising a grip that projects outwardly from the main wall in a direction opposite from the skirt, wherein said skirt comprises first and second spaced-apart sidewalls and first and second spaced-apart end walls that extend between and interconnect said sidewalls such that said recess is defined between said first and second sidewalls and said first and second end walls, said edge connector comprising a tab on which said at least one electrical contact is located and that is closely slidably received into and frictionally retained in said recess.

A printed circuit board assembly comprising:

• an electrical connector comprising at least one electrical contact;
• a protective cover device engaged with said electrical connector and covering said at least one electrical contact to inhibit contact between a surrounding atmosphere and said at least one electrical contact to protect said at last one electrical contact against corrosion;
• said protective cover device comprising a one-piece molded polymeric body comprising at least one of:
• (i) at least one stud that is closely slidably received into a corresponding socket of said connector;
• (ii) a skirt that comprises a recess that receives at least part of said electrical connector therein;
• said protective cover device comprising said skirt and a main wall from which said skirt projects outwardly in a first direction wherein said skirt comprises a cylindrical sidewall that defines said recess, wherein said recess is open at an outer end of said skirt and closed by said main wall at an inner end of said skirt
• said protective cover device further comprising a grip that projects outwardly from said main wall in a second direction opposite the first direction, wherein said grip comprises at least one tab that projects outwardly from said main wall in said second direction.

A printed circuit board assembly comprising:

• an electrical connector comprising at least one electrical contact;
• a protective cover device engaged with said electrical connector and covering said at least one electrical contact to inhibit contact between a surrounding atmosphere and said at least one electrical contact to protect said at last one electrical contact against corrosion;
• said protective cover device comprising a one-piece molded polymeric body comprising at least one of:
• (i) at least one stud that is closely slidably received into a corresponding socket of said connector;
• (ii) a skirt that comprises a recess that receives at least part of said electrical connector therein;
• wherein said electrical connector comprises an edge connector including a tab on which said at least one electrical contact is located, said protective cover device comprising said skirt defined by first and second spaced-apart sidewalls and first and second spaced-apart end walls that extend between and interconnect said sidewalls such that said recess is defined between said first and second sidewalls and said first and second end walls, wherein said recess extends entirely through said body such that said recess is open at opposite first and second ends, wherein said tab of said edge connector is located in and frictionally retained in said recess.

A printed circuit board assembly comprising:

• an electrical connector comprising a row of sockets each including an electrical contact;
• a protective cover device engaged with said electrical connector and covering the electrical contact of each socket to inhibit contact between a surrounding atmosphere and said electrical contact to protect said electrical contact against corrosion;
• said protective cover device comprising a one-piece molded polymeric body comprising at least one of:
• (i) at least one stud that is closely slidably received into a corresponding socket of said connector;
• (ii) a skirt that comprises a recess that receives at least part of said electrical connector therein;
• wherein said protective cover device comprises a row of studs that each project outwardly from a main wall and are received respectively in said row of sockets, each of said studs including a recess defined therein in which said electrical contact of the respective socket is received.