Subsea electrical connector

A system, comprising:

• a first electrical connector configured to removably couple with a second electrical connector, wherein the first electrical connector comprises:
• a housing having an axial opening;
• a movable support disposed inside the housing, wherein the movable support comprises a first connector portion having a first electrical path with a first radial contact electrically coupled to a first axial contact;
• a stationary support disposed inside the housing, wherein the stationary support comprises a first mating connector portion having a first mating electrical path with a first mating axial contact coupled to a first electrical cable;
• wherein the second electrical connector is configured to extend through the axial opening in the housing, wherein a first mating radial contact of the second electrical connector is configured to engage with the first radial contact, wherein the first axial contact is configured to engage with the first mating axial contact;
• a first insulative layer disposed along an interior of the housing;
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• a second insulative layer disposed about the first electrical path and the first mating electrical path.

A method, comprising:

• providing a first connection stage between first and second electrical connectors, wherein the first electrical connector comprises a movable support, a stationary support, and a shuttle pin disposed in a housing having an axial opening, wherein the movable support comprises a first connector portion having a first electrical path with a first radial contact electrically coupled to a first axial contact, wherein the stationary support comprises a first mating connector portion having a first mating electrical path with a first mating axial contact coupled to a first electrical cable, wherein the axial opening enables entry of the second electrical connector to engage the shuttle pin, wherein the first connection stage comprises movement of the shuttle pin along a first axial path of travel, wherein the first connection stage engages the first radial contact of the first electrical connector with a first mating radial contact of the second electrical connector at a first axial position in response to the first axial path of travel;
• providing a second connection stage between the first and second electrical connectors, wherein the second connection stage comprises movement of the movable support along a second axial path of travel, wherein the second connection stage engages the first axial contact with the first mating axial contact over a first axial distance in response to the second axial path of travel;
• and
• providing insulation via a first insulative layer disposed along an interior of the housing and a second insulative layer disposed about the first electrical path and the first mating electrical path.