Sealed electrical connector for right angle contacts

An electrical connector assembly, comprising:

• contacts having front portions, intermediate portions, and rear portions, said intermediate portions being bent so that said front portions are aligned at an angle to said rear portions;
• a first housing having a rear wall, through which said front portions of said contacts extend;
• a second housing having a base receiving said rear portions of said contacts, at least one of said first and second housings forming a pocket surrounding said intermediate portions of said contacts;
• and
• an encapsulate liquid placed into said pocket and hardening to hermetically seal said intermediate portions of said contacts.

A method of forming an electrical connector assembly, comprising:

• inserting contacts through apertures in a first housing until front portions of the contacts extend from a front side of the first housing and intermediate and rear portions of the contacts extend from a rear side of the first housing;
• inserting the rear portions of the contacts through apertures in a second housing;
• combining the first to second housings to define a pocket surrounding the intermediate portions of the contacts;
• and
• introducing a liquid material into the pocket and permitting the liquid material to harden thereby hermetically encasing the intermediate portions of the contacts.