Connector assembly for use with connector plug

A method for forming a sealant-filled connector assembly for use with a connector plug, the method comprising:

• a) providing a connector housing including a unitary body portion defining a body cavity and at least one conductor passage extending through the unitary body portion and communicating with the body cavity, the connector housing defining a connector opening communicating with the body cavity, the connector opening being adapted to receive the connector plug;
• b) mounting a respective electrically conductive conductor in the at least one conductor passage such that the conductor has a contact portion disposed in the body cavity;
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• c) introducing an uncured sealant material into the body cavity up to a sealant fill level such that each contact portion is at least partially covered by the uncured sealant material;
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• d) curing the sealant material to form an environmental sealant in the body cavity;
• e) wherein the unitary body portion is devoid of openings other than the at least one conductor passage up to at least the sealant fill level.

A method for forming a sealant-filled connector assembly for use with a connector plug, the method comprising:

• a) mounting a connector housing on a substrate, the connector housing defining a body cavity and a connector opening communicating with the body cavity and adapted to receive the connector plug;
• b) providing a plurality of contact portions in the body cavity;
• thereafter
• c) introducing an uncured sealant material into the body cavity through the body opening such that the sealant material is retained in the body cavity and the body cavity is filled with the sealant material to a level sufficient to at least partially cover the contact portions;
• and thereafter
• d) curing the sealant material to form an environmental sealant in the body cavity;
• e) wherein the substrate is maintained in a substantially horizontal orientation and the connector opening is disposed at an oblique angle relative to horizontal during the step of introducing the uncured sealant material.

A connector assembly for use with a connector plug, the assembly comprising:

• a) a connector housing defining a body cavity and a connector opening communicating with the body cavity, the connector opening being adapted to receive the connector plug;
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• b) at least one electrical contact portion in the body cavity;
• c) wherein:
• the connector housing is adapted to be mounted on a planar surface of a substrate;
• the connector opening is disposed at an oblique angle relative to the planar surface when the connector housing is mounted on the planar surface;
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• the connector plug is an RJ-type connector plug.

A connector assembly for use with a connector plug, the assembly comprising:

• a) a body member defining a body cavity;
• b) first and second electrical contact portions extending across the body cavity;
• c) a cover member mounted on the body member, the cover member defining a cover opening adapted to receive the connector plug and communicating with the body cavity, wherein the cover member further defines at least one recess therein;
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• d) an electrically conductive shorting bar press-fit into the recess such that the shorting bar is retained in the cover member and engages each of the first and second contact portions to electrically short circuit the first and second contact portions when the cover member is mounted on the body member.

A connector assembly for use with a connector plug and a substrate having first and second mounting holes therein, the assembly comprising:

• a) a body member defining a body cavity adapted to receive the connector plug;
• b) at least one electrical contact portion in the body cavity;
• c) a cover member removably mounted on the body member, the cover member defining a cover opening adapted to receive the connector plug and communicating with the body cavity;
• d) a first mounting structure integral with the body member and configured to engage the first mounting hole of the substrate;
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• e) a second mounting structure integral with the cover member and configured to engage the second mounting hole of the substrate such that the cover member is thereby secured to the substrate.

A method for forming a sealant-filled connector assembly for use with a connector plug, the method comprising:

• a) mounting a cover member on a body member to form a connector housing, the body member defining a body cavity adapted to receive the connector plug, the cover member defining a cover opening adapted to receive the connector plug and communicating with the body cavity;
• b) providing at least one electrical contact portion in the body cavity;
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• c) mounting the connector housing on a substrate such that a first mounting structure integral with the body member engages a first mounting hole in the substrate and a second mounting structure integral with the cover member interlocks with a second mounting hole in the substrate.