Sealed Electrical Connector
AssigneeFci
InventorsFrederic Chazottes, Michel Aeschbacher
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Abstract
This connector includes an insulative housing having a plurality of terminal accommodating chambers, a grommet formed with a plurality of cable passages, a grid having a plurality of passages in correspondence with the passages and a closing member mounted at the rear side of the grid for selectively closing the passage to a first predetermined group of chambers, said closing member including a plate, which is formed with through-holes in correspondence with a second predetermined group of chambers. The closing member further includes at least one plug projecting from the plate in correspondence with the first group of chambers, said plugs being provided to be inserted in the respective passages of the seal, and thus sealingly close said passages.
Claims10
Electrical connector comprising
- an insulative housing having a front mating face and a plurality of terminal accommodating chambers with an open rear end for the insertion of the respective terminal,
- a grommet-type seal formed with a plurality of cable passages in correspondence with the chambers and arranged in said housing at the rear end of the chambers,
- a grid attached within the housing (3) at the rear side of the seal for maintaining the seal in the housing and for guiding cables, said grid having a plurality of passages in correspondence with the passages of the seal, and
- a closing member mounted at the rear side of the grid for selectively closing the passage to a first predetermined group of chambers, said closing member comprising a plate, which is formed with through-holes in correspondence with a second predetermined group of chambers, said second group being complementary to the first group,
- characterized in that the closing member further comprises at least one plug projecting from the plate in correspondence with the first group of chambers, said plugs being provided to be inserted in the respective passages of the seal, and thus sealingly close said passages.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.