Waterproof separable swivel connector

A waterproof lockable disengaging swiveling electrical cable connector housing structure comprising:

• a first housing having a cable support structure located within its bore for receiving a first electrical cable segment;
• a second housing having a cable support structure located within its bore for receiving having a second electrical cable segment;
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• a locking sleeve operatively slidingly secured to the second housing and movable from a first position to a second position to lock the first housing to the second housing, such that the first housing is rotatable relative to the second housing when the locking sleeve is in the locked position.

A waterproof lockable disengaging swiveling electrical cable connector housing structure comprising:

• a male housing partially inserted into the bore of a female housing having one or more axial slots through it, each housing constructed of an injection moldable thermoplastic material comprising a generally cylindrical body having:
• a cable support structure located within its bore comprising at least two inner bores of decreasing diameter progressing from proximate to distal from the end not involved in the insertion and the smallest inner bore of each housing is aligned with that of the other housing and the end of each such bore proximate to the end of its housing involved in the insertion is immediately adjacent to the similarly situated end of the other bore;
• an interior cylindrical recess to accommodate a cable grasping sleeve, the recess being located adjacent to the end of the housing distal from the end involved in the partial insertion;
• one or more protuberances carried by the female housing which engage one or more detents carried by the male housing in such a way that the two housings are free to rotate about the cylindrical surfaces of each other when locked together via these protuberances and detents and a locking sleeve;
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• a screw thread for affixing an end cap over the exterior surface of the housing located adjacent to the end of the housing carrying the recess for a cable grasping sleeve;
• an X-ring carried by one of the housings which establishes a water tight between them when the male is partially inserted into the female;
• a cable holding sleeve seated in its recess in each housing and constructed of a corrugated compressible material;
• two end caps, each with a screw thread which interacts with the screw thread on one of the housings to affix the end cap to the housing in such a way that the interior diameter of the cable grasping sleeve seated in the housing is decreased and each end cap having an aperture which aligns with the cable support structure located within the bore of its housing;
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• a locking sleeve which slides on the outside surface of the female housing in the axial direction into and out of a locking position in which it retains the protuberances of the female housing in the detents of the male member so as to prevent axial movement between the two housings, carries one or more protuberances which engage one or more detents in the male housing via the slots in the female housing when it is in a locking position such that the protuberances may not dislodged from the detents by axial motion and carries a tab for lifting its protuberances out of the detents of the male housing.