Electrical connector with sealing boot
AssigneeMolex Incorporated
InventorsGino ANTONINI, John CONNOLLY
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Abstract
An electrical coaxial connector system includes a plug connector and a receptacle connector. The plug connector has an elastomeric boot disposed on the plug connector having a peripheral sealing lip formed on the peripheral opening of the boot. Upon mating of the plug and receptacle connectors the boot is advanced along a mating direction and installed to a sealing position with a one handed operation and further having additional tactile feedback to indicate complete installation of the sealing boot.
Claims20
A cable assembly, comprising:
- a connector having a first body and a second body, the second body portion retained in the first body;
- a coaxial cable secured to the connector, the coaxial cable having a center conductor and an outer conductor;
- a coupling nut rotationally captivated between the first body and the second body, the coupling nut having a tapered surface adjacent the coaxial cable;
- a boot having an opening and disposed on the cable having an enlarged end and movable between an initial position and an installed position along a mating direction;
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- wherein the boot has a sealing lip formed on the enlarged end of the boot that is configured to slide over the tapered surface of the coupling nut upon movement from the initial position to the installed position.
A connector assembly comprising:
- a receptacle having a housing, the housing including an insulator disposed in the housing, a center contact secured in the insulator;
- a cable assembly including a plug connector connected to a cable, the plug connector having a coupling nut rotationally secured between a first body and a second body, the coupling nut including a tapered surface adjacent the cable, a boot including an opening is slidably disposed on the cable in an initial position and movable to an installed position;
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- wherein the boot has a sealing lip that is configured to slide over the tapered surface of the coupling nut and engage the housing upon movement of the boot to the installed position along a mating direction.
A method for producing a connector assembly comprising:
- providing a receptacle connector having a housing, the housing including a mating end;
- providing a cable;
- placing a boot on the cable, the boot including an opening and an enlarged end, the enlarged end having a lip;
- securing a plug connector to the cable, the plug connector including a coupling nut rotationally captivated between a first body and a second body, the coupling nut including a tapered surface, the plug connector adapted to engage the mating end of the receptacle connector;
- connecting the plug connector to the receptacle connector;
- and. installing the boot over the plug connector and the receptacle connector wherein the sealing lip rides over the tapered surface and engages the housing of the receptacle connector,
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.