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US 4,305,636 AGranted
Electrical connectors for underwater streamers
AssigneeHughes Aircraft Company
InventorsDoreen F. Jackson, Norbert L. Moulin, Leslie L. Kerek
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Abstract
Seals (66) are coupled in fluid and pressure tight engagement between respective contacts (18) and their bores (26) and are positioned between the front end (42) and perforations (48, 50) of a wire-receiving end (40) to prevent leakage of fluid (16) within a jacket (12) into the bores adjacent to the front ends of the contacts.
Claims9
An electrical connector for terminating an underwater streamer including a wire bundle enclosed in a fluid-filled jacket comprising:
- an insulating body having a plurality of contact-receiving bores therethrough and coupled to said jacket in fluid and pressure tight engagement therewith;
- a plurality of contacts received and retained respectively in the bores, each of said contacts comprising a rear end having a perforate bore receiving a wire of said wire bundle and a front end for electrical coupling with a mating contact;
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- seals coupled in fluid and pressure tight engagement between respective ones of said contacts and their bores and positioned between said front end and the perforation in said rear end for preventing leakage of any fluid in said jacket into said insulating body bores adjacent said contact front ends.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.