Connector assembly
AssigneeBurndy Corporation
InventorRocco Noschese
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Abstract
A connector assembly in which a housing has a plurality of side-by-side mutually isolated bores which extend between an entry aperture in a front wall and an aft end. Each bore contains an elongated contact which has a hollow pin receiving end adjacent the aperture in the front wall and a wire receiving barrel at its opposite end subject to a crimping action for engagement with an associated wire lead. A resilient grommet seal mounted at the aft end of the housing has a plurality of side-by-side openings therein aligned with the bores in the housing for sealingly engaging the wire ends. A dielectric spacer within each bore serves to assure high surface resistivity between contacts positioned in adjacent bores.
Claims16
A connector assembly comprising:
- a housing including a front wall and an aft end and having a plurality of side by side mutually isolated bores formed therein extending between said aft end and said front wall and terminating at an entry aperture in said front wall;
- a plurality of elongated contacts, each of said contacts including a first end positioned adjacent the entry aperture in said front wall and a second end adapted to be attached to an associated wire lead;
- retainer means fixed to said housing engageable with each of said contacts to prevent withdrawal thereof from its associated bore;
- seal means mounted on said aft end of said housing for sealingly engaging the wire leads;
- dielectric spacer means intermediate said retainer means and said seal means encircling each of said contacts and having a terminal end nearer said aft end of said housing than said second end of each of said contacts to thereby assure high surface resistivity between said contacts positioned in adjacent bores;
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- latch means for integrally joining said housing, said seal means and said contacts.
A modular plug comprising:
- a housing including a front wall and an aft end and having a plurality of side-by-side mutually isolated bores formed therein extending between said aft end and said front wall and terminating at a pin entry aperture in said front wall;
- a plurality of elongated socket contacts, each of said contacts being receivable from said aft end in an associated bore, each of said contacts including a hollow pin receiving end positioned adjacent the aperture in said front wall, a wire receiving barrel at its opposite end being subject to a crimping operation for engagement with an associated wire lead, and an annular rim intermediate said pin receiving end and said wire receiving barrel;
- a retainer fixed to said housing within the bore and having a radially extending spring member engageable with said contact enabling longitudinal movement of said contact into the bore from said aft end but engageable with said annular rim when said pin receiving end is positioned proximate to the aperture in said front wall to thereafter prevent withdrawal of said contact from the bore;
- a resilient grommet seal mounted on said aft end of said housing having a plurality of side-by-side openings therethrough aligned with the bores in said housing, said grommet seal being sufficiently expandible to allow longitudinal passage therethrough of said contacts while being sufficiently firm to hold said contacts steady during the crimping operation and being sufficiently retractable to sealingly engage the wire ends as said pin receiving end of said contacts approach and reach said front wall;
- dielectric spacer means intermediate said retainer means and said seal means encircling each of said contacts and having a terminal end nearer said aft end of said housing than said second end of each of said contacts to thereby assure high surface resistivity between said contacts positioned in adjacent bores;
- a latch plate engageable with said housing and with said grommet seal for integrally joining said housing, said grommet seal and said contacts;
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- fastener means for securing said latch plate to said housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.