Coated electrical connector
AssigneeGTE Products Corporation
InventorsRobert A. Crane, John J. Napiorkowski
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Abstract
An electrical connector, especially for telecommunications, including an electrical insulating block, and an array of cavities disposed in the block. Female contacts are disposed in the cavities and there are corresponding exposed electrical connections attached to the female contacts. An electrically insulating coating of gel-like deformable polymeric silicone material is disposed on the block, in the cavities, and on the female contacts. The coating is deformable and penetratable at ambient temperatures whereby to provide for penetration thereof by mating electrical contacts and enabling an electrical connection between the female and male contacts.
Claims13
An electrical connector comprising:
- an electrical insulating member, and at least two exposed electrical contacts disposed in said member;
- an electrically insulating coating of self-adhering gel-like deformable polymeric material disposed on said member and said contacts, said material being deformable and penetratable at ambient temperatures whereby to provide for penetration thereof by mating electrical contacts and enabling an electrical connection between said male and female contacts.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an electrical insulating block, and an array of cavities disposed in the front of said block, an array of female contacts adapted to receive male contacts disposed in said cavities and a corresponding array of exposed electrical connections attached to said female contacts and extending from the rear of said insulating block;
- a self-adhering electrically insulating coating of a gel-like deformable polymeric material disposed on said block, in said cavities, and on said contacts, said coating being deformable and penetratable at ambient temperatures whereby to provide for penetration by mating electrical contacts and enabling an electrical connection between said male and female contacts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.