Vibration-proof plug and socket

A high voltage, single conductor electrical connector assembly comprising, in combination,

• a socket having a circular blind aperture defined by an inner wall, a radially outwardly extending face at one end of said wall and an inwardly extending face at the other end of said wall, a circumferential recess in said wall disposed an axial distance from said face at the other end of said aperture and an electrical contact extending through the center of said inwardly extending face, and
• a plug having a circular barrel, a body defining a radially outwardly extending face adjacent said barrel, an electrical contact disposed concentrically within said barrel,
• retaining means for mechanically securing said plug in said socket including a first rib disposed on said barrel having a cross section substantially complementary to the cross section of said circumferential recess and disposed said axial distance from said face extending from said barrel and
• seal means for providing an anti-corona seal including a pair of smaller ribs disposed on said barrel between said larger rib and the end of said barrel.

A high voltage, single conductor electrical connector assembly comprising, in combination,

• a socket fabricated of a rigid dielectric material having a blind circular aperture defining an inner wall, a radially outwardly extending face at one end of said wall and an inwardly extending face at the other end of said wall, a circumferential recess disposed in said wall an axial distance from said radially outwardly extending face and an electrical contact extending through the center of said inwardly extending face, and
• a plug fabricated of a resilient dielectric material having a body, a circular barrel extending from said body and defining an end face, a radially outwardly extending face defined by said body adjacent said barrel, an electrical contact disposed concentrically within said barrel,
• retaining means for mechanically securing said plug in said socket including a first rib disposed on said barrel having a cross section substantially complementary to the cross section of said circumferential recess and disposed said axial distance from said radially outwardly extending face defined by said body and
• seal means for providing an anti-corona seal including a pair of ribs smaller than said first rib disposed on said barrel between said end face and said first rib,
• wherein said first rib is sealingly disposed in said circumferential recess, said pair of ribs sealingly engage said inner wall, said end face of said barrel sealingly engages said radially inwardly extending face of said socket and said radially outwardly extending face of said body sealingly engages said radially outwardly extending face of said socket when said plug is assembled to said socket.