Seal for an automotive electrical connector assembly

An electrical connector assembly for an automotive vehicle comprising:

• a first connector half having an electrical contact proximate therewith and being substantially surrounded by a support structure therearound, said support structure further having an outer surface thereof;
• a second connector half having an electrical contact proximate therewith, said second connector half further having a body segment and a mating segment within which extends an outer peripheral wall having an outside surface, an inside surface and a peripheral edge therearound, said body segment of said second connector half having a shoulder thereon such that said inside surface of said mating portion intersects said body at said shoulder thereto;
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• a sealing member having a pentagonal cross sectional shape thereto with an inside surface defining an aperture centrally therein, said pentagonal cross sectional shape having a substantially straight base wall with a pair of relatively shorter end walls projecting therefrom and having a pair of angular faces extending therefrom, said pair of angular faces intersecting each other at a peaked segment, said inside surface of said second connector half peripheral wall and said outer surface of said first connector half supporting structure having said sealing member juxtapositioned therebetween such that said peaked segment is compressed therein.