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US 5,470,248 AGranted
Field repairable electrical connector
AssigneeTescorp Seismic Products, Inc.
InventorRichard G. Wood
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Abstract
An electrical connector having pin members that are partially encapsulated within, and sockets members that are completely encapsulated within, rigid, electrically nonconductive sheaths that are respectively integrally formed in male and female body members. The male and female body members are joined together by a resiliently compressible coupling member that has a plurality of passageways that seal around each of the sheaths. The male and female body members and the coupling member are disassemblable and individually repairable or replaceable without the use of special tools or equipment.
Claims15
An electrical connector, comprising:
- a male member having a body formed of a rigid, electrically nonconductive, thermoplastic material and a plurality of electrically conductive pins arranged in a predetermined pattern in said body, said body having a first face surface, a second face surface, and a plurality of sheaths extending outwardly from said first face surface, and each of said electrically conductive pins having a first portion completely encapsulated within the body and a respective one of said sheaths of said male member, a second portion extending outwardly from an outer end of the sheath respectively imbedding the first portion of said pins, and a third portion extending outwardly from the second face surface of the body of said male member, each of said third portions being connectable to an electrical wire conductor;
- a female member having a body formed of a rigid, electrically nonconductive, thermoplastic material and a plurality of electrically conductive sockets arranged in said predetermined pattern in the body of said female member and adapted to receive the second portion of a respective one of the pins of said male member and maintain said respective pin in electrically conductive contact with the socket, said body of the female member having a first face surface, a second face surface, and a plurality of sheaths extending outwardly from said first face surface, and each of said electrically conductive sockets having a first portion completely encapsulated within the body and a respective one of the sheaths of said female member and a second portion extending outwardly from the second face surface of the body of said female member, said second portion of each of the sockets being connectable to an electrical wire conductor;
- and,
- an elastomeric coupling member formed of a resiliently compressible, nonconductive material and having a first face surface abutable with the first face surface of said male member, a second face surface abutable with the first face surface of said female member, and a plurality of internally disposed passageways extending between said first and second face surfaces of the coupling member, said passageways being arranged in said predetermined pattern and having an internal wall shape adapted to receive and completely surround each of the sheaths of said male and said female members.
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An electrical connector, comprising:
- a male member formed of a rigid thermoplastic material and having a face surface and a plurality of sheaths extending outwardly from said face surface, and a plurality of electrically conductive pins each having a portion encapsulated by a respective one of said sheaths;
- a female member formed of a rigid thermoplastic material and having a face surface and a plurality of sheaths extending outwardly from said face surface, and a plurality of electrically conductive sockets each of which are encapsulated by a respective one of said sheaths;
- a coupling member formed of a resiliently compressible elastomeric material and having a pair of spaced apart end faces, an external wall surface extending between said end faces, and a plurality of internal passageways adapted to sealably receive the sheaths of said male and female members therein, said coupling member being interposed said male and female members with each one of the end faces of said coupling member in abutting contact with a respective end face surface of the male and female member, said internal passageways of the coupling member being radially reduced in response to applying an essentially isostatic pressure on said external wall surface of the coupling member and thereby increasing the sealing of said passageways about said sheaths.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.