Electrical connector
AssigneeDSM&T Company, Inc.
InventorSergio Corona
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Abstract
A weather-resistant electrical connector having an environmental seal and including an insulating post supporting the male contact. The mating connector has a sleeve that is correspondingly shaped and dimensioned to receive the post. The post is of sufficient length to seal and contain any arcs from live connections.
Claims27
In an arc limiting electrical connector assembly having a male connector and a female connector which cooperatively encloses the electrical contacts upon connection and disconnection of the male connector to the female connector, wherein one of the connectors includes two or more sleeves along with a female contact and a cavity and the other connector comprises:
- two or more male electrical contacts forming a terminating end of a wire;
- two or more insulating posts, having a length that is greater than the length of said electrical contact, with each post supporting one of said male electrical contacts;
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- a dielectric thermoplastic overmold body including a mating extension at the proximal end thereof and encasing said wires with said insulating posts integrally formed with said overmold body and extending outwardly from said extension for occupying the corresponding sleeves on the mating connector with said mating extension occupying the cavity upon connection of the male connector to the female connector and
- a locking yoke having a bit portion with opposed ends and locking arms integrally formed on either end of said bit portion, wherein said locking yoke is encased within said overmold body with the locking arms extending outside said overmold body to engage locking tabs on the mating connector.
In an arc limiting electrical connector assembly having a male connector and a female connector which cooperatively encloses the electrical contacts upon connection and disconnection of the male connector to the female connector, wherein one of the connectors includes two or more sleeves along with a female contact and the other connector comprises:
- two or more male electrical contacts forming a terminating end of a wire;
- two or more insulating posts, having a length that is greater than the length of said electrical contact, with each post supporting one of said male electrical contacts;
- a dielectric thermoplastic overmold body including mating extension at the proximal end thereof and encasing said wires with said insulating posts extending outwardly from said extension for occupying the corresponding sleeves on the mating connector upon connection of the male connector to the female connector;
- a flange disposed on one of the connectors;
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- flexible arms with ends biased outwardly into a face-plate contacting configuration;
- wherein the ends are adapted to resiliently compress for passing through a face plate aperture and then expand to capture the face plate between the flange and the ends.
In an arc limiting electrical connector assembly having a male connector and a female connector which cooperatively encloses the electrical contacts upon connection and disconnection of the male connector to the female connector, wherein one of the connectors includes one or more sleeves along with a female contact and the other connector comprises:
- two or more male electrical contacts forming a terminating end of a wire;
- two or more insulating posts, having a length that is greater than the length of said electrical contact, with each post supporting one of said male electrical contacts;
- a locking yoke made from an impact resistant material having a bit portion with opposed ends and locking arms integrally formed on either end of the bit portion, wherein said bit portion comprises a C shaped retention band that is configured and designed to pass around, and partially encircle, the electrical contacts;
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- a dielectric thermoplastic overmold body including a mating extension at the proximal end thereof and encasing said wires with said insulating posts extending outwardly from said extension for occupying the corresponding sleeves on the mating connector upon connection of a male connector to a female connector, wherein the locking yoke is encased within the overmold body with the locking arms extending outside the body with a degree of flexibility so that the arms are capable of engaging and disengaging locking tabs on the mating connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.