Jumper cable plug with moisture resistant seal
AssigneeR.A. Phillips Industries, Inc.
InventorsOscar A. Puluc, Zhimin Guo, Thomas D. Peterson
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Abstract
An electrical plug configured to be mated with a socket, the electrical plug including a substantially tubular plug housing having a front end, a rear end, a side wall between the front end and the rear end, and a housing protrusion on the side wall and configured to be inserted within a socket cutout of the socket, a groove proximate the front end of the housing, and a seal located in the groove and having a cross-section with an outer surface that is substantially similar to an outer surface of a cross-section of the side wall and the housing protrusion.
Claims20
An electrical plug configured to be mated with a socket, the electrical plug comprising:
- a substantially tubular plug housing having:
- a front end;
- a rear end;
- a side wall between the front end and the rear end;
- and
- a housing protrusion on the side wall and configured to be inserted within a socket cutout of the socket;
- a groove proximate the front end of the housing;
- and
- a seal located in the groove and having a cross-section with an outer surface that is substantially similar to an outer surface of a cross-section of the side wall and the housing protrusion.
An electrical plug configured to be mated with a socket, the electrical plug comprising:
- a substantially tubular plug housing comprising:
- a front end;
- a rear end;
- a side wall between the front end and the rear end;
- and
- a housing protrusion located on the side wall and configured to be inserted within a socket cutout of the socket;
- and
- a groove proximate the front end of the housing and configured to receive a seal having a cross-section with an outer surface that is substantially similar to an outer surface of a cross-section of a combination of the side wall of the housing and the housing protrusion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.