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Environment proof electrical connector assembly
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Inventors: Haines, Warren L.;
Assignee: Hughes Aircraft Company (Culver City, CA)
Primary Examiner: McGlynn; Joseph H.
Assistant Examiner: Davie; James W.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: MacAllister; W. H., Sternfels; Lewis B.
A multicontact connector intended primarily for geophysical surveying work is totally hermaphroditic to enable connection to its identical counterpart. The hermaphroditic connection also physically protects the electrical contacts and permits the connectors to be mated in only one preselected orientation thereof. Also disclosed are wire sealing means and a latching-sealing mechanism between a shell and its insert. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION These and other problems are overcome by providing a connector, configured externally as either a plug or a receptacle, having totally hermaphroditic mating parts which enables its connection to its identical counterpart to provide a plug-to-plug or plug-to-receptacle connector assembly.
The hermaphroditic mating parts are further provided with keying sections to enable connection between the connectors in a preselected angular orientation therebetween.
As a plug, the invention further includes novel sealing and latching connections between a plug shell and a plug insert and between the plug shell and a cable electrically coupled to contacts sealed within the insert and extending to the exterior of the plug.
The contacts at their mating ends are protected from physical damage by the keying sections while enabling wiping action between mating contacts when the connectors are mated.
When used with the environment proof connector described in U.
S.
Pat.
No.
3,725,845, one connector of the present invention, embodied as a receptacle, is secured to an adaptor formed as part of the patented connector.
It is therefore, an object of the present invention to provide a hermaphroditic connector securely engageable with its identical counterpart.
Another object is to provide such a connector whose hermaphroditic mating means partially houses and protects a set of contacts in such a manner that they will all engage identically supported contacts in its identical counterpart.
Another object is to provide a connector which, when connected to its identical counterpart, is made environment proof, so that all of their contacts are protected from moisture.
Another object is to provide an environmental proof connection to a main line cable.
Another object is to provide a connector having latchable cable sealing means.
Another object is to provide a connector having latchable sealing means between an insert and a shell.
Other aims and objects as well as a more complete understanding of the present invention will appear from the following explanation of an exemplary embodiment and the accompanying drawings thereof
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