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SEALED CONNECTOR FOR INSULATED CONDUCTORS

  • US 3,853,385 A
  • Filed: 11/16/1973
  • Issued: 12/10/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/1972
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A connector adapted to effect a sealed and releasable connection between insulated conductors, said connector comprising, in combination:

  • a. a first rigid insulating impermeable body haviNg a working face formed with a depresssion;

    b. a first metal plate embedded in said first body and extending from the depression through the first body, said plate having a first external terminal on the outside of the first body;

    c. a contact pin electrically connected to said first plate and housed in the depression of the first body, said pin projecting beyond the plane of the said working face;

    d. a layer of gelatinous resin filling the depression in the working face of the first body and entirely covering the contact pin;

    e. a second rigid insulating impermeable body having a working face formed with a depression;

    f. a second metal plate extending from the depression and through said second body, said second plate having a second external terminal on the outside of the second body;

    g. a layer of gelatinous resin filling the depression in the second body; and

    h. pressure means for pressing the two bodies against each other with their working faces facing each other, so that the contact pin carried by the first body perforates the layers of gelatinous resin in the two depressions to make contact with the plate in the depression of the second body.

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