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CONNECTOR ENCAPSULATING DEVICE AND METHOD

  • US 3,897,129 A
  • Filed: 09/26/1973
  • Issued: 07/29/1975
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/1973
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for encapsulating a connector having side walls extending between first and second ends which connector electrically interconnects a plurality of wires projecting from its first end, said method including the steps of:

  • providing a housing having a socket with a bottom opposite an unrestricted open end, the socket being adapted to closely fit around and completely receive the side walls and second end of the connector with its first end facing the open end of the socket and the wires extending therethrough, said housing having a plurality of projections defining, when a connector is within the socket, passageways extending from the bottom of the socket to the open end, and having a quantity of viscous, water restricting electrically insulating encapsulating material in the socket, the quantity being at least sufficient to fill the socket for a predetermined distance over the connector after the second end of the connector is positioned at the bottom of the socket;

    positioning the connector in the socket with its second end adjacent the bottom thereof and in contact with the encapsulating material;

    pressing the positioned connector into the open end of the socket with sufficient pressure to force the encapsulating material into and through the passageways to deposit a portion of the encapsulating material at the first end of the connector; and

    spreading the portion of the encapsulating material at the first end of the connector around the wires and over the first end of the connector.

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