Electrical connector with grommet and filter

• US 5,551,893 A
• Filed: 05/10/1994
• Issued: 09/03/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: OSRAM Sylvania Inc. (Ams-Osram AG)
• Original Assignee: OSRAM Sylvania Inc. (Ams-Osram AG)
• Inventors: Johnson, Bradley G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bradley, P. Austin
• Assistant Examiner(s): WITTELS, DANIEL NMN
• Application Number:
  US08/240,304
• Time in Patent Office: 847 Days
• Field of Search: 439/607, 439/608, 439/271, 439/620, 439/79, 439/80, 333/182, 333/183, 333/184, 333/185, 333/12
• US Class Current: 439/620.07
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/521 Sealing between contact members and housing, e.g. sealing insert
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/7195 with planar filters with openings for contacts

Abstract

An electrical connector is provided with a sealing grommet which provides an environmental seal as well as a cushioning shock absorber for a ferrite filter.

Claims

1. An electrical connector comprising:

a body formed from a substantially rigid electrically insulating material, said body including a transverse portion having a cavity therein, said cavity having a floor with at least one floor aperture therein;

a substantially flexible, electrically insulating grommet fitted within said cavity, said grommet including at least one grommet aperture substantially aligned with said floor aperture;

a ferrite filter positioned adjacent said grommet and in contact therewith, said filter having at least one filter aperture substantially aligned with said grommet aperture and said floor aperture;

a cover formed of a substantially rigid, electrically insulating material overlying said filter and fixed to said transverse portion, said cover having at least one cover aperture therein substantially aligned with said filter aperture, said grommet aperture and said floor aperture; and

an electrically conductive contact fitted within said aperture.

2. The electrical connector of claim 1 wherein said cover has at least one bend anvil adjacent said at least one cover aperture.

3. The electrical connector of claim 2 wherein said contact has a first section fitted in said apertures, a second section in contact with said bend anvil, and a third section extending substantially at a right angle to said first section.

4. The electrical connector of claim 3 wherein said electrical contact is cylindrical.