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Socket-type electrical connector

  • US 5,667,413 A
  • Filed: 11/13/1995
  • Issued: 09/16/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/13/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A female electrical connector comprising:

  • a housing having an open end, said housing defining an interior surface, a first portion of which encloses a generally cylindrical interior volume;

    a contact cage disposed within, and in electrical communication with, said housing and including a contact portion, a base portion, and a support portion which is joined to said contact portion and said base portion, said contact portion comprising a cylindrical member, disposed within, and coaxially aligned with, said cylindrical interior volume, and including a plurality of resilient contact blades, each blade having a first end thereof which is joined to the support portion of said contact cage;

    a retainer configured to fit into said housing and to urge the base portion of said contact cage into engagement with the interior surface of said housing so as to retain said contact cage therein; and

    an elastomeric o-ring seal supported in said housing, in coaxial alignment with said cylindrical interior volume, by said retainer.

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