Harsh environment connector

Details Harsh environment connector Harsh environment connector

2008-09-23

2009-11-17

Doan, Jennifer (Department: 2874)

Optical waveguides

With disengagable mechanical connector

C385S054000, C385S055000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07618198

ABSTRACT:
First and second connector units each have a contact chamber with a front wall having an opening closed by a stopper. Seals in the respective openings surround and seal the stoppers prior to mating. The stopper in the first connector unit is retracted into the housing during mating while the front wall of second connector unit is retracted into its housing during mating, pushed back by the front wall of the first connector unit, separating the stoppers from the end wall openings and allowing communication between the contact chambers through a passageway defined by the aligned openings. The seals in the end walls seal the passageway during and after mating. A contact assembly in the first connector unit moves transversely into alignment with the passageway for contact with a corresponding fixed contact assembly in the second connector unit as the units move into mating engagement.

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