Electrical connectors – With contact preventer or retractable cover part – Movably mounted
Patent
1996-03-07
1998-04-14
Paumen, Gary F.
Electrical connectors
With contact preventer or retractable cover part
Movably mounted
439201, 439310, 439271, H01R 1344
Patent
active
057385351
ABSTRACT:
An underwater electrical or optical connector assembly has a plug unit containing at least one contact element in a bore within the plug body and a receptacle unit containing at least one contact element in a bore aligned with the plug bore when the two parts are mated together. Each of the bores terminates in an enlarged, recessed seat at the front or mating face of the respective unit, and a seal member is movably mounted in each seat. Each seal member has a through bore aligned with the respective bores in the two units when in an open position, and offset from the contact element bores in a closed position so as to seal the bores until the parts are connected. Portions of each seal member project outwardly from the front face to make a good seal when the two front faces are pushed together. The seal members are actuated to move from the closed position to the open position automatically as the two units are mated, and the contact element in the plug unit then extends out of the plug body through the aligned seal member through bores and into the receptacle bore to contact the corresponding receptacle contact element.
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Ocean Design, Inc.
Paumen Gary F.
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