Patent ID: 11942719
Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A plug front end housing for a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), diver, or stab, wet mateable connector, the plug front end housing comprising:
a plug housing front section;
a locator mount section; and
a seal section axially in series with one another;
wherein the plug housing front section comprises a plug coarse alignment feature on an outer surface of the plug housing front section, adjacent to a front surface of the plug housing front section and radially outward of a central axis of the plug front end housing; a circumferential groove on the outer surface of the plug housing front section, axially displaced from and rearward of the plug coarse alignment feature; wherein the plug coarse alignment feature comprises a bullnose feature;
wherein the circumferential groove is adapted to receive a latch of an ROV, or diver, wet-mateable connector receptacle front end housing; and
wherein a plug fine alignment feature is formed in the outer surface of the plug housing front section, aligned with and located radially outward of the central axis of the plug front end housing; and
wherein the plug coarse alignment feature comprises a series of three truncated cones, the first and third of the cones comprising substantially congruent faces, the first and second cones being joined at their maximum diameter and the second and third cones being joined at their minimum diameter.