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

Claim 10:
11. An ROV, diver or stab, wet mateable connector, comprising:
a plug part and a receptacle part;
the plug part comprising a plug front end housing according to claim 1; a plug front end body comprising electrical pins; a connector plug mount and a connector plug back end housing;
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 ROY, or diver, wet-mateable connector receptacle front end housing;
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;

the receptacle part comprising a receptacle front end housing, a receptacle front end body comprising electrical contacts; a connector receptacle mount and a connector receptacle back end housing;
wherein the receptacle front end housing comprises a receptacle housing front section; a locator mount section; and a seal section axially in series with one another; wherein the receptacle housing front section comprises a receptacle coarse alignment feature on an inner surface of the receptacle housing front section, adjacent to a front surface of the receptacle housing front section and radially outward of a central axis of the receptacle front end housing; wherein the receptacle coarse alignment feature comprises a lead in chamfer; a latch for an ROV or diver wet matable connector, on the inner surface of the receptacle housing front section, axially displaced from and rearward of the receptacle coarse alignment feature, the latch being adapted to cooperate with a groove of an ROV, or diver, wet matable connector, wet-mateable connector plug front end housing; and a receptacle fine alignment feature formed in the outer surface of the receptacle housing front section.