Patent ID: 9368907
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. An arrangement including a male connector designed for connection to a female connector to form a water tight connection, the male connector having a plug connector body of hard urethane material and a connector overmold disposed about a cable and about a portion of a cylindrical exterior surface of the plug connector body, the overmold being of relatively soft urethane material, wherein the connector overmold and the plug connector body are heated during fabrication when fitted together such that a partial re-melt of the hard urethane material of the plug connector body fuses with the relatively soft urethane material of the connector overmold thereby providing strength of connection and protection from water leakage between the connector overmold and the plug connector body, and wherein the plug connector body is molded with no significant mold parting line prior to its partial fusing with the connector overmold during connection of the plug connector body and the connector overmold.