Patent ID: 9682226
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A61N,H01R,Y10T

Claim:
1. A combination lead terminal and lead channel, the combination comprising: a lead terminal comprising a forward end, a distal end, a shaft between the forward end and the distal end, a terminal contact, and a gasket extending around an outer surface of the shaft on a distal side of the terminal contact, a lead channel comprising an open vent extending through the channel wall from a channel vent hole fixed at a surface of the channel wall, to an exterior vent hole, wherein the lead terminal and lead channel are configured for the lead terminal to be inserted through the open end and into the channel and into a fully-inserted position wherein: the terminal contact is electrically engaged with the channel contact, the gasket engages an inner surface of the channel wall to produce a seal, the gasket is located between the open end and the closed end, the channel vent hole is located between the gasket and the open end, and the terminal contact and channel contact are located between the gasket and the closed end.