Patent ID: 6672900
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A weather-resistant housing assembly for protecting a spliced electrical connection, the housing assembly comprising:a base having a plurality of individually isolated bores extending therethrough, each bore being capable of housing a portion of the spliced connection, and each bore having therein at least one seal ring to form a substantially water-tight seal around a portion of the spliced connection; and a cap secured to the base wherein the base has four sides and each of the four sides includes a projection, wherein the cap has four sides and two of the four sides of the cap include a resilient locking tab configured to engage one of the projections, and wherein the cap can be secured to the base such that any one of the locking tabs engages any one of the projections; and wherein the cap further includes a slot in each of the two sides that do not include the resilient locking tab, the slots being configured to receive the projections not engaged by the resilient locking tabs.