Patent ID: 6361342
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A device for attaching an end of an electric cable to the head of a motor, the electric cable having at least one conductor, the device comprising in combination:a housing; an upper insulating block, contained within the housing, having at least one bore therethrough for receiving a conductor; a lower insulating block, contained within the housing, having at least one bore therethrough for receiving the conductor, and wherein the bores of the upper insulating block and the lower insulating block share the same axis; a seal assembly of an elastomeric material, contained within the housing between the blocks, having at least one passage sharing the same axis as the bores of the upper and lower insulating blocks, the seal assembly having at least one inner lip that while in an undeformed condition has an inner surface that tapers radially inward relative to the axis of the bores of the upper and lower insulating blocks for sealing around the conductor, the seal assembly having an outer periphery that seals against the housing.