Patent ID: 7165987
Filing Date: 2007-01-23
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector assembly comprising: a first connector; a second connector, the first and second connectors being configured to be operably coupled together; a housing having an inner surface extending along a first dimension to at least partially define an inner space, an open end to provide access to the inner space, and an end surface extending about the inner space toward the open end, the second connector being at least partially located within the inner space of the housing for access therewith through the open end of the housing; a body within which the first connector is at least partially located, the body being sized to be inserted into the inner space of the housing through the open end of the housing to a fully inserted position whereat the first connector is operably coupled to the second connector of the housing, the body having first and second outer surfaces, the first outer surface extending about and positioned outward of the second outer surface; a first sealing member positioned at the first outer surface of the body and positioned for sealing contact with the end surface of the housing and the first outer surface of the body to provide a first seal between the housing and the body when the body is inserted into the housing and in the fully inserted position; and a second sealing member sealingly contacting both the second outer surface of the body and the inner surface of the housing as the body is moved from the fully inserted position to a less than fully inserted position along the first dimension of the housing to provide a second seal between the housing and the body at all positions between the fully inserted position and the less than fully inserted position, the less than fully inserted position being spaced apart from the fully inserted position sufficient that the first outer surface of the body and the end surface of the housing are sufficiently distance that the first sealing member does not provide the first seal between the housing and the body.