Patent ID: 6783396
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: H01R,H02G

Abstract:
A vehicle wire harness type electrical connector for connecting terminated wires through a wall separating a sealed chamber from an ambient atmosphere in airtight fashion, comprising:a connector having an insertion end adapted to be inserted from the ambient side of the wall through an aperture in the wall into the sealed chamber, an external seal for sealing the connector in airtight fashion to the ambient side of the wall, a connector-mating end adapted to remain on the ambient side of the wall to matingly receive a terminated-wire connector, an internal bulkhead separating the insertion end from the connector-mating end, and a plurality of solid male terminals extending through the bulkhead in airtight fashion with male terminal ends exposed in the insertion end and in the connector-mating end, wherein the insertion end of the connector has a plurality of terminal chambers adapted to receive individual terminated wires and guide the terminated wires into connection with the exposed male terminal ends on the insertion end of the bulkhead, the insertion end further including an orthogonal locking member stored in the insertion end in an orthogonal aperture running through the terminal chambers behind the connection of the terminated wires with the male terminal ends, the locking member being stored in a pre-lock position in which the terminated wires are free to pass the locking member into connection with the male terminal ends, the locking member being movable in the aperture from the pre-lock position to a full-lock position in which the locking member prevents withdrawal of the terminated wires from the connection with the male terminal ends.