Patent ID: 6159041
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: F25D,H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
An electrical connector assembly, comprising:a connector housing divided into forward and rearward portions by a peripheral flange adapted to engage a rear surface of a panel, the housing including a plurality of terminal-receiving passageways;a plurality of electrical terminals, each one of the plurality of terminals disposed in one of the plurality of terminal-receiving passageways, each of the plurality of terminals being terminated to a wire, each said wire extending to a wire-receiving face of the housing rearward portion;a cover configured to be disposed over and surround said housing rearward portion in a closely fitting relationship; anda side wall of said housing rearward portion including a wire-receiving recess extending from said wire-recieving face to a surface of said flange, said wire-receiving recess being adapted to receive each said wire when each said wire is brought from said wirer-receiving face to said side wall and wrapped forwardly toward said flange;said cover including a wire-receiving recess along an interior surface of a side wall thereof adapted to cooperate with said wire-receiving recess of said housing rearward portion to define a wire-receiving passageway proximate said housing flange when said cover is disposed over said housing rearward portion, such that each said wire is aligned and tightly held in said passageway thereby minimizing air gaps around each said wire;wherein the terminal-receiving passageways are substantially sealed from invasion of a foam generating liquid via the wire-receiving passageway.