Patent ID: 6716063
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electric cable insert for removably electrically connecting a cable having multiple conductors to a mating receptacle having a plurality of projecting mating pins, the insert comprising:a housing having an internal cavity therein; a plurality of receiving sockets for receiving projecting mating pins on the mating receptacle, said receiving sockets including projecting socket pins thereon for connection to the respective cable conductors; a sealing gland fitted within said cavity and having a plurality of bores therethrough, each of the cable conductors passing through a respective one of the bores in the sealing gland; means for electrically connecting the cable conductors to the respective receiving sockets; a contact header disposed within the housing for maintaining a spaced relationship between the receiving sockets, each of the receiving sockets passing through the contact header; a driver secured to the housing for compressing the sealing gland against said contact header within the housing cavity so as to seal the insert from the environment; and wherein the sealing gland includes nipples on its surface surrounding the openings to each of the bores therethrough, and wherein the contact header and the drivers each have corresponding counterbores in their surfaces for receiving respective nipples on the sealing gland for improved sealing of the insert when the sealing gland is compressed.