Patent ID: 7914309
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing having: a mat seal against the rear face, and having a plurality of cable passages facing the accommodating chambers, a rear grid disposed against the mat seal, the rear grid comprising a main section having a plurality of cable passages facing the cable passages of the mat seal, and at least one chamfered flange extending rearward away from the main section, a mobile part, a guide rail fixed to the housing, the guide rail being transverse to the front-rear direction (XX′), for transversally guiding the mobile part, a ramp system such that, when the mobile part is guided by the guide rail, the ramp system pushes the rear grid against the mat seal so as to compress the mat seal, the electrical connector being characterized in that the ramp system is formed by the at least one chamfered flange that rises rearward with respect to the main section of rear grid and that is fixed to the rear grid.