Patent ID: 7244133
Filing Date: 2007-07-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical plug-and-socket connector comprising: a first housing having a top wall and a side wall which form an interior of the first housing, the first housing having passages arranged in a given configuration and extending through the top wall into the first housing interior; a chamber block having chambers arranged in the given configuration and extending through the chamber block, each chamber for retaining a plug-in socket therein; a seal having openings arranged in the given configuration and extending through the seal, wherein the seal is attached to the chamber block such that the openings respectively align with the chambers of the chamber block, wherein the seal has a larger circumference than the circumference of the chamber block such that the edge of the seal radially extends past the edge of the chamber block; wherein the chamber block with the seal attached thereto are housed within the first housing interior such that the top wall of the first connector and the chamber block sandwich the seal and such that the passages, the openings, and the chambers respectively align with one another; and a second housing having a bottom wall and a side wall which form an interior of the second housing, the second housing having electrical leads extending from the exterior of the second housing through the bottom wall into the second housing interior, the electrical leads being molded to the bottom wall and forming plug pins arranged in the given configuration within the second housing interior, the second housing being attached to the first housing such that the first housing side wall and the seal sandwich the second housing side wall with the seal edge engaging the inner surface of the second housing side wall whereby the seal seals off the first housing from the second housing and such that the plug pins extend into respective ones of the plug-in sockets retained in the chambers of the chamber block.