Patent ID: 6547586
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: B60R,H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
In an electrical distribution,a housing, a terminal connector body overlying said housing, said connector body having a plurality of cavities therein opening through an inner surface thereof, a plurality of terminals projecting from said housing into said cavities through the inner surface of said connector body, and a sealing member interposed between said housing and said connector body through which said terminals extend, said sealing member sealing around each of said terminals and against said inner surface of said connector body around each of said cavities, said sealing member comprising a substrate with openings for receiving of the terminals, said substrate being encapsulated in sealing material which covers said openings but is being capable of being pierced by and sealing around any of the terminals which may project through at least some of the openings, any opening not receiving terminals remaining covered by the sealing material, and wherein said sealing material is silicone rubber formed in layers on opposite sides of said substrate.