Patent ID: 8317531
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. Plug-type connector comprising: a cable, which has at least one wire and an outer sheath; a contact carrier, which has at least one contact element which is connected to the at least one wire of the cable; an injection-molded encapsulation around a portion of the cable and the contact carrier, wherein materials of the encapsulation and the contact carrier are fused or welded together to define a solid body, and the encapsulation defines an outer surface of the plug-type connector, the plug-type connector lacking a housing over the encapsulation; and a sealing member abutting the encapsulation at a cable end of the encapsulation opposite from a contact end of the encapsulation with the contact carrier fused or welded thereto, the sealing member forming a fluid-tight seal between the encapsulation at the cable end thereof and the outer sheath of the cable, the sealing member being disposed outside the encapsulation, wherein the sealing member is pressed against the encapsulation and the outer sheath of the cable by means of a cap secured to the encapsulation, and wherein the encapsulation has fastening means at the cable end of the encapsulation formed concomitantly in an injection process for the formation of the encapsulation, said fastening means being adapted to fasten the cap.