Patent ID: 8511908
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: G02B,H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector, comprising: a first connector unit having a first contact chamber and a first contact assembly within the first contact chamber; a second connector unit having a second contact chamber and a second contact assembly within the second contact chamber; each contact chamber having a forward end opening; each connector unit having a central longitudinal axis; the connector units being movable between an unmated condition and a mated condition in which they are in releasable mating engagement and the first and second contact assemblies are in communication; at least one elastomeric face seal assembly which seals the forward end opening of one of the contact chambers in the unmated condition of the connector units, the face seal assembly comprising a first outer annular seal having a through bore and a first inner seal separate from the outer seal and having a first pair of inner seal elements having outer surfaces and opposing seal faces; at least one of said seal elements being movable relative to the other seal element in a direction transverse to the central longitudinal axis of the connector unit between a sealed condition in which the opposing seal faces are in sealing engagement when the connector units are unmated and an open condition in which the inner seal elements are spaced apart to define a passageway through the inner seal when the connector units are mated; the outer surfaces of the inner seal elements being in sealing engagement with the through bore of the outer annular seal in the sealed condition.