Patent ID: 7575458
Filing Date: 2009-08-18
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for connecting electrical power to a well pump motor; first and second connector portions that mate with each other in a connected position, one of the connector portions adapted to be connected to a power cable and the other to a well pump motor; the first and second connector portions having first and second insulating members, respectively, each of the insulating members having a plurality of passages and an end face; a first electrical contact member mounted in each of the passages of and protruding past the end face of the first insulating member, the first electrical contact member having a circular cross-sectional configuration; a second electrical contact member mounted and recessed within each of the passages of the second insulating member; a plurality of end face seals, each end face seal having a circular inner diameter surrounding and sealingly receiving a single one of the first electrical contact members and deformed by engagement of the end face of the second insulating member when the first and second connector portions are in the connected position; a plurality of sleeves of electrical conductive material, each of the sleeves enclosing a protruding portion of one of the first electrical contact members, each of the sleeves protruding past the end face of the first insulating member to a distance less than the protruding portion of each of the first electrical contact members; and a plurality of elastomeric sleeve seals, each of the sleeve seals extending around one of the cable contact members, in contact with an end of one of the sleeves and located within one of the passages in the second connector portion when the connector portions are in the connected position.