Patent ID: 6045383
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A sealing member (100) for a connector, the sealing member (100) being formed from an elastic material and comprising at least three outward facing projecting ribs (106a, 106b, 106c) and at least three inward facing projecting ribs (108a, 108b, 108c) the inward facing projecting ribs (108a, 108b, 108c) being received against a first sealing surface of the connector, the outward facing projecting ribs (106a, 106b, 106c) form a seal by making elastic rubbing contact with a second sealing surface of a mating connector, two outer most outward facing projecting ribs (106a, 106c) being flexible, characterized in that the height of an inner inward facing projecting rib (108b) being lower than the height of two outer inward facing projecting ribs (108a, 108c), and the two outer most inward facing ribs (108a, 108c) being configured to rotate away from the inner inward facing projecting rib (108b) and in a direction toward the second sealing surface when the connector is mated with the mating connector to urge the inner inward facing projecting rib (108b) against the first sealing surface.