Patent ID: 6051791
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A waterproof wire connector comprising:a tubular cap with a closed end and an open end, said cap partially filled at its closed end with a water resistant viscous sealant and having an inside sidewall;a tubular shoe with first and second ends and a bore communicating the first and second ends through which at least two electrical wires may be passed, said shoe having at least one slot at the first end for receipt of said wires having ends from which some insulation is stripped proximate the first end of the shoe forming stripped ends, said shoe having an outside sidewall;said cap and said shoe formed of an electrically-non-conductive material, with the cap the shoe, or both, being flexible;said outside sidewall of the shoe complementarily shaped to the inside sidewall of the cap and sized for tight telescoping receipt of the shoe in the cap;wherein said stripped ends can be hooked into the at least slot forming a low resistance electrical connection between said wires, said wires forming a pocket around the stripped ends of the wires between the inside sidewall of the cap and the outside sidewall of the shoe when the shoe is inserted into the cap, said sealant hydraulically injected around said wires in the pocket and around said wires at the first end of the shoe as the shoe is inserted into the cap.