Patent ID: 6113424
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical panel connector assembly for insertion in an aperture of a panel, and comprising a connector housing having a front side, a rear side, and a continuous peripheral flange adapted to contact a panel to limit the insertion depth of the housing into the panel, an annular seal adapted to be positioned against a rear side of the flange and having an inwardly extending protrusion in a plane of the seal, terminals protruding in a rearward direction from the rear side of the housing and having free ends which are bent substantially at right angles to the rearward direction, and an alignment plate attachable to a rear portion of the housing and having an alignment portion extending in the rearward direction and an abutment portion opposite to and facing the rear side of the flange, said alignment portion having apertures to receive said free ends of the terminals, and said abutment portion being in close proximity with a small clearance to said annular seal to prevent unwanted removal of the seal from the flange.