Patent ID: 6036521
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A sealing assembly to protect an electrical system from an external environment and to isolate terminal cavities of an electrical connector system having a plurality of wires, wherein said sealing assembly comprises:a male housing for male blade terminals, said male housing having an internal space;a female housing for female receptacle terminals and for selectively engaging over said male housing, said female housing including a perimeter seal; anda diaphragm disposed in said female housing and including a plurality of terminal compression sealing members, each of said plurality of terminal compression members having an aperture therethrough, wherein said male blade terminals of said system project through said apertures of said sealing members, said female connector housing compressing said sealing members, said sealing members isolating said male blade terminals from each other and said internal space of said male housing from said external environment, and said perimeter seal isolating said internal space of said female housing from said external environment.