Patent ID: 6338644
Filing Date: 2002-01-15
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An environmentally protected connector member for sealed attachment to a cable having a plurality of electrical conductors which are terminated at an end thereof with a contact, said connector member comprising one of a pair of releasably interconnectable coupling components and including:a housing having a floor, said floor having a plurality of apertures therethrough arranged in a predetermined pattern; a backshell extending from said floor of said housing and encompassing the extended axes of said apertures, said backshell having at least one bead portion protruding from an outer surface of said backshell and extending at least partially therearound; a plurality of electrical contacts within said housing, each of said electrical contacts releasably engageable with a corresponding electrical contact of another of said coupling components which is releasably interconnected to said connector member and having a portion extending through one of said apertures and slidably mateable with the said contact terminating one of said electrical conductors; a locking member for retaining said electrical contacts in a fixed relationship to said floor; an overmold extending from and molded directly about an exterior of said backshell, to couple the overmold and backshell together, a portion of said overmold engaging said bead in retaining relationship to augment the connection between said overmold and said backshell, said overmold encompassing an exterior of said cable of electrical conductors.