Patent ID: 8764475

Claim:
A cable connector for terminating an insulated cable having wire strands, the cable connector comprising: a) an upper portion having: 1) a top end for interacting with an electrical module, a bottom end for interacting with insulated cable and a plurality of cavities extending therebetween including a socket housing said plurality of cavities and a flexible sleeve positioned around the socket and having ridges for forming an interfacial seal with an electrical module; 2) a first recessed area; 3) a first gel mat positioned in the recessed area; and 4) a plurality of piercing pins, each piercing pin seated in one of the cavities and having a piercing end extending outward from the bottom end and through the first gel mat and a slotted opening opposite the piercing end; b) a lower portion lockable to the upper portion and having: 1) a cable receiving end having a second recessed area aligned with the first recessed area when upper and lower portions are locked together and a second gel mat positioned in the second recessed area; wherein placement of the insulated cable on the receiving end of lower portion and locking of upper portion to lower portion causes piercing pins to penetrate insulated cable and to make contact with wire strands and causes the first and second gel mats to compress and flow to seal penetrated insulated cable.