Patent ID: 8408923

Claim:
A dielectric part adapted for use with an electrical connector housing and a matable connector piece, the electrical connector housing having a plurality of terminal pins secured therein with terminal pin portions extending from the electrical connector housing, the dielectric part comprising: a box-shaped dielectric part body fabricated from a compressible dielectric material and having a plurality of dielectric part body holes sized and arranged to slidably receive respective ones of the terminal pin portions such that when the electrical connector housing and the matable connector piece are releasably connected together, the dielectric part body is disposed and compressed between at least a portion of the electrical connector housing and the matable connector piece and respective ones of the terminal pin portions are slidably received in respective ones of the plurality of dielectric part body holes and fully enveloped by the dielectric part body between the electrical connector housing and the matable connector piece to isolate and thus electrically insulate the terminal pin portions from one another and end sections of the terminal pin portions extend through and project from the matable connector piece, wherein the dielectric part body has a first dielectric part body surface and an opposite second dielectric part body second surface extending parallel to the first dielectric part body surface, the dielectric part body holes extending through and between the first dielectric part body surface and the second dielectric part body surface and wherein the dielectric part body includes a plurality of projections connected to and projecting from at least one of the first and second dielectric part body surfaces, respective ones of the plurality of projections surrounding respective ones of the dielectric part body holes and wherein at least the plurality of projections are compressed when the electrical connector housing and the matable connector piece are releasably connected together.