Patent ID: 7762842

Claim:
A grommet-type joint for an electrical connector, comprising: a peripheral portion having a peripheral outer surface provided to sealingly engage a peripheral inner surface of a connector housing, and a central portion having a plurality of through passages for wires, said passages extending in an axial direction (X) and adapted to sealingly engage said wires, wherein recesses are provided between said central portion and said peripheral portion, said central portion being attached to said peripheral portion by flexible means, wherein said flexible means comprise axial walls, each extending between an inner surface of the peripheral portion and an outer surface of the central portion, wherein each of the passages is formed in a respective sleeve of the central portion, and each respective sleeve is attached to the peripheral portion by a separate one of said flexible axial walls, wherein each sleeve is attached to the peripheral portion by at least a pair of coplanar opposite ones of said axial walls, said pair of walls being coplanar with the axis (X) of the respective passage.