Patent ID: 7257870

Claim:
A connector arrangement for mechanically connecting a housing, a supporting member, a circuit board or a component to a moulded damping element, a first connector having an axis at one end of which is a first portion adapted for connecting the first connector by push-fitting to a housing, a supporting member, a circuit board or a component, and at the other end of which is a second portion around which a damping element is moulded, the second portion including a holding element for preventing the first connector from being pulled axially out of the damping element and for preventing rotation of the first connector about the axis relative to the damping element, and wherein the damping element has a first end molded around the second portion of the first connector and a second end connected to a second connector, the second connector having an axis at one end of which is a first portion adapted for connection to a housing, a supporting member, a circuit board or a component by push fitting and a second portion around which the damping element is molded, the first and second connectors being coupled to one another by the damping element, the second portion of the second connector including a holding element for preventing the second connector from being pulled axially out of the damping element and for preventing rotation of the second connector about its axis relative to the damping element, wherein each said holding element is shaped so as to create an overhanging portion around which the respective damping element grips to prevent the respective connector from being pulled out of the damping element, wherein the overhanging portion of at least one of the holding elements has a non-circular cylindrical cross-section to prevent rotation, and wherein at least a portion of one of the holding elements has a generally cruciform cross-section oriented transverse to the axis.