Patent ID: 7997940

Claim:
An electrical connector assembly for an airbag ignitor, the connector assembly comprising: a) a socket member having a mating aperture, the mating aperture having a mating axis, a top wall portion, an internal side wall portion and a bottom wall portion, the side wall portion having a locking slot, the bottom wall portion having at least one pin contact, each pin contact extending from the bottom wall portion substantially parallel to the mating axis; and b) a plug member adapted for mating with the socket member by insertion in the mating aperture along the mating axis, the plug member comprising a plug body and a plug nose, said plug nose including: (i) a bottom surface having at least one socket contact aperture having a socket contact therein, said socket contact corresponding to a respective pin contact extending from the bottom wall portion of the mating aperture, and (ii) a resilient locking device adapted for engaging in the locking slot of the side wall portion of the socket member, locking the plug member in the socket member and preventing separation of the plug member from the socket member, wherein the plug member further includes an annular gasket seal around the plug nose and under the plug body, said gasket seal being adapted to seal the gap between the socket member and the plug member when the plug member is inserted into the socket member aperture, wherein the gasket seal comprises a top lip obliquely angled towards the top wall of the socket member such that said top lip deflects outward when the plug member is inserted into the socket member, and at least one radially extending lip sealing the gap between the plug nose and the internal side wall portion of the aperture of the socket member.