Patent ID: 8100716

Claim:
Electrical connector comprising: a one-piece sealing mat made of a deformable material body having, in a rest condition of the mat in which no stress is applied on the mat, a thick portion and a thin portion each having: an upper face a lower face parallel to said upper face, at least one hollow passageway, in each one of the thick portion and the thin portion, extending along a longitudinal axis from said upper face to said lower face for sealant reception therein of an electrical member, the longitudinal axis of the passageway of the thick portion being parallel to that of the thin portion, the thickness of the thick portion, measured along said longitudinal axis, being greater than that of the thin portion, and a stress-relief feature at a junction of the thick and thin portion, to prevent formation of a high-stress region in the sealing mat in a compressed condition, a housing for reception of the electrical members for connection to a complementary connector, the housing comprising a receiving portion, and a grid comprising a compression portion facing the receiving portion of the housing, the grid being locked to the housing so that the sealing mat is compressed between the receiving and compression portions.