Patent ID: 7318758

Claim:
In combination with two cables each having an outer jacket and an inner conductor projecting from the respective jacket, a connector assembly comprising: a tubular plug housing extending along a respective longitudinal axis and formed with a radially inwardly projecting bead forming an axially outwardly directed shoulder and, axially outward from the bead, a radially enlarged region; a contact plug in the plug housing and formed with a pin projecting axially inward from the respective bead and bearing axially outward on the respective bead, a pair of hooks axially outward of the respective bead and bearing axially inward on the shoulder thereof, whereby the hooks lock the contact plug in the plug housing, and a crimp connector axially outward of the respective bead and gripping the conductor of one of the cables; a seal in the radially enlarged region of the plug housing and bearing radially inward on the jacket of the one cable whose conductor is gripped by the crimp connector of the contact plug; a tubular socket housing extending along a respective longitudinal axis and formed with a radially inwardly projecting bead forming an axially outwardly directed shoulder and, axially outward from the respective bead, a radially enlarged region; a contact socket in the socket housing and formed with a sleeve projecting axially inward from the respective bead and bearing axially outward on the respective bead, a pair of hooks axially outward of the respective bead and bearing axially inward on the shoulder thereof, whereby the hooks lock the contact socket in the socket housing, and a crimp connector axially outward of the respective bead and gripping the conductor of the other of the cables; a seal in the radially enlarged region of the socket housing and bearing radially inward on the jacket of the other cable whose conductor is gripped by the crimp connector of the contact socket, the socket housing and the plug housing being fittable axially together with the cables extending axially oppositely away from each other and with the pin of the contact plug fitted snugly inside the sleeve of the socket housing, one of the housings being formed radially inward of the respective bead with a radially inwardly open groove; and a seal ring in the groove radially inwardly engaging the other of the housings when the housings are fitted together.