Patent ID: 7695331

Claim:
A crimpable and sealable contact assembly comprising: a contact member having a contactor portion extending from a distal end toward a barrel portion, said barrel portion extending from a proximal end toward said contactor portion, said barrel portion comprising a tubular member, said tubular member having an open end and a closed end, said open end being at approximately said proximal end, and said closed end being spaced from said open end toward said contactor portion, a hole extending through said tubular member approximately adjacent said closed end, said tubular member being adapted to receive a bare tip of a core of a wire inserted therein from said open end and extending to approximately said closed end, said core being electrically conductive and having a covering of electrical insulation thereon, said tubular member adapted to being crimpably deformed into electrical continuity with a spot on said bare tip that is adapted to being visible through said hole after said tubular member is crimpably deformed; and a tubular sleeve member, said tubular sleeve member being initially separate from said contact member, said tubular sleeve member adapted to slidably receiving therein both an insulation covered length of said wire adjacent said bare tip and a region of said barrel portion, said hole being in said region, said tubular sleeve member adapted to being deformable into direct sealing engagement with said insulation covered length and said region to hermetically seal said core.