Patent ID: 7568927

Claim:
A separable insulated connector for a power distribution system, the connector comprising: an electrical contact; a conductive insert defining a faraday cage around a portion of the electrical contact; an elastomeric insulating housing having an open end and a connector interface extending inward from the open end, the connector interface having an inner surface defining a passage dimensioned to slidably receive a mating connector along an axial insertion axis; wherein the connector interface comprises a mouth; wherein a circumferential dimension of the passage varies along the insertion axis; wherein a region of the connector interface overlaps the faraday cage; wherein the connector interface comprises at least one inflection extending circumferentially on the inner surface, the at least one inflection being located between the mouth and the region of the connector interface that overlaps the faraday cage; and wherein a rate of change of the circumferential dimension is different before and after the inflection.