Patent ID: 7056137

Claim:
Sealed electrical connectors for coupling in housings operatively arranged in electric circuit boxes, particularly electrical connectors used in the automotive field having a seal positioned on a separator plate between a connector body and a connector body housing comprising: a housing ( 1 ) having a pair of recesses ( 18 ) for attaching a connector body ( 9 ) operatively arranged in an electric circuit box; a separator plate ( 3 ) having a upper side and a lower side operatively arranged in said housing ( 1 ), having a first pair of pins ( 5 ) and a second pair of pins ( 6 ) projecting from said upper side of said separator plate ( 3 ), and also having a pair of slits ( 4 ) suitably sized to allow passage of male terminals ( 19 ); a leak-tightness seal ( 12 ) operatively arranged on said upper surface of said separator plate ( 3 ) having a first pair of die cut openings ( 14 ) arranged to allow passage of said first pair of pins ( 5 ) therethrough, a second pair of die cut openings ( 15 ) arranged to allow passage of said second pair of pins ( 6 ) therethrough, and a pair of die cut openings ( 13 ) cooperatively arranged with said pair of slits ( 4 ) of said separator plate ( 3 ) allowing passage of male terminals ( 19 ) forming a seal around said openings ( 13 , 14 , 15 ) and between said separator plate ( 3 ) and said connector body ( 9 ); and the connector body ( 9 ) having a first end having a pair of cylindrical necks ( 11 ) for introducing electrical wires to female connectors ( 10 ), and having a second end having perimetrical slit ( 16 ) for mounting housing ( 1 ), a pair of slits ( 8 ) for mounting said first pair of pins ( 5 ) and a pair of retention notches ( 17 ) cooperatively arranged to mount in said recesses ( 18 ) of housing ( 1 ).