Patent ID: 6943298

Claim:
An electrical connector connecting a cable to a power item or further connector comprising: i) a multicolored, insulated electrical cable; ii) electrical connections securing individual cores to individual contact pins; iii) said individual contact pins positively engageable within an insulating member; iv) a flexible boot, defining, with the insulating member, an interior which is filled with a mechanically soft, essentially incompressible, electrically insulating substance; v) a housing providing a seal with the insulating member and also with the power item or further connector; and vi) a clamp able to grip and secure the electrical cable into the housing; wherein annular channels are provided between the insulating member and the contact pins, the mechanically soft, essentially incompressible, electrically insulating substance forming cushioning in the annular channels, the connector being arranged so that, when assembled, where external forces are placed on the connector via the cable, they are dissipated progressively over an extended length of insulated cores inside the connector and where the ends of the contact pins are secured to the cable cores are connectable to the power item or further connector.