Patent ID: 8047862

Claim:
A mounting arrangement for an electric supply cable in a refrigeration compressor of the type which comprises a shell ( 1 ) externally carrying energizing pins ( 2 ), and a connector ( 10 ) to be mounted to the shell ( 1 ) and having a non-electric conduction base body ( 11 ) which houses and retains electric terminals ( 4 ) attached to an electric supply cable ( 3 ) and designed to be fitted in said energizing pins ( 2 ), said shell ( 1 ) and said base body ( 11 ) of the connector ( 10 ) carrying locking means ( 20 ) elastically deformable, between a locking position and a releasing position, to be engaged in respective locking receiving means ( 30 ), when the connector ( 11 ) is mounted to the shell ( 1 ), and further comprising an elastic sealing means ( 40 ), in order to be pressed and elastically deformed upon mounting the connector ( 10 ) to the shell ( 1 ) around the energizing pins ( 2 ) when the connector ( 11 ) is mounted to the shell ( 1 ), by engaging the locking means ( 20 ) to the locking receiving means ( 30 ), characterized in that the elastic sealing means is in the form of an elastic ring ( 41 ) mounted in a channel ( 12 ) provided in the connector ( 10 ) and projecting outwardly from said channel ( 12 ), the locking means ( 20 ) comprising at least two tongues ( 21 ) to project into said locking receiving means in a direction parallel to the energizing pins ( 2 ), and incorporating a tooth ( 22 ), each respective locking receiving means ( 30 ) being provided with a stop ( 31 ) against which is seated the tooth ( 22 ) of a respective tongue ( 21 ), each tooth ( 22 ) being forced against the respective stop ( 31 ), by action of the elastic sealing means ( 40 ) pressed between the connector ( 10 ) and the shell ( 11 ).