Patent ID: 7980874

Claim:
A connector device, comprising: a first connector configured to operably engage a second connector, the first connector comprising, a first pressure bulkhead, and at least one socket contact element; and a second connector configured to operably engage the first connector, the second connector comprising, a second pressure bulkhead, and at least one pin contact element configured to mechanically engage the socket element and to form an electrical connection with the socket contact element; wherein at least one of the first connector and the second connector includes a relatively flexible region, the flexible region including, at least two flexible electrical conductors forming a portion of at least two conductive paths to transmit an electrical signal through the pair of connectors, each conductive path insulated from the first and second pressure bulkheads, at least one of the first pressure bulkhead or the second pressure bulkhead including a groove in which to solder one of the two flexible electrical conductors; a flexible insulator between the two conductors in the flexible region; and a flexible shroud surrounding at least a portion of the pair of connectors located between the bulkheads and disposed about the pair of connectors when the pair of connectors are engaged with each other.