Patent ID: 8398419

Claim:
An electrical connector system, comprising: a first connector member and a second connector member releasably mateable to each other; the first connector member being connected to one end of a first electrical wire having a first terminal conductor end and the second connector member being connected to one end of a second electrical wire having a second terminal conductor end; the first connector member having a base portion with a socket extending from one side, the socket having an internal hollow defined by a wall having a smooth truncated cone shape, the first terminal conductor end disposed in the internal hollow; the second connector member having a plug with a side wall defining an internal hollow and having a smooth exterior surface with a truncated cone shape, complementary to the internal hollow of the socket, the second connector member having a peripheral collar disposed around the plug and spaced therefrom, defining an annular recess around the plug, the second terminal conductor end disposed in the internal hollow of the plug; when mated, the first connector member and the second connector member capable of providing an electrical connection between the first and second electrical wires, with the plug of the second connector member matingly and slideably received in the internal hollow of the socket of the first connector member, and at least a portion of the first connector member socket received in the annular recess of the second connector member with the first and second terminal conductor ends in electrical contact; the socket of the first connector member having a tip distal to the base portion and a base proximate to the base portion; the first connector member and the second connector member each having a liquid tight fitting portion with a threaded section distal to the socket and plug, respectively, the liquid tight portion housing at least one deformable sealing member, and a respective sealing nut threadedly engaging the respective threaded section and adapted to deform the deformable member into engagement with the respective first and second electrical wires when tightened on the respective threaded sections to seal against the first and second electrical wires, respectively, the socket formed monolithically with the base portion and the threaded section of the first connector member, and the plug formed monolithically with the collar and the threaded section of the second connector member; a first sealing mechanism formed proximate the base of the socket of the first connector member interior to the internal hollow thereof; and a second sealing mechanism, discrete from the first sealing mechanism, formed on the tip of the socket.