Robert M Neal

US Patent:

7229303, Jun 12, 2007

Filed:

Dec 13, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/302063

Inventors:

Michel J. Vermoesen - Miamisburg OH, US
William C. Kruckemeyer - Beavercreek OH, US
Robert A. Neal - Dayton OH, US
Kathleen Murphy - Wilmington OH, US

Assignee:

Delphi Technologies, Inc. - Troy MI

International Classification:

H01R 13/52

US Classification:

439271, 439587, 439281, 439282, 439732

Abstract:

A connector assembly () is provided including a first connector () and a second connector () configured to mateably engage the first connector (). The first connector () includes a housing (), a conductor assembly () positioned within the housing and projecting from housing, and a resilient seal member () enclosing an interface between the housing () and the portion of the conductor assembly projecting from the housing. The second connector () includes an outer contact (), an inner contact () nested within a portion of the outer contact (), and a housing () containing the inner and outer contacts. Conductors of the conductor assembly () of the first connector () engage the outer () and inner () contacts of the second connector (). Another resilient seal member () includes a flexible skirt () formed at an end portion thereof. The flexible skirt () forms a shroud covering a mating interface between a first conductor () of the first connector () and the inner contact () of the second connector () when the first and second connectors are mated.