Abstract: A connector for use in deep ocean, high temperature and other high pressure environments has a housing defining an interior chamber filled with non-electrically conducting fluid wherein the cable termination is interconnected to a male or female contact apparatus. A pressure equalizing apparatus according to the invention includes a cylindrical sealing sleeve positioned adjacent to the interior of the chamber. The apparatus also includes a pair of mating sleeves positioned in the interior chamber, in spaced apart relationships, each having a cylindrical mating surface which sealingly mates against the interior surface of the sealing sleeve and a projecting sleeve receiving cylindrical surface. The sleeve receiving surfaces are juxtaposed opposite one another.

Abstract: A connector for high-pressure undersea environments includes first and second connector halves each attached to the ends of a cable for being coupled together in an undersea environment. Each connector includes a front shell, a housing and a rear shell. The front and rear shells are kept rotationally and axially fixed relative to the housing utilizing interconnect mechanism held in place by a housing end nut and a retaining nut, respectively. The cable is mated to a feed-through insert in the first shell and is held in place by a suitable tube spacer between the feed-through insert and a retaining ring extending from the interior of the front shell. The wires from the cable extend through an interior cavity of the housing where they are coupled to a contact insert sealingly positioned in the interior of the rear shell.

Abstract: A connector for use in deep ocean environments has a housing defining an interior chamber filled with non-electrically conducting fluid wherein the cable termination is interconnected to a male or female contact apparatus. A pressure equalizing apparatus according to the invention includes a pair of mating sleeves positioned in the interior chamber, in spaced apart relationships, each having a cylindrical mating surface which sealingly mates against the interior surface of the chamber and a projecting sleeve receiving cylindrical surface. The sleeve receiving surfaces are juxtaposed opposite one another. An elastomeric boot is positioned over the sleeve receiving surfaces of each mating sleeve to thereby extend between the pair of sleeves and divide the interior chamber into an interior non-electrically conducting fluid retaining region and an exterior region.