Abstract: In junction boxes for coupling T.V. signals and low frequency power waves on a coax line to a plurality of users, the T.V. signals are coupled via connections in a first compartment to a plurality of coax cables, and the low frequency power wave are coupled via low pass-filters to IDC connections in a second compartment.Leads from users are passed through a chamber on the wall of the second compartment containing a self-healing, self-supporting insulating substance and attached to the IDC connectors. The IDC connectors permit the lead to be paired through them so that an installer can know when the leads are properly partitioned.

Abstract: A connector for connecting electrical wires includes a housing or enclosure that surrounds contacts for making a connection to a plug. The housing is filled with a colloidal gel environmental protection material that includes particles that will absorb electromagnetic radiation, particularly in the radio frequency range to form a colloidal gel. The gel can be any one of the existing polyurethane, or silicone based gels used for environmental protection of connectors, such as telephone jacks. The particles are preferably made from either Parites or ferrites and range in size from 5 microns to 100 microns. The loading of the particles can be between 5% and 80% of the overall weight of the finished colloidal gel. The colloidal gel can be formed so that it is sufficiently cohesive to form into strips that can be wrapped around connectors as well.

Abstract: A tow socket connector for receiving a plug from a towed vehicle and having multiple electrical terminals sealed axially through the socket from one side to the other. Each terminal is locked in its associated opening in the connector by a snap member and the thickness of each terminal is expanded by jogs formed along a portion of its length to provide a slide fit and a sealant block between the terminal and its opening. Each terminal includes a horizontal opening to permit the flow of sealant in a well formed at the upper end of the socket.

Abstract: An electrical connector is provided which includes a plug and a socket, and in which the plug is latched to the socket after the plug has been inserted into the socket to maintain the electric contacts of the plug and socket in contact with one another, and which includes an abrasive affixed to at least one of the latching surfaces to increase the pull force required to separate the plug and socket when in a latched condition.

Abstract: A connection clip electrically connects one of the contact terminal strips of a circuit breaker to a terminal strip for connection to a busbar. At least one opposed pair of independent contact fingers in the form of a bridge is made of conducting material and each opposed pair of contact fingers has two end contacts. The two independent contact fingers press via their end contacts respectively on the two opposite faces of either a terminal strip or busbar, and are urged elastically towards one another by the action of springs compression fitted between a connection frame and a bearing surface of the independent pairs of contact fingers. The independent pairs of contact fingers are covered by a coating containing carbon which provides lubrication to facilitate draw-in of the clip, while reducing the risks of welding at the level of the contact points.

Abstract: Disclosed are sealant compositions and electrical connectors having excellent low temperature repairability and outstanding sealing ability at both high and low temperatures. The preferred connectors contain a sealant composition comprising an elastomeric thermoplastic polymer and an extender for said polymer, said extender constituting a major proportion by weight of said sealant composition and said polymer constituting a minor proportion by weight of said sealant composition, wherein said composition preferably has a low-temperature wire insertability of at least about 80 mm. Furthermore, the preferred compositions are both slump and spew resistant over the operating temperature range of the connector.

Abstract: A terminating connector for a data transmission cable, wherein the cable is of a known characteristic impedance and is of the type having a signal carrying conductor and a shield. The connector is typically arranged to mate with a complementary connector of a backplane. An overmolded subassembly of the connector includes a first terminal electrically coupled at one end thereof to the shield, and a second terminal electrically coupled at one end thereof to the signal carrying conductor. A dielectric insert is disposed between the first and second terminals. The insert is dimensioned and has a dielectric constant such that the characteristic impedance of the subassembly substantially matches the characteristic impedance of the cable. The subassembly may be secured to a surrounding housing.

Abstract: A female terminal for waterproof connector which is so filled with resin-material that water or the like can not permeate the inside of a terminal receiving chamber of a connector housing, and a resin-filled waterproof connector which is inserted into the waterproof connector so that it prevents an outflow of the resin-material toward an electric contacting section. The female terminal includes the electrical contacting section 6 with a contacting spring piece 12, and the electrical wire connected section following the electrical contacting section, in order to prevent the resin material from outflow toward the side of electrical contacting section 6, the closed section which blocks the terminal receiving chamber 4a of the connector housing 2 containing the female terminal is formed between the electrical contacting section and the electrical wire connected section 8. The closed section 7 is so integrally formed that it becomes box-shape.

Abstract: Electrical connections with terminals on a protector module mounting panel are protectively shielded from the effects of moisture condensation and other deleterious environmental conditions. The panel is placed in a housing having a top opening and a bottom opening, and wire leads are connected to the terminals. A pan member is placed across the bottom opening of the housing, to define a clearance gap between the pan member and the housing. The wire leads are routed through the clearance gap, and the connection terminals are protectively shielded by a sealant material which may be poured into the pan member from outside the panel housing through the defined clearance gap, and allowed to harden.

Abstract: A high voltage flashlamp connector includes a housing having a well formed therein intersecting a flashlamp supporting opening and having a female connector positioned in the well and aligned with the intersecting flashlamp opening. An electrical conductor is attached through the well to the female connector and the well is filled with an encapsulate forming a seat for the housing. The method includes forming the outer shell of the apparatus of a glass-filled polyphenylene oxide having a well and a flashlamp insert opening having an annular groove formed therein and attaching a high voltage electrical conductor to the female connector which is placed in the outer shell well positioned within the flashlamp opening, and cleaning the shell surfaces, and filling the shell with an encapsulate with a mold pin positioned in the flashlamp opening, and then inserting an O-ring seal and attaching a flashlamp.

Abstract: A terminating connector for a data transmission cable, wherein the cable is of a known characteristic impedance and is of the type having a signal carrying conductor and a shield. The connector is typically arranged to mate with a complementary connector of a backplane. An overmolded subassembly of the connector includes a first terminal electrically coupled at one end thereof to the shield, and a second terminal electrically coupled at one end thereof to the signal carrying conductor. A dielectric insert is disposed between the first and second terminals. The insert is dimensioned and has a dielectric constant such that the characteristic impedance of the subassembly substantially matches the characteristic impedance of the cable. The subassembly also includes a latch mechanism for latching to a surrounding housing.

Abstract: A terminator includes a housing with a standard dimension in either lengthwise or lateral direction for receiving a plurality of contacts therein. A PC board, which is substantially much larger than the housing in the lateral direction, is attached to the housing wherein the contacts extend through the corresponding holes in the PC board. A protective cover is positioned above the PC board for hermetically shielding the inside PC board wherein such cover can be attached to the PC board through the injection molding process, or can be fastened to the high walls which integrally extend from the housing for surrounding the PC board therein.

Abstract: A connector is described which can be surface mounted to a rigid or flexible circuit board. The connector includes a plurality of contacts (36) fixed to a dielectric locator (42), with the lower ends (46) of the contacts soldered to the surfaces of contact pads formed along traces on the circuit board (14). After the contacts are soldered in place, a connector housing (72) is slid downwardly around the locator and the lower end of the housing is adhesively sealed by adhesive (70A) to the circuit board around the contacts. A potting compound (92) such as epoxy is then injected into the housing, to bond the circuit board to the contacts and to the inside surface (86) of the housing. The connector is inserted up into an aperture (16) in a rigid mounting wall (20) and mounted thereat, with the circuit board being supported on the connector and through it on the mounting wall.

Abstract: The electronics enclosure comprises, surrounded by a metal shroud, an open end closed off by a plug of insulating material fitted in the metal shroud, in which contact members are provided for connecting the electronics assembly accommodated in the electronics enclosure to outer connecting leads. One of the contact members is a grounding contact member including a ring on which radially protruding spring claws of elastic material are provided. The plug is provided with a peripheral groove, and the ring of the grounding contact member is applied level with the peripheral groove in the plug such that the spring claws protrude into the peripheral groove. The length of the spring claws is dimensioned so that on insertion of the plug in the metal shroud they are flexed in the metal shroud and come into spring contact with the inside surface of the metal shroud.

Abstract: An electrical connector including a plastic base frame having a plurality of terminal insertion holes, a plurality of terminals respectively inserted into the terminal insertion holes and mounted in the base frame and respectively welded to a cable, a metal cover shell covered on the base frame, and a packing plastic molded on the base frame in flush with the metal cover shell and covered over the terminals and one end of the cable, wherein the base frame has a plurality of flexible projecting strips respectively extended from the periphery of the terminal insertion holes toward the cable and embedded in the packing plastic, the flexible projecting strips being deformed by heat to block up one end of the terminal insertion holes during the molding of the packing plastic; the metal cover shell has filling holes corresponding to the flexible projecting strips for the filling of the sealing plastic fluid.

Abstract: An environmental protection device with manually operated latching mechanism is described. The device includes a rigid hook and a latch and bracing member on opposite peripheral edges of the device with cavity halves therebetween capable of fitting together upon the latching of the hook and latch to form an enclosure around a substrate such as a coaxial cable splice or a cable to tap port connection or an automotive wire tab termination upon the closing of the device and the locking of the latch and hook members. The device is preferably filled with a gel sealing material having an elongation of at least 100% and a Voland hardness from about 1 to 50 grams.

Abstract: A coupler having an adapter element detachably held between a support member and a closure element. The support member defines an opening for receiving a connecting plug which feeds current to first spring pin. The connecting plug is provided with an opening for receiving a connecting pin for feeding current to a second spring pin. An insulating material is provided between the pin and the connecting plug and the connecting plug and support member respectively.

Abstract: A cable connector assembly (20) for use with USB receptacle connector (1), includes an insulative housing (26) having a main body (28) from which a plug section (30) extends forward and a platform section (32) extends rearward. A plurality of passageways (34) extend through the housing in a front-to-end direction for receiving a corresponding number of contacts (40) therein. A pair of protrusions (29) and a recess (25) are formed on the surface of the main body of the housing. A shell (60) generally surrounds the main body (28) the plug section (30) of the housing (26) with the apertures (66) for engagement with the housing (26) and for securement of the whole cable connector assembly (20). A round cable includes a plurality of internal wires (70) respectively soldered to the rear end of the corresponding contacts (40).

Abstract: There is provided a connector device for a hydraulic circuit, in which female and male connector housings can be positively fitted together completely, and female and male terminals can be positively connected electrically. Terminals are passed at their central portions through respective terminal passage holes in a housing casing, and a liquid-state sealer is poured into an insertion hole in which rear portions of the terminals are disposed, and is cured to close the insertion hole. A leak portion collecting portion for collecting an outflow portion of the sealer leaked from each of the terminal passage holes through a surface of the associated terminal when pouring the sealer is provided at an end of the terminal passage hole.

Abstract: Pressure-escape holes of a housing closed by a rubber plug and sealed by injection of molten filler are made to communicated with terminal reception rooms through notches. The pressure generated during injection of the filler, when the air in the pressure-escape holes expands can escape into the terminal reception rooms so as to prevent the rubber plug from being inclined, and prevent the filler from leaking outside the housing.

Abstract: A device for producing a micro connection element 24, 30, the device comprising a cylindrical outer sleeve 1, a cylindrical central element 2 arranged coaxially in the outer sleeve 1, a plurality of cylindrical spacers 3 arranged between the outer sleeve 1 and the central element 2; the spacers 3 respectively arranged between two neighboring assembly elements 4 which are in contact with the neighboring spacers 3, the central element 2 and the outer sleeve 1; the assembly elements 4 can be microplug pins having a length such that they extend out of the arrangement comprising outer sleeve 1, central element 2 and spacers 3 so that the pins can support sleeves for making a microcoupling or female connection element, or the assembly elements 4 can be bushes into which microplug pins can be inserted, with a sleeve being joined to the outer end of each pin for receiving an electric wire, to thereby make a microplug or male connector; the microcoupling and microplug can be used on the ends of an electric supply lead

Abstract: An apparatus for sealing the end of an elongate cable such as an electrical heating cable which comprises a clip-shaped insert positioned within a tubular-shaped housing. Gripping members and pre-gripping members project from the interior surfaces of the arms of the insert and act to grip a cable when it is inserted into the device. A locking mechanism on the insert engages locking teeth on the housing and serves to hold the insert in position. A conformable gel component may be present. The apparatus provides high pullout force, as well as environmental sealing, for cables such as electrical heating cables or power cables.

Abstract: A connector assembly for use with a sealed housing, such as a hard disk drive housing, including a bulkhead adapted to cooperate with a connector slot, the bulkhead supporting a plurality of electrical connection pins, a flex circuit including electrical leads operably connected to respective electrical connection pins and a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive formed substantially between the flex circuit and the bulkhead. The present invention may also include a seal which rests substantially between a base portion of the bulkhead and the outer surface of the housing to prevent contaminants from entering the housing through the bulkhead/slot interface.

Abstract: A terminal, and methods for manufacturing the terminal, in which the opening defined by the electric contact portion is filled with a material. As a result, plating solutions will not become entrapped in the opening so that corrosion of the terminal will be prevented. The terminal includes an electrically conductive plate including a wire connecting portion for clamping a wire thereto and an electric contact portion for mating with another terminal, the contact portion including a cavity therein; and a filler material disposed in the cavity. As a result, when the terminal is subjected to metal plating, solutions associated with the metal plating are substantially prevented from entering into the cavity. According to one method, the filler material is first adhered to the conductive plate before the plate is bent into the shape of the terminal. According to a second method, the filler material is injected into the cavity of the contact portion after the terminal has been bent.

Abstract: A lampholder for use with cold cathode lamps intended to be wired in a parallel configuration includes an insulating bulb-end receptacle mounted in a conductor housing. The receptacle is divided into a pair of individual bulb-end receiving portions, each of which is provided with a conductive clip which establishes electrical contact with an inserted bulb. The clips can be configured into a plurality of electrical configurations to allow both single and dual lamp operation to be achieved.

Abstract: An environmentally protected electrical socket and plug assembly (10) retains environmental security throughout repeated connections and disconnections. The socket and plug assembly includes a socket 100 containing an electrical conductor 85 and adapted to insertably receive a plug 90, an environmental sealant 140 at least partially filling the socket so that the sealant is at least partially displaced from the socket when the plug is inserted into the socket, and an elastomeric containment means 40 having an inset dimple 50 for being outwardly deflected to contain displaced sealant when the plug is inserted into the socket and to urge the sealant back into the socket when the plug is removed.

Abstract: A cable sealing gland includes a housing adapted to be fitted in an opening in a bulkhead and defining a receptacle closed at one end by a silicone rubber membrane backed by a rigid plastic material support insulator which is apertured to permit the passage therethrough of electrical cables or the like which are pierced through the membrane. A second support insulator is spaced apart from the first-mentioned support insulator and the space between the two support insulators is filled with a silicone rubber sealing composition. A by-pass tube extends through the two support insulators and enables access to be obtained through the gland even after it has been sealed.

Abstract: A sealed RJ-11 connector includes plug and connector entrances each comprises a material insert molded to both sides of a plate. At least one such material is sufficiently flexible to expand or contract responsive to air pressure, and a gel may be used to seal at least one of the entrances.

Abstract: An open end of a hollow member is sealed using a sealing member comprising a layer of sealant between two constraining layers. Force is applied to the sealing member to maintain the sealant in sealing contact with the inner walls of the hollow member. At least one of the constraining layers and/or the means of applying force is sufficiently resilient to accommodate volume changes of the sealant during temperature fluctuations and displacement of the sealant when a substrate is inserted into the hollow member through the sealing member. To facilitate insertion of the substrate through the sealing member, holes and/or slits may be provided in one or both of the constraining layers and/or through the sealant layer.

Abstract: Disclosed are sealant compositions having excellent slump and spew resistant, even at relatively high operating temperatures for electrical connectors. The sealants, which are flowable at such elevated temperatures, comprise two essential components: elastomeric thermoplastic polymer, preferably an organic polymer composite comprising diblock and triblock copolymers, and extender for the polymer. The extender may comprise a primary and a secondary extender, such as polybutene oil and mineral oil, respectively.

Abstract: The invention generally relates to the protection of telecommunications and electrical devices, such as terminal blocks, with gelled oil compositions that employ aluminum complex soaps as gelling agents. The telecommunications devices are typically installed in an enclosure, filled with the gelled oil composition, to protect the device from moisture and corrosion. The gelled oils also include an oil component, a bleed inhibitor of polybutene, and optional amounts of antioxidant and pour point depressant.

Abstract: A water tight connector has a strain relief using a circumferential clip about a cable and held in position within a hollow tubular section of a connector housing. The clip is prevented from being removed from the connector housing by a resilient grommet, thus holding the cable from being pulled out from the connector housing; and the grommet provides both fluid sealing functions and secondary cable holding functions. The connector may be filled with a grease. The grease may have anti-bacterial characteristics. The connector may be filled with an hygroscopic material, such as an encapsulant.

Abstract: An electrical cable holding case that can prevent a charged resin material for sealing from cracking by blocking the sharp bending of electrical cables when they are taken out of the case is provided. An electrical cable holding case includes a cylindrical case main body and a lid-like rear holder having electrical insertion holes and resin charging holes. Electrical cables taken out of the case main body via the electrical cable insertion hole of the rear holder are embedded by resin molding from the case main body to the outer surface of the rear holder to hold the electrical cables so as to be watertight. Electrical cable support walls are arranged at the edges of the electrical cable insertion holes outside the rear holder.

Abstract: A device and a method which utilizes semi-interpenetrating polymer networks for strain relief of fiber or cable. The need for adhesives and mechanical means for cable or fiber retention is eliminated while performance and reliability is enhanced. In one embodiment a first polymer network is fabricated in an undersized plug which is in turn placed inside a hollow connector housing with an open end and at least one aperture for a cable to pass through. The void created between the plug and the connector shell is then subsequently filled by adding a second polymer to fill the unit. The unit is then placed in a curing chamber so that the polymer can swell and completely fill any voids between the plug and the connector shell.

Abstract: An electrical connector having a metallic housing about an insulative insert is hermetically sealed. Both the seal area of the housing and the seal surface of the insulative insert are roughened and cleaned. The seal area of the housing is primed with a primer which is dried prior to assembly of the insert and the electrically conductive contacts within the housing. The assembled connector is pre-heated, and a sealant is applied to the seal area of the housing and the seal surface of the insulative insert around the electrically conductive pins. The preferred sealant is an alumina-filled or aluminum nitride-filled epoxy based resin, mixed with a catalyst and a reactive diluent and degassed in a vacuum. The sealant is applied to the connector and allowed to set-up prior to curing at an elevated temperature.

Abstract: There are provided a terminal connection structure and a method of producing the same, in which a terminal is positively and firmly press-connected to end portions or intermediate portions of electric wires, and the connection portion is rendered waterproof. Conductors of a plurality of electric wires are press-connected together by pressing pieces of a terminal through an organic seal material, and the conductors, as well as sheaths of the wires, are clamped together by the pressing pieces of the terminal, and each of the pressing pieces is pressed deeper at that portion thereof disposed on the conductors than at those portions thereof disposed on and adjacent to the sheaths, so that the organic seal material is filled in the conductors, in between the terminal and the conductors, and in between the terminal and the sheaths.

Abstract: A self supporting sealing member having a layer of sealant positioned longitudinally between two constraining layers. The lateral dimensions of the sealing member are designed to fit within a hollow member. The constraining layer is preferably a gel having a Voland hardness greater than the Voland hardness of the sealant. This configuration does not allow particles to contaminate the connection of substrates or wires inserted through the sealing member.

Abstract: This invention relates to provide a connector in which rearward withdrawal of metal terminals are positively prevented, and a complete waterproof effect is obtained by a filled sealing material. Wire connecting portions of metal terminals, connected respectively to ends of wires passed through insertion holes in a waterproof plug and a rear holder, are engaged with the rear holder, and the metal terminals are received respectively in terminal receiving chambers in a connector housing, and the rear holder is fixed by retaining pieces at a position rearwardly of the terminal receiving chambers, and the waterproof plug is fitted in the connector housing, and a sealing material is filled in the connector housing.

Abstract: A pin-header comprises a one-piece molded insulator and metal pins extending through the insulator. One surface of the insulator has a first recess having and a plurality of second recesses are provided each at an area between the inner wall surface of an insertion hole and the outer peripheral surface of the pin with each pin inserted in the insertion hole. A sealant is filled in the first and second recesses of the insulator.

Abstract: Glass particles (14) are mixed within an uncured silicone resin (13). The fluid uncured resin is placed in a portion of a terminal block (11) and cured to form a gel (13') by subjecting it to microwaves in a microwave oven (22). Conductors (25, 26) to be interconnected are next inserted into the cured silicone gel and interconnected. The cured gel containing the glass particles thereafter constitutes a dependable insulator for the conductors, particularly the portions of the conductors that are interconnected.

Abstract: A connector (10) for interconnecting a daughter card to a mother board using a flexible circuit element (64) joining the connector contacts (54) to the daughter card traces (76), while pin sections (56) of the contacts depend from the connector for insertion into mother board through-holes. A plate (82) of dielectric material is placed atop the terminations of the flexible circuit element to the contacts, with plate apertures (86) receiving the upper contact sections (66) and solder terminations thereinto, with potting compound (98) then placed in the apertures embedding and sealing the terminations, whereafter the plate provides enhanced strain relief.

Abstract: A method and a device is provided which allows the connection of coaxial cable termini to one another with minimum long-term loss of RFI shielding. The method comprises the removal of metal oxides from the concentric conductor portions of the two cable termini, applying a sealant to the concentric conductor termini and then connecting the central conductor termini to one another and the concentric conductor termini to one another. The device comprises a collet structure dimensioned to slip over the outside of a standard connection jack. Within the collet structure is disposed a quantity of sealant and the collet structure has at least one aperture through which sealant oozes from the collet structure to the exterior of the collet structure. When the collet structure is attached to the jack, the sealant is caused to ooze onto the concentric conductor thereby sealing the concentric conductor from the ambient.

Abstract: An electrical connector 10 having a housing 12 containing a terminal 30 of the type adapted for insertion of an end of a wire 40,42 through a wire-receiving aperture 14,16 thereof for termination, includes a substrate 50 adhered to the outer housing surface and traversing the wire-receiving aperture with a corresponding hole 52,54 aligned therewith to permit wire insertion. The substrate may be tough elastomeric tape, and the hole is smaller than the wire diameter to tightly grip the wire insulation after wire insertion to assuredly retain sealant material within the connector upon wire withdrawal.

Abstract: Connectors for attachment to cables including a large number of very small flexible conductors (26) or coaxial conductor pairs (74). In a first embodiment very small contacts (36) are arrayed on a flat mating surface (28) of the connector body (22). Contacts (36) are raised slightly above the mating surface by plating conductive metal to form raised bumps (42) on one of a pair of connectors (14, 16). Insulated individual conductors (26) are placed through apertures (48) defined in a substrate acting as a template, and are fastened in place by potting material (50) before shaping the mating surface (28) of the connector body (22) or (24) is shaped. Pin and socket combinations (30, 32) are used to align mating connectors with each other.

Abstract: A circuit breaker has ferrule type line and load terminals which clip on to portions of, respectively, input and output current buses for the breaker to permit the breaker by a mere plug-in action to be fastened to those two buses. The output current bus is provided by an adapter comprising a molded plastic case having at its top a receptacle for an end lug on a cable for distributing current from the breaker to a load, and having at its bottom a cylindrical metallic contact to which the load terminal of the breaker is or may be clipped. A metallic bus strap extends in the case from that contact to terminal means in the receptacle for connecting the upper end of the strap to such lug. The case has formed on the outside thereof a horizontal guideway into which the input current bus may be slid to thereupon be held insulated from, and fixedly fastened with, the output current bus strap in the adapter.

Abstract: A sealing mechanism for a connector and a method of producing a connector wherein undesirable invasion of water and oil from terminals in an earth connector, an engine connector or the like can reliably be prevented. A sealing mechanism for a connector is constructed such that a plurality of transversely extending grooves are formed on the opposite surfaces of an embedding portion of a terminal extending outside of a wall portion of a connector housing 1, and the connector housing and the terminal are molded integral with each other in the presence of a sealable coating agent applied to the embedding portion. A method of producing a connector is practiced by way of the steps of applying a sealable coating agent to an embedding portion of a terminal extending from a connector housing, and Subsequently, molding the connector housing integral with the terminal in the presence of the sealable coating agent applied to the embedding portion.

Abstract: A method is provided for sealing openings (24, 26) in a module (10). In accordance with the method, each opening is sealed by providing a readily-puncturable sealing membrane (30, 30') within the module itself to overlie each opening. Each membrane advantageously prevents a gel (28), admitted into the module, from leaking out.

Abstract: An environmentally protected electrical socket and plug assembly (10) retains environmental security throughout repeated connections and disconnections. The socket and plug assembly includes a socket 100 containing an electrical conductor 85 and adapted to insertably receive a plug 90, an environmental sealant at least partially filling the socket so that the sealant is at least partially displaced from the socket when the plug is inserted into the socket, and an elastomeric containment means 40 having an inset dimple for being outwardly deflected to contain displaced sealant when the plug is inserted into the socket and to urge the sealant back into the socket when the plug is removed.

Abstract: An electrical terminal (1) for connection to one or more electrical wires comprises a conventional terminal portion (2) having a lug portion (3) and a hollow shank (4), a jacket (11) of polymeric insulation that extends over the shank, and a tapering hollow connection piece (6) for example in the form of a coiled wire. The tapering connection piece has an internal and external screw thread and is arranged partly within the end of the shank. It is capable of receiving one or more electrical wires so that they can be secured within the connection piece (6), and the connection piece (6) can be secured within the shank (5) by twisting the terminal about the wires. The jacket (11) is preferably formed from a heat-shrinkable sleeve, and the terminal preferably includes a quantity of solder (9) for forming a permanent electrical connection.

Abstract: A strain relief connection and method therefor between a connector housing and a flat, elongated cable including a plurality of spaced parallel conductors and insulation integrally encasing the conductors. The connection includes an opening through the insulation having a perimeter defined by the insulation, a section of at least one conductor longitudinally extending across the opening, a coating of the insulation enclosing the section of the conductor, and cured adhesive attached to the connector housing and disposed in the opening to engage the insulation defining the perimeter of the opening, the section of the at least one conductor being embedded in the cured adhesive.