Aptiv Technologies Limited

Delphi Technologies, Inc.

Eric James Smoll

Bao Q Le

Gerald A Rhinehart, Jr

Scott P Cohen

Joon Lee

James Shuster

Termini assemblies of electrical cable connector assemblies and methods of formation include a termini housing configured to receive an electrical cable and a dynamic seal assembly disposed in the termini housing and including a first portion having an O-ring seal configuration and configured to seal the termini assembly up to a pressure threshold and a second portion having a cup seal configuration and configured to seal the termini assembly at pressures greater than the pressure threshold. Methods of installing the electrical cable connector assemblies include installing the electrical cable connector assembly in a low or high pressure application, wherein installation in the low pressure application results in at least one of the first and second portions of the dynamic seal assembly sealing the termini assembly, and wherein installation in the high pressure application results in the second portion of the dynamic seal assembly sealing the termini assembly.

Dynamic contact and fiber optic termini cavity to wire removable seals

An electrical connector assembly includes a connector body that is formed of a first dielectric material defining a terminal cavity configured to receive an electrical terminal. The connector body defines a chamber that is separate from the terminal cavity. The chamber contains a second dielectric material that has a lower dielectric constant property than the first dielectric material, such as air. The connector body may be formed by as additive manufacturing process, such as 3D printing, stereolithography, digital light processing, fused deposition modeling, fused filament fabrication, selective laser sintering, selecting heat sintering, multi-jet modeling, multi-jet fusion, electronic beam melting, and laminated object manufacturing.

Electrical connector with dielectric properties suitable for high speed data transmission

An electrical connector assembly includes a connector body having a plurality of terminal receiving cavities formed therein and a plurality of flexible retaining arms integrally formed with a cavity wall and projecting from the cavity wall into the terminal receiving cavity toward a centerline of the terminal receiving cavity. The retaining arm defining a lock surface extending from a first free end of the retaining arm in a direction toward the centerline of the terminal receiving cavity. The assembly also includes a plurality of terminals having an end configured to connect with a corresponding mating terminal and a second end configured to be secured to a wire. The end defines a lock edge. The terminal is received in the terminal receiving cavity such that the first lock surface and the second lock surface engages the lock edge, thereby inhibiting the terminal from being withdrawn from the terminal receiving cavity.

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Fontana, CA, United States of America

Eric James Smoll