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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2020
Te Connectivity Services Gmbh, Schaffhausen, CH;
Thomas Robert DeWitte, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Zoran Krnetic, Mississauga, CA;
Lindsey E. Gatesman, Winston Salem, NC (US);
David James Rhein, Riley, MI (US);
Eric D. Shields, High Point, NC (US);
TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Schaffhausen, CH;
Abstract
A gasket assembly includes a substrate, such as a portion of a body of an electrical connector. The substrate defines a mating surface to which a gasket or gasket seal is mechanically fixed. The gasket defines at least one recess or other mounting feature thereon for engaging with a complementary feature of the substrate for fixing the gasket to the substrate. According to an embodiment, the gasket defines a sealing face or sealing wall opposing and/or abutting the mating surface of the substrate, and a sidewall extending from the sealing wall and defined about a perimeter thereof. The sealing wall and sidewall define a circumferential recess configured to receive a peripheral edge of the substrate for securing the gasket to and generally over the mating surface of the substrate.