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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshimitsu Sonobe, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Thomas & Betts Corporation, Raritan, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439279 ; 439589 ;
Abstract
An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing having a cavity therein for sealably receiving a rubber bush. At the bottom wall of the cavity the housing supports a movable plate having a plurality of holes therein for receipt of a respective plurality of contacts of terminated electrical wires. The bush includes a like plurality of holes aligned with the holes in the plate. The plate comprises a projecting cam that is engaged upon insertion of a cam actuator, the plate being moved in response to such insertion to lock the contacts in the housing by the edges of the plate defining the holes therein.