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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masahiro Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Thomas & Betts Corporation, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439271 ;
Abstract
A sealed electrical connector comprises a male housing and a female housing with a seal ring disposed in a cavity in the female housing. The seal ring comprises a rubber ring body having projecting ribs on an outer peripheral surface thereof and a plurality of projecting ribs on an inner peripheral surface thereof. Around the circumference of the ring body and projecting thereinto are a plurality of locking grooves. The locking grooves are positioned to correspond with a like plurality of latch projections extending upwardly from a bottom wall in the female cavity and in engagement with the seal ring grooves.