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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1994
Harry M Capper, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Sam Denovich, Harrisburg, PA (US);
James W Robertson, Oberlin, PA (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A connector module (10,100,200) having at least one electrical terminal (24,116,206) therein, adapted to be sealingly mounted to a mounting surface upon being placed thereagainst at a connection site (30,112,204), and simultaneously form electrical connections of each terminal with a circuit (38,152,214) thereat, with the terminal adapted to be thereafter terminated to a discrete conductor wire (60,138,210,212) to interconnect the circuit with the wire. Upstanding lead members (40,160,216) are electrically connected to the circuits and are received into pin-receiving holes (50,172) along the module's bottom surface and become engaged with respective terminals. Each terminal is terminated to such a wire upon actuation of an actuator (26,118). A base section (14,104) of the module forms a seal with the mounting surface around the connection site (30,112,204). Such module can easily be mounted to a solar panel (32,110) or circuit board (202). The module can receive thereinto a circuit-bearing element (124) having components (122) mounted thereon upon being mounted to the mounting surface and environmentally seal therearound.