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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Larry M Gray, Katy, TX (US);
Andrew Au, Cypress, TX (US);
Assignee:
Geo Space Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439206 ; 272276 ; 272135 ; 272587 ;
Abstract
A waterproof geophysical connector including a rigid plastic body supporting a hard plastic insert which in turn supports a plurality of electrical contacts. A compression nut is connected to the body and an electrical cable extends through the compression nut to the inside of the body and is connected to the electrical contacts. A plastic potting compound fills the body and a plastic overmold is applied between the cable and the body and a fluid clearance space is provided between a rotatable coupling ring and the outside of the body for clearing debris.