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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2003
Michael Kirkman, Swansea, MA (US);
Joseph A. Kiszka, Freehold, NJ (US);
Curtis G. Knaub, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Vishwa Nath Shukla, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, PA (US);
Abstract
A connector assembly having a supporting boot and a connector that is retained with the boot and a method for producing the connector assembly. The boot serves as a retention member that includes a through opening sized to receive the connector. The boot includes first and second opposing surfaces. In a preferred embodiment, the opening at the second surface of the boot is sized for an interference fit with the connector. The opening adjacent the first surface of the boot is larger than the opening at the second body surface. The differential sizes of the though hole openings at respective ends of the through-hole provides a flow channel between the connector and the boot. Wells are provided in the first surface of the boot for a binding agent. A liquid binding agent that is injected into the wells flows through the flow channel and securely fixes the connector within the boot.