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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2009
John Eugene Westman, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Jared Evan Rossman, Dover, PA (US);
Karen Paul Seubert, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Paul Walter Mcdowell, Fishers, IN (US);
Andrew Charles Davison, Harrisburg, PA (US);
John Eugene Westman, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Jared Evan Rossman, Dover, PA (US);
Karen Paul Seubert, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Paul Walter McDowell, Fishers, IN (US);
Andrew Charles Davison, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
A connector assembly for use with a compressible gasket includes a housing having a mating end and a cable end, the housing being configured to hold a contact. The connector assembly also includes a deflectable shroud extending from the housing rearward of the cable end to the compressible gasket. The shroud surrounds a hollow chamber that is configured to receive the compressible gasket. The shroud is deflectable between an expanded state and a collapsed state, wherein a volume of the hollow chamber is reduced when in the collapsed state as compared to the expanded state. The shroud compresses the gasket when in the collapsed state.