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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2015
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Kyle Gary Annis, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Mitchell Kunane Storry, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Kevin Michael Thackston, York, PA (US);
Kenneth P. Dowhower, Harrisburg, PA (US);
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector includes a shell having a cavity and a wafer assembly received in the cavity. The wafer assembly includes a wafer housing holding a plurality of electrical wafers configured to be electrically mated to a mating connector. The wafer housing has a front end and the wafers extend forward from the front end being arranged parallel to each other within the cavity. Each wafer includes a first edge and a second edge with at least one trace between the first and second edges. An interfacial seal is provided along the front end. The interfacial seal is configured to seal between the electrical connector and the mating connector. The interfacial seal provides an environmental seal for the wafer assembly.