Obturator for a compartment of a junction unit and junction unit equipped with such a obturator
View Patent ↗The subject of the invention is a plug for a socket of a connector housing including a sealing front part with a mat-seal equipping the rear of connector housing, and a rear part defining a zone for holding the plug in a rear passage of the connector housing, front part and rear part being connected by a transition zone.
1. An electrical connector comprising:
a housing;
a mat seal connected to the housing, the mat seal comprising a plurality of cavities;
a rear grid connected to the housing, the rear grid comprising a plurality of passageways; and
at least one thermoplastic plug located in one of the cavities of the mat seal, where the thermoplastic plug is a single one-piece member, wherein the thermoplastic plug comprises a front part and a rear part, wherein the front part creates a seal with the mat seal, and wherein the rear part defines a zone holding the thermoplastic plug in one of the passageways of the rear grid, where the rear part is at least partially hollow, where the rear part is elastically deformed inward into the hollow by the rear grid, where the elastic deformation of the rear part into the hollow results in the rear part exerting an outward holding force against the rear grid in the passageway.
2. The electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein the front part and the rear part are joined by a transition zone.
3. The electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein retention of the rear part in the passageway is obtained by elastic deformation.
4. The electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein the front part is smooth and cylindrical.
5. The electrical connector of claim 2 , wherein the transition zone comprises a step-back, and wherein a diameter of the rear part at a level of the transition zone is greater than a diameter of front part.
6. The electrical connector of claim 2 , wherein the rear part has a generally slightly conical shape with an increasing diameter starting from the transition zone.
7. The electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein at least a distal end of the rear part has grooves.
8. The electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein at least a distal end of the rear part includes, in relation to a form of revolution, bulges directed outward.
9. An electrical connector comprising:
a housing;
a mat seal comprising a plurality of cavities;
a rear grid which is sized and shaped to be connected to the housing with the mat seal located between portions of the housing and the rear grid, wherein the rear grid comprises a plurality of passageways adapted to be aligned with the cavities of the mat seal; and
a thermoplastic plug which is sized and shaped to be located in a first one of the cavities of the mat seal, where the thermoplastic plug is a single one-piece member, wherein the thermoplastic plug comprises a front part and a rear part, wherein the front part is configured to create a seal with the mat seal in the first cavity, and wherein the rear part defines a zone configured to contact the rear grid in a first one of the passageways and thereby mechanically hold the thermoplastic plug in the first passageway of the rear grid, where the rear part is at least partially hollow and the rear part is resiliently deformed inward into the hollow by the rear grid, where the elastic deformation of the rear part into the hollow results in the rear part exerting an outward holding force against the rear grid in the first passageway.
10. The electrical connector of claim 9 wherein the front part and the rear part are joined by a transition zone.
11. The electrical connector of claim 9 wherein retention of the rear part in the passageway is obtained by elastic deformation.
12. The electrical connector of claim 9 wherein the front part is smooth and cylindrical.
13. The electrical connector of claim 10 wherein the transition zone comprises a step-back, and wherein a diameter of the rear part at a level of the transition zone is greater than a diameter of front part.
14. The electrical connector of claim 10 wherein the rear part has a generally slightly conical shape with an increasing diameter starting from the transition zone.
15. The electrical connector of claim 9 wherein at least a distal end of the rear part has grooves.
16. The electrical connector of claim 9 wherein at least a distal end of the rear part includes, in relation to a form of revolution, bulges directed outward.