Electrical connector assembly
View Patent ↗A plug assembly for connection with a socket assembly having an electrical pin. The plug assembly includes a housing defining a cavity. The housing includes an aperture formed therein for receiving the pin. An electrical terminal is housed in the cavity of the housing. The terminal is adapted to engage with the pin. A seal is supported in the housing and is adapted to sealingly engage with the pin for sealing the cavity from an outside environment.
1. A plug assembly that is adapted to be connected to a socket assembly having an electrical pin to form a connector assembly, the plug assembly comprising:
an outer housing including a first end having an opening and a second end having an end wall with an aperture that is adapted to receive an electrical pin of a socket assembly when the socket assembly is connected to the plug assembly to form a connector assembly;
an inner housing disposed within the outer housing and including a first end having an opening and a second end having an end wall with an aperture that is adapted to receive the electrical pin of the socket assembly when the socket assembly is connected to the plug assembly to form the connector assembly;
an electrical terminal disposed in the inner housing and adapted to receive the electrical pin of the socket assembly when the socket assembly is connected to the plug assembly to form the connector assembly;
a wire having a first end that is connected to the electrical terminal and a second end that extends through both the opening in the first end of the outer housing and the opening in the first end of the inner housing;
a pin seal disposed between the end wall of the outer housing and the end of the inner housing and that is adapted to sealingly engage the electrical pin of the socket assembly when the socket assembly is connected to the plug assembly to form the connector assembly; and
a wire seal sealingly engaging both the outer housing and the wire.
2. The plug assembly defined in claim 1 wherein the inner housing is secured to the outer housing by a fastening structure provided on the inner housing that cooperates with a recess provided on the outer housing.
3. The plug assembly defined in claim 1 wherein the outer housing includes an inner surface, and the wire seal sealingly engages both the inner surface of the outer housing and the wire.
4. The plug assembly defined in claim 1 further including a wire seal retainer that sealingly engages both the outer housing and the wire.
5. The plug assembly defined in claim 4 wherein the outer housing includes an outer surface, and the wire seal retainer sealingly engages both the outer surface of the outer housing and the wire.
6. The plug assembly defined in claim 4 wherein the outer housing includes both an inner surface and an outer surface, the wire seal sealingly engages both the inner surface of the outer housing and the wire, and the wire seal retainer sealingly engages both the outer surface of the outer housing and the wire.
7. The plug assembly defined in claim 4 wherein the wire seal retainer is secured to the outer housing by a resilient arm provided on the wire seal retainer that engages a hook provided on the outer housing.
8. The plug assembly defined in claim 1 wherein the inner housing includes a resilient arm that engages the electrical terminal and retains the electrical terminal in the inner housing.
9. The plug assembly defined in claim 1 wherein the outer housing has first and second portions that are oriented at a right angle relative to one another.