Connector, ingress protection assembly for a connector and method for producing a connector

1. A connector comprising:

an enclosure configured to receive at least one electrical conductor within the enclosure;

a sealing ring surrounding the enclosure in tight mechanical contact;

a compression ring surrounding the sealing ring in tight mechanical contact, the compression ring being adapted to press the sealing ring against the enclosure; and

an over-mold element arranged to surround at least a part of the compression ring and at least a part of the enclosure, the over-mold element configured to form a fusion bond with the compression ring;

wherein the sealing ring is configured to form a mechanical seal between the enclosure and the compression ring.

2. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the conductor forms part of a cable extending out of the enclosure,

wherein the over-mold element is further arranged to surround the cable, and

wherein the over-mold element and the cable are configured to form a fusion and/or adhesion bond seal between themselves.

3. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing ring is at least partially made of a mechanically elastic material.

4. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the compression ring has a mechanical rigidity allowing sufficient compression of the sealing ring for maintaining the mechanical seal between the enclosure and the sealing ring.

5. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the compression ring is made at least partly of a material configured to allow a fusion bond of the compression ring and the over-mold element when molding the over-mold element onto the compression ring.

6. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the enclosure comprises a metallic material and/or a low-surface energy plastic material and/or a thermoset plastic material and/or a ceramic material or is made thereof.

7. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the enclosure is adapted to electrically and/or magnetically shield the at least one electrical conductor received by the enclosure.

8. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the over-molded element is made of a thermoplastic material.

9. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein a cross-sectional shape of the sealing ring is adapted to a cross-sectional shape of the enclosure, and/or

wherein a cross-sectional shape of the compression ring is adapted to the cross sectional shape of the sealing ring and/or to the cross sectional shape of the enclosure.

10. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the cross sectional shape of the enclosure and/or of the sealing ring and/or of the compression ring is a round shape and/or or an elliptic shape and/or of a polygonal shape.

11. The connector according to claim 3 , wherein the sealing ring is at least partially made of an elastomeric material.

12. The connector according to claim 5 , wherein the material configured to allow a fusion bond of the compression ring and the over-mold element is a plastic material.

13. A method for producing a connector, the method comprising:

providing an enclosure receiving at least one electrical conductor within the enclosure;

arranging a sealing ring so as to surround the enclosure in tight mechanical contact;

arranging a compression ring so as to surround the sealing ring in tight mechanical contact and to press the sealing ring against the enclosure such that the sealing ring forms a mechanical seal between the enclosure and the compression ring; and

molding an over-mold element onto the enclosure so as to surround at least a part of the compression ring and at least a part of the enclosure and to form a fusion bond seal between the over-mold element and the compression ring.