(19)
(11) EP 0 102 878 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
03.06.1987 Bulletin 1987/23

(43) Date of publication A2:
14.03.1984 Bulletin 1984/11

(21) Application number: 83401557

(22) Date of filing: 28.07.1983
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 28.07.1982 US 402524

(71) Applicant: THE BENDIX CORPORATION
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(72) Inventors:
  • Punako, Stephen
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  • Gallusser, David Otis
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  • Joslyn, Carl Robert
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(54) A contact for an electrical connector


(57) This invention relates to an electrical connector that has insertable and removable contacts (20) retained and sealed against moisture by a one piece molded rubber insert (30). The invention is characterized by a contact (20) having two annular grooves (24, 25) formed by acutely angled flat surfaces (26, 27) that are adapted to mate with a complimentary shaped bore (31) in a molded rubber insert (30).






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