Umbilical connection apparatus

Claim 1

UMBILICAL CONNECTION APPARATUS, COMPRISING A RECEPTACLE BODY, ELECTRICAL SOCKETS CARRIED WITHIN THE BODY AND HAVING ENTRANCES ADAPTED TO BE PENETRATED BY PLUG CARRIED PINS, BARRIER MEANS PROTECTIVELY OVERLYING SAID ENTRANCES TO BE PENETRATED BY SAID PINS, SAID BARRIER MEANS INCLUDING A CONFINED VISCOUS SEALANT LAYER, A RELATIVELY RIGID PRESSURE MEMBER OVERLYING SAID BARRIER MEANS AND MOUNTED TO MOVE TOWARD THE BARRIER MEANS, SAID PRESSURE MEMBER CONTAINING THROUGH OPENINGS REMAINING IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID ENTRANCES DURING SAID PRESSURE MEMBER MOVEMENT, SAID OPENINGS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND PASS SAID PINS, AND SPRING MEANS SPACED FROM SAID OPENINGS AND ACTING TO TRANSMIT FORCE URGING THE PRESSURE MEMBER TOWARD THE BARRIER MEANS FOR PRESSURIZING SAME IN THE REGION BETWEEN SAID ENTRANCES AND SAID THROUGH OPENINGS, SAID SPRING MEANS BEING YIELDABLE TO ALLOW MOVEMENT OF THE PRESSURE MEMBER IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM THE BARRIER MEANS.