Electrical connector device

Claim 1

A FEMALE CONNECTOR COMPRISING A GENERALLY TUBULAR CONDUCTIVE MAIN BODY OPEN AT A FIRST END THEREOF, AN AXIAL CONNECTION STEM INTEGRALLY FORMED AT THE OTHER END OF SAID MAIN BODY TO PERMANENTLY CONNECT SAID OTHER END TO AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR, A RIGID SLEEVE SECURED ON SAID MAIN BODY AND BEING INTEGRALLY FORMED WITH AN INWARDLY PROJECTING RETAINING FLANGE LOCATED ADJACENT SAID OPEN FIRST END OF THE MAIN BODY AND HAVING A CYLINDRICAL AXIAL BORE, AN ANNULAR SEALING MEMBER OF RESILIENT DEFORMABLE MATERIAL DISPOSED AND RETAINED BETWEEN SAID FLANGE AND THE RIM OF SAID OPEN FIRST END OF THE MAIN BODY, SAID SEALING MEMBER HAVING AN INWARDLY TAPERING HOLLOW END PORTION WHICH PROJECTS AXIALLY INTO THE BORE OF SAID MAIN BODY, SAID HOLLOW END PORTION HAVING A NORMALLY CLOSED END SLIT WHCH NORMALLY SEALS OFF THE INTERIOR OF SAID MAIN BODY, AND A MASS OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE FLUENT MATERIAL IN THE INTERIOR OF SAID MAIN BODY, SAID SEALING MEMBER BEING ADAPTED TO YIELDABLY RECEIVE A MALE CONNECTOR TIP AND TO ADMIT SAID TIP THROUGH SAID SLIT INTO SAID CAVITY AND INTO CONDUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID FLUENT MATERIAL.