Cable connector assembly

Claim 1

A CABLE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A PAIR OF INSULATED CABLE ENDS, A FIRST ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE COUPLING ELEMENT ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID CABLE ENDS, A SECOND ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE COUPLING ELEMENT ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO THE OTHER OF SAID CABLE ENDS A FIRST INSULATING SLEEVE DISPOSED IN SURROUNDING RELATIONSHIP TO SAID ONE CABLE END AND SEALINGLY ENGAGED THEREWITH, A SECOND INSULATING SLEEVE DISPOSED IN SURROUNDING RELATIONSHIP TO THE OTHER OF SAID CABLE ENDS AND SEALINGLY ENGAGED THEREWITH, SAID INSULATING SLEEVES HAVING INTERENGAGEABLE OUTER END PORTIONS WHICH COOPERATE TO FORM A FLUID-TIGHT JOINT IN ENGAGEMENT WITH ONE ANOTHER, SAID OUTER END PORTIONS HAVING CONTACTABLE SURFACES OF COMPLEMENTARY CONFIGURATION, SAID SECOND COUPLING ELEMENT HAVING AN OUTER END PORTION WHICH IS ADAPTED TO BE RECEIVED IN THE BORE FORMED LONGITUDINALLY THROUGH SAID SECOND SLEEVE, SAID SECOND SLEEVE HAVING AN INWARDLY PROJECTING LIP MEANS FORMED AT THE OUTER END OF THE INNER SURFACE THEREOF, THE OUTER END OF SAID SECOND COUPLING ELEMENT ENGAGING SAID LIP MEANS FOR RETAINING THE SECOND COUPLING ELEMENT IN OPERATIVE POSITION, SAID SECOND SLEEVE BEING PROVIDED WITH A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING GROOVE FORMED IN THE INNER SURFACE THEREOF FOR RECEIVING OUTWARDLY PROJECTING PIN MEANS FORMED ON SAID SECOND COUPLING ELEMENT, AND A RING MEMBER MOUNTED IN FIXED POSITION WITHIN SAID SECOND SLEEVE AND HAVING A NOTCH FORMED THEREIN, SAID NOTCH OPENING TOWARD THE OUTER END OF SAID SLEEVE AND BEING IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE GROOVE FORMED IN SAID SECOND SLEEVE, SAID SECOND COUPLING ELEMENT INCLUDING OUTWARDLY PROJECTING PIN MEANS ADAPTED TO SLIDE ALONG SAID GROOVE AND INTO THE ALIGNED NOTCH IN SAID RING MEMBER TO PREVENT RELATIVE ROTATION BETWEEN SAID SECOND COUPLING ELEMENT AND SAID SECOND SLEEVE.