Submersible motor with electrical connector assembly

Claim 1

IN A SUBMERSIBLE ELECTRIC MOTOR INCLUDING (A) A STATOR BODY ASSEMBLY AND A ROTOR IN THE STATOR BODY ASSEMBLY, SAID STATOR BODY ASSEMBLY HAVING A SOCKET EXTENDING THEREINTO AND OPENING AT THE OUTER SIDE OF THE STATOR BODY ASSEMBLY, (B) AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND INSULATING BODIES, SAID FIRST BODY BEING MOUNTED IN SAID SOCKET WITH ITS END FACE SPACED INWARDLY FORM THE END OF THE SOCKET AND HAVING A FIRST SET OF ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ELEMENTS THEREON, SAID SECOND INSULATING BODY INCLUDING A PLUG PORTION OF RESILIENT ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL EXTENDING INTO SAID SOCKET AND ABUTTING THE END FACE OF SAID FIRST BODY, SAID SECOND BODY HAVING A SECOND SET OF CONNECTOR ELEMENTS INTERFITTING WITH THE CONNECTOR ELEMENTS OF THE FIRST SET, (C) A RIGID SLEEVE MEANS SURROUNDING A PORTION OF SAID SECOND BODY OUTWARDLY OF SAID PLUG PORTION AND HAVING AN ABUTMENT FACING AWAY FROM SAID PLUG PORTION. (D) A RESILIENTLY DEFORMABLE SPRING MEMBER HAVING A FIRST PORTION ENGAGING SAID ABUTMENT ON THE SLEEVE MEANS, SAID SPRING MEMBER EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM THE SLEEVE MEANS AND HAVING AN END PORTION SPACED FROM THE SLEEVE MEANS, THREADED FASTENER MEANS PARALLELING SAID SOCKET AND ENGAGING SAID STATOR BODY ASSEMBLY AND SAID END PORTIONAT A POINT LATERALLY OFFSET FROM SAID SOCKET FOR CLAMPING SAID END PORTION TO SAID STATOR BODY ASSEMBLY, SAID SPRING MEMBER BEING CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED SUCH THAT, WHEN SAID FIRST PORTION ENGAGES SAID ABUTMENT AND SAID END PORTION IS CLAMPED TO SAID STATOR BODY, THE SPRING MEMBER HAS THE PORTION THEREOF INTERMEDIATE SAID FIRST PORTION AND SAID END PORTION STRESSED TO A RESILIENTLY DEFORMED CONDITION OFFSET A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE FROM ITS UNSTRESSED CONDITION IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM SAID STATOR BODY ASSEMBLY TO APPLY AXIAL COMPRESSION ON THE PLUG PORTION SUFFICIENT TO SEAL THE PLUG PORTION TO THE STATOR BODY ASSEMBLY AND TO YIELDABLY MAINTAIN THE PLUG PORTION UNDER AXIAL COMPRESSION WITH DIMENSIONAL CHANGES IN THE PLUG PORTION DUE TO COLD FLOW.