Electrical connecting device

Claim 2

A hermetic electrical connector device comprising a member defining an opening therethrough, a substantially rigid insert of dielectric material received in said opening, said insert having a forward end, a rearward end and at least one aperture extending therethrough, a tubular contact in said aperture, means positioning said contact in said aperture, a wire extending into one end of said contact and connected thereto, a glass insert in said opening beyond the opposite end of said contact, an elongated pin extending through said glass insert, said glass insert being fused to said pin so as to hold said pin rigidly and provide a hermetic seal therewith, one end of said elongated pin extending into said opposite end of said contact, the other end of said elongated pin extending outwardly beyond said glass insert for engageMent with a mating electrically conductive device, and an additional insert of resilient material in said opening adjacent said glass insert and extending around said elongated pin.

Claim 3

An electrical connector comprising a tubular shell having a forward end and a rearward end, a glass insert in said shell, said glass insert having a forward side and a rearward side, a plurality of spaced substantially parallel elongated pins, the central portions of said pins being received in said glass insert so that said pins are held rigidly and sealed with respect to said glass insert, one end portion of each of said pins extending outwardly from said forward side of said glass insert, the opposite end portion of each of said pins extending outwardly from said rearward side of said glass insert, a member of resilient material in said tubular shell engaging said forward side of said glass insert, said member of resilient material having openings therethrough, said one end portions of said pins extending through said openings in said member of resilient material and extending beyond said member of resilient material, an insert of dielectric material in said shell adjacent said rearward side of said glass insert, said dielectric insert having a plurality of first openings therethrough aligned with said pins, a first contact in each of said openings, each of said contacts having a forward end and a rearward end, each of said forward ends receiving and engaging said opposite end portion of one of said pins, a wire for each of said first contacts, each of said wires being received in and crimped to said rearward end of the contact therefor, retainer means removably holding said first contacts in said openings, said retainer means being releasable for allowing said contacts to be removed rearwardly from said openings, a second dielectric member, said second dielectric member having a plurality of openings therethrough, a second socket contact in each of said openings in said second dielectric member, each of said second contacts having a forward end and a rearward end, said forward ends of said second contacts being adapted to receive said one end portions of said pins for forming an electrical connection therewith, a second wire for each of said second contacts, each of said second wires being received in and crimped to said rearward end of the second contact therefor, and second retainer means removably holding said second socket contacts in said openings in said second dielectric member.

Claim 4

An electrical connector comprising a tubular shell having a forward end and a rearward end, a glass insert in said shell, said glass insert having a forward side and a rearward side, a plurality of spaced substantially parallel elongated pins, the central portions of said pins being received in said glass insert so that said pins are held rigidly and sealed with respect to said glass insert, one end portion of each of said pins extending outwardly from said forward side of said glass insert, the opposite end portion of each of said pins extending outwardly from said rearward side of said glass insert, a member of resilient material in said tubular shell engaging said forward side of said glass insert, said member of resilient material having openings therethrough, said one end portions of said pins extending through said openings in said member of resilient material and extending beyond said member of resilient material, an insert of dielectric material in said shell adjacent said rearward side of said glass insert, said dielectric insert having a plurality of first openings therethrough aligned with said pins, a first contact in each of said openings, each of said contacts having a forward end and a rearward end, each of said forward ends receiving and engaging said opposite end portion of one of said pins, a wire for each of said first contacts, each of said wires being received in and crimped to said rearward end of the contact therefor, retainer means removably holding said first contacts in said openings, said retainer means being releasable for allowing said contacts to be removed rearwardly from said openings, a second dielectric member, said second dielectric member having a plurality of openings therethrough, a second socket contact in each of said openings in said second dielectric member, each of said second contacts having a forward end and a rearward end, said forward ends of said second contacts being adapted to receive said one end portions of said pins for forming an electrical connection therewith, a second wire for each of said second contacts, each of said second wires being received in and crimped to said rearward end of the second contact therefor, and second retainer means removably holding said second socket contacts in said openings in said second dielectric member.

Claim 5

A device as recited in claim 2 including in addition a second member of resilient material interposed between said rearward side of said glass insert and said dielectric insert, said second member of resilient material having openings therethrough, said opposite end portions of said pins extending through said openings in said second member of resilient material.