Electrical connector assembly

Claim 1

A high voltage electrical connector, comprising: a pair of polarized mateable housing portions of insulating material, one of said housings having a continuous outer wall and open at one end, a hollow tubular member extending forwardly from a wall closing the other end of the housing spaced from the inner wall of the housing and terminating intermediate the ends thereof, the tubular member having a radially inwardly extending flange at its free end with a central opening therethrough, a first elongated cylindrical contact member extending through the opening and terminating within the housing, a locking tine on the contact member on one side of the flange and a shoulder thereon located on the opposite side of the flange, the other of the housings being of an outer dimension to be snugly received within the one housing and an inner Dimension to snugly receive the tubular member when inserted through an opening in one end thereof, an outwardly extending wall about the other housing spaced rearwardly from the one end thereof a distance equal to that between the forward end of the first housing and its closing end wall, so that a waterproof enclosure is provided when the housing portions are mated with the outwardly extending wall about the other housing seated against the open end of the one housing, and a second cylindrical contact member within the second housing portion mateable with the first contact member, said second cylindrical contact member extending toward, but terminating a distance spaced from the open end of the second housing portion and provided with a tine on one side of a shoulder on the inner wall of the second housing and a stop member on the opposite side of the shoulder.