Connector encapsulating housing

Claim 1

A housing for encapsulating an electrical connector having upstanding side walls extending between opposite ends and internal passageways through the connector between said opposite ends, said housing having walls defining a socket with an unrestricted open end and smooth inner side surfaces having dimensions adapted to conform to the side walls of a said connector entirely around the connector and receive the connector endways with a sliding fit sufficiently close that the passageways in the connector will offer less resistance to movement of the encapsulating material than the space between the inner side surfaces of the socket and the connector walls, a pair of levers, and means for hingedly mounting said levers at the open end of the socket in opposing relationship, each lever having an end spaced a first distance from said hinge means and adapted for manual engagement and a driving surface adjacent the open end of the socket spaced a distance less than said first distance from said hinge means and adapted to engage the exposed end of a said connector received in the socket, and being manually pivotable via said hinge means from a first position at which the open end of the socket is unrestricted toward a second position to engage its driving surface with the exposed end of a said connector received in the socket and drive the connector fully within the socket.