Sealed electrical connector

Claim 1

A sealed electrical connector comprising: an insulating outer housing having at least one terminal receiving opening therethrough, the opening comprising an enlarged bore section which extends inwardly from an outer rear wall, the bore extending forwardly toward a mating end of the shell, the bore extending forwardly and spiring at an end face, the housing having an alignment member extending forwardly from the end face and having a surface which is axially coincident with the inner surface of the bore, the alignment member having at an inner end thereof a rearwardly facing latching surface; a terminal receiving inner housing profiled for receipt with the outer shell, the housing having a rear face which abuts with the end face of the outer shell, the inner housing having at least one terminal receiving passageway which , when in place in the outer housing, is aligned with the opening in the outer housing, the passageway extending from a rear face of the inner housing to a font mating face of the inner housing, the passageway having a terminal latching surface therein, the portion of the passageway which is adjacent of the rear face of the inner housing including an open axial slot which is profiled to receive the alignment member of the outer shell therein, the slot having at an inner end thereof a lip which overlaps the rearwardly facing latch surface to fixedly latch the inner housing to the outer housing; an electrical terminal positioned in said terminal receiving passageway and in position against said terminal latching surface; and a sealing grommet positioned in said enlarged bore, said grommet having an aperture therethrough, whereby said sealing grommet can be slidable received over the wire, and the sire and an electrical terminal can be positioned in said inner housing, while said grommet is positioned in said enlarged bore to seal the terminal receiving passageway.