Waterproof low temperature geophysical connector

Claim 1

A waterproof, low temperature geophysical connector comprising, an outer, hard rigid plastic housing, a first connection member releasably secured to the housing, and a second connection member releasably secured to the housing, first and second coaching electrical contacts, one of which is male and the other of which is female, positioned in the first connection member and the second connection member, respectively, each of said contacts having first and second ends, said second ends of the contacts electrically connected to an electrical cable, respectively, said first connection member including a hard, rigid waterproof molded plastic seal encapsulating the second ends of the first contacts and the electrical connection to the electrical cable, said first connector member including a low durometer relative soft plastic body having first and second ends, said body bonded to and enclosing the plastic seal and the second ends of the contacts, and said first end of the body including a plurality of sealing cavities, said first ends of the first contacts bonded to the plastic body and positioned in one of the cavities, said second connection member including, a hard, rigid plastic insert connected to and supporting the second electrical contacts, said insert including a cavity at one end into which one end of the second contacts extend and into which the first end of the plastic body of the first connection member is engageable, said second connection member including a relative soft plastic body bonded to the insert and to the electrical cable connected to the second contacts.