US 12,316,046 B2
Electrical connector with tethered sealing caps
Andrew John Schneck, Cincinnati, OH (US); Chad Wesley Chesser, Red Level, AL (US); and Kyle Howard Tyler, Eastford, CT (US)
Assigned to Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US)
Filed by Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/894,405.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/390,225, filed on Jul. 18, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/237,305, filed on Aug. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0061690 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/533 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01); H01R 13/523 (2006.01); H01R 43/24 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/533 (2013.01) [H01R 13/5213 (2013.01); H01R 13/523 (2013.01); H01R 43/24 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cable connector comprising:
a connector body having a first side and a second side, the first side including a plurality of cable cavities and the second side including a plurality of fastener receiving apertures, where one cable cavity is in communication with one fastener receiving aperture;
an encapsulation member covering the connector body, the encapsulation member including:
a plurality of cable ports, each of the plurality of cable ports having a hollow center portion, each of the plurality of cable ports extend from the first side of the connector body such that the hollow center portion of the cable port is in communication with one of the plurality of cable cavities;
a plurality of fastener ports, each of the plurality of fastener ports having a hollow center portion defining an interior surface of the fastener port, each of the plurality of fastener ports extend from the second side of the connector body such that the hollow center portion of the fastener port is in communication with one of the plurality of fastener receiving apertures; and
a plurality of cap assemblies, each of the plurality of cap assemblies having a tether with a seal member at a first end of the tether and a second end of the tether formed into the encapsulation member such that the second end of the tether is part of the encapsulation member, wherein the seal member of each of the plurality of cap assemblies is configured to be inserted into the hollow center portion of one of the plurality of fastener ports.