Liquid-tight connector

摘要

A liquid-tight connector includes a threaded body, a finger/gland assembly within an annular pocket within the body, and a compression nut that engages a first threaded portion of the body. The finger/gland assembly includes a plurality of fingers attached to a sealing gland in an annular, collet-type fashion. The sealing gland and the fingers may be integral with one another. The sealing gland and the fingers may be co-molded with one another. Tightening the compression nut on the threaded body causes the compression nut to engage the fingers of the finger/gland assembly and bias the fingers toward each other. Such biasing causes the fingers to move inward and compress the sealing gland so that it forms a liquid-tight seal around the entire circumference of a cable within the body of the connector.

主权项

1. An assembly for providing a water-tight seal around an elongated object, said assembly comprising:
a sealing gland having a pair of ends opposite each other, an internal opening extending from one of said pair of ends to the other of said pair of ends, a bevel formed at said one end of said sealing gland, a base portion formed at said other end of said sealing gland, an outer circumferential wall extending from said base portion to said one end of said sealing gland, and an annular flange surrounding said outer circumferential wall and extending from said base portion toward said one end of said sealing gland such that said annular flange, said outer circumferential wall and said base portion define a trough, said annular flange having a distal end that is distal from said base portion; and a plurality of resilient, elongated fingers extending from said trough toward said one end of said sealing gland, each finger having a first end and a second end opposite said first end, each of said second ends being seated in said trough such that each of said second ends of said fingers engage said outer circumferential wall, said annular flange, and said base portion, wherein said second ends of said fingers are restrained by said outer circumferential wall, said annular flange, and said base portion.