| 摘要 |
<p>An electric cord connection housing unit (10) for secure encapsulation of a coupled plug pair (21, 22), each plug connecting to a respective electric cord (20, 20), the housing unit (10) comprising a first and second housing portions (11, 12) and having a latching means for securing the housing portions to one another when the housing portions are disposed in a closed configuration, the housing portions having respective complementary mating edges, the edge of at least one of said housing portions has at least two recesses adapted to provide, when the housing portions are disposed in said closed configuration, at least two ports to receive respective ones of said electric cords, wherein a first housing portion is provided with a continuous elongated first seal element (17) extending around the mating edge of the first housing portion and the second housing portion is provided with a second seal element in at least the region of said recesses, the first and second seal elements being disposed such that, when in use in the closed configuration around a coupled plug pair (21, 22), said seal elements (17) serve to substantially seal the mating edges against one another and the ports against the electric cords, and wherein at least one of said housing portions is lined with a compressible foam layer (16) to envelope and secure the coupled plug pair (21, 22) when the unit is in said closed configuration.</p> |
