Electrical plug and socket connection

Claim 1

Pressure-tight, strain relieved plug-and-socket connection, releasably and pressure and liquid tightly connecting an electrical cable (33, 50) to electrical conductors (55) located internally within a housing (1; 45; 57, 59) capable of retaining fluid under pressure, having a plug part (3, 49, 53); a socket part (16) connectable with the plug part; an electrical cable (33, 50) having cable elements (32) located therein secured in one of said parts, said other part being fitted in an opening (2) formed in the housing; terminal prong elements (11) and terminal reception elements (29) secured in respective ones of the parts, and comprising a projecting sleeve portion (8) of insulating material formed on said other part extending through the opening (2), and sealingly retaining one of said terminal elements and forming therewith a unitary plug part, sealing means (4, 53, 56) sealing said unitary plug part in the opening in the wall of the housing; and means for sealingly connecting the socket part and the plug part including a carrier sleeve (17) having an outer guide surface (19) formed thereon, one end of the carrier sleeve being formed with an opening for passage of the cable (33, 50) therethrough, and another end fitting against an end face of the projecting sleeve portion (8); an inner contact receiving bushing (18) of insulating material formed with chambers (28) facing the plug part, the other terminal elements matching said one terminal element being received in the chambers of the receiving bushing, said carrier sleeve (17) being formed with an opening dimensioned to receive the contact receiving bushing 18; inter-engaging projection-and-recess means (26, 20) being formed on the contact receiving bushing (18) and the carrier sleeve, respectively, to lock the contact receiving bushing within the carrier sleeve; a sealing ring (25) surrounding the contact receiving bushing (18) and located between the other end face of the carrier sleeve (17) and the end face of the projecting sleeve portion (8); an end plate (34) located against and supported on the end face of the contact receiving bushing (18) opposite the chambers, and formed with openings to permit passage of the cable elements (32) of the cable (33, 50) to respective ones of the other terminal elements (29); a sealing disk (37) formed with sealing openings for the cable elements, located against said end plate and sealing the passage of the cable elements (32) with respect to the end plates; a clamping sleeve (39) located within the carrier sleeve (17) and having an outer end portion bearing against the inside of the carrier sleeve and an inner end portion bearing against said sealing disk; strain relieving corrugations (40) formed on said clamping sleeve and engaging the cable in the region of the passage of the cable out of the carrier sleeve and adjacent the opening at said one end for passage of the cable therethrough; and a union nut (42) engaging the outer surface of the carrier sleeve (17) and the projecting sleeve portion (8) of the other part for coaxially clamping the carrier sleeve (17) against the projecting sleeve portion (8) of the other part and thereby clamping together the clamping sleeve (39), the sealing disk (37), the end plate (34), the sealing ring (25), and the contact-receiving bushing (18) into a liquid-tight unit, said union nut (42) having an inner surface extending over and being guided by a longitudinal portion of the outer guide surface (19) of the carrier sleeve (17).