US Patent 7165987 Industrial connector assembly

A robust sealable electrical connector has a plug assembly to electrically couple wires of a cable typically within a room or other area that may have an adverse environment to wires behind a wall through a jack assembly typically mounted on the wall. When the plug assembly and jack assembly are engaged they provide a doubly sealed condition such that associated electrically conductive elements within the connector are protected from hostile environmental. The connector provides a sealed condition even when the plug assembly is partially disengaged from the connector housing or when an outward force is imparted to the plug assembly such as from vibrations or when a passerby becomes entangled with a cable extending from the plug assembly.