Overview
A sealed connector housing is the molded shell that carries a wire harness plug and holds its terminals in line with the socket. It is one part: a rectangular body with two cavities, a latch arm, a side lever and a round rear for the wire seal.
The cavities sit behind a divider rib, so each terminal lands at the same depth and the two stay apart. The latch rides over the mating plug and drops its tab behind the shoulder, so the joint holds until the tab is pressed. The side lever has to move before the latch will lift, which keeps a sealed connector housing closed on a joint that sees vibration.
Key Features & Benefits
- Two cavities with a divider rib: each terminal lands at the same depth
- Latch arm: drops its tab behind the shoulder
- Side lever: a second lock before the latch lifts
- Round rear: seats the wire seal and squares the bundle
Cavity depth and wall come off the model, so a sealed connector housing from one tool takes the same terminal on every shot.
Customization Options
- Cavity count and layout
- Cavity size for your terminal series
- Latch: arm length, tab height and release direction
- Side lever: position and travel
- Rear: seal seat diameter and boot type
- Mounting: clip rail or flange
- Material: nylon, glass filled nylon or PBT
- Color: black, gray or a matched shade
A second cavity layout can run on the same tool on a different insert, so one sealed connector housing body serves a two wire and a four wire harness. A keying rib inside the mouth keeps the shell to its own plug.
Quality & Delivery
Tooling for a sealed connector housing is cut in our own mold shop, and the first article is gauged against your 3D file, cavity depth and latch height included, before the run is released.
Mold faces are polished to the sheen your 3D file calls for, the gate is trimmed flush, and the latch arm comes off the tool free, so every sealed connector housing clicks shut without a burr holding the tab. Lead time is quoted with the unit price and held to the date, and each batch is gauged before packing.
We mold every sealed connector housing to your 3D file, so the cavities, the latch and the seal seat follow the model. Send the 3D file for a quotation with the tool cost and the unit price.
Related Capabilities
A shell that holds terminals sits beside this sealed connector housing. Our black three pin connector housing carries its cavities in a plain body, and the split connector shell closes in two halves around the terminals.
Where the wire leaves the shell, the connector body with a cable slot turns the bundle, and the automotive connector housing shows the same latch logic on a wider body.
Molding runs in house on our mold making floor, with injection molding for the shell. Our automotive plastic parts page groups vehicle work, our capabilities page lists the cells and our works page shows past jobs.
