Adapter to receive a male connector part

An adapter assembly (1) comprises an elongated adapter body (3) including a tubular second end portion having an outer cylindrical surface adjacent its free extremity being externally threaded to define first screw threads, a tubular cable sleeve (9) including a first end portion extending in a housing outer cylindrical surface to define an annular space, and an annular adapter sleeve sealing the other end of the annular space. An adapter assembly comprises an elongated adapter body containing a longitudinal cable-receiving through passage, the adapter body including a rectangular first end portion having a rectangular cross-sectional configuration defining a chamber (30) for receiving a plug (2a) connected with the cable, and a tubular second end portion having inner and outer cylindrical surfaces, a portion of the outer cylindrical surface adjacent its free extremity being externally threaded to define first screw threads; a tubular cable sleeve including first end, intermediate and second end portions, the first end portion extending in concentrically spaced relation about the housing outer cylindrical surface, to define an annular space, the intermediate portion being internally threaded to define second screw threads connected with the first screw threads, to close one end of the annular space, the second end portion extending beyond the free extremity of the adapter body second end portion; and annular adapter sleeve sealing the other end of the annular space.