Patent ID: 9531113
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A flat cable waterproofing connector, comprising: a flat cable having an insulating covering part where a conductor wire is covered with an insulating film, the flat cable having a pair of side end parts that are opposed to each other in a lateral direction of the insulating covering part, and the flat cable having a pair of cutouts which are formed in both side end parts opposed to each other in a lateral direction of the insulating covering part and openings which are formed in the insulating covering part at such positions as to be longitudinally spaced forward of the cutouts in a connecting direction, a terminal bonded to the conductor wire, and a connector housing which is engaged with a mating connector so that the terminal is connected with a terminal of the mating connector, wherein the flat cable includes a first width at a location longitudinally spaced forward of the cutouts in a connecting direction, a second width at a location longitudinally spaced rearward of the cutouts, and a third width at a location that includes the pair of cutouts, where the first and second widths are each greater than the third width, the flat cable waterproofing connector includes a resin mold part which is integrally molded on an end part in a longitudinal direction of the flat cable so as to cover a bonding part between the conductor wire and the terminal, and the resin mold part has a waterproofing mold part for covering the bonding part, and a holding mold part for covering the flat cable at a deeper side in the longitudinal direction of the flat cable than the waterproofing mold part, wherein the holding mold part is formed so as to cover the openings and respective one edges of the cutouts in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the flat cable.