Patent ID: 9570839
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A waterproof connector, comprising: a housing including a main body fittable into a receptacle of a mating housing; and a seal including an annular portion to be fit externally on the main body from a front of the main body and being resiliently sandwiched in a radial direction perpendicular to a front-back direction between the main body and the receptacle when the two housings are connected and two circumferentially spaced projections projecting back from opposite positions on the annular portion, a rear end of each of the projections remote from the annular portion defining a radially protruding part that protrudes radially out, the radially protruding parts having forwardly facing surfaces that resiliently contacts the tip of the receptacle in the front-back direction when the two housings are connected; wherein the housing includes a deformation guide curved out and configured to deform the projections of the seal radially out such that a radially outward protruding amount of the projection gradually increases by sliding on the deformation guide while rearwardly moving the annular portion externally on the main body toward a proper mounted position.