Patent ID: 9685731
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A watertight connector, comprising: a housing into which terminal fittings are to be inserted; a one-piece rubber plug arranged on a rear end part of the housing, including seal holes through which wires connected to the terminal fittings are to be inserted in a liquid-tight manner and including a lip on an outer periphery; a rear holder arranged behind the one-piece rubber plug and configured to sandwich the one-piece rubber plug between the housing and the rear holder by being locked to the housing; and a receptacle to be fit externally to a front of the housing and having an opening end part to be held in close contact with the lip of the one-piece rubber plug, wherein: the receptacle includes short side walls facing each other and extending in a first direction and long side walls facing each other and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction; the rear holder includes short surfaces arranged at inner sides of opening end parts of the short side walls and long surfaces arranged at inner sides of opening end parts of the long side walls; and holder-side escaping portions retracted more backward than front ends of the long surfaces are provided on front ends of the short surfaces of the rear holder.