Patent ID: 6692301
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A waterproof connector comprising:male terminal fittings, each said male terminal fitting having a tab projecting forward from a body that is thicker than said tab; a connector housing having a plurality of cavities capable of accommodating said male terminal fittings respectively; a collective-type rubber plug disposed on a rear surface of said connector housing and configured for closely contacting a periphery of each of said male terminal fittings, and having a plurality of electric wire insertion holes corresponding respectively to said cavities; and a holder through which a plurality of terminal insertion holes corresponding to said electric wire insertion holes respectively are formed and which is held in said connector housing at a temporary locking position disposed rearward from a rear surface of said rubber plug and a main locking position disposed forward from said temporary locking position, wherein said male terminal fittings are inserted into said cavities through said terminal insertion holes and said electric wire insertion holes, with said holder held at said temporary locking position; and in a process of inserting said male terminal fittings into said cavities, a posture of each of said male terminal fittings is corrected by fitting said body part thereof in each of said terminal insertion holes; and after said male terminal fittings are inserted into said cavities respectively, said holder is moved from said temporary locking position to said main locking position, said connector housing being provided with a plug hold-down member separate from said holder and capable of preventing said rubber plug from freely moving rearward when said holder is at said temporary locking position.