Patent ID: 6494731
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A waterproof connecter comprising:a connector housing including a terminal chamber for accommodating a terminal to which an electric wire is connected; a rear holder attached to a rare end portion of the connector housing; a waterproof rubber plug having through hole through which the electric wire is inserted, one end of which is configured as a cylindrical sealing portion, the other end of which is configured as a proximal end portion integrally provided with a rear end wall of the rear holder; and a plug chamber formed in the rear end portion of the connector housing so as to communicate with the terminal chamber for accommodating the rubber plug therein when the rear holder is attached with the connector housing, wherein the dimension of the plug chamber is determined such that a distal end of the sealing portion of the rubber plug is compressed in the attaching direction by an inner wall of the plug chamber when the rear hole is attached with the connector housing.