Patent ID: 6595800
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A waterproof electrical connector comprising:a housing with a cavity therein adapted to receive an electrical terminal, and an opening of said housing that communicates into said cavity; and a sealing member including a sealing member body that is inserted in a sealed manner into said opening of said housing, and that has at least one through hole passing therethrough into said cavity, and including at least one seal cover respectively allocated to said at least one through hole; wherein: each said through hole is adapted to receive therein in a sealed manner an electric wire connected to the electrical terminal; each respective said seal cover includes a seal cover central portion and a seal cover circumferential portion that entirely circumferentially surrounds said central portion and that integrally connects said central portion to a circumferential rim of a respective said through hole at an end of said respective through hole at a surface of said sealing member body, so that said circumferential portion and said central portion together form said respective seal cover as a continuous closed cover that is integral with said sealing member body and that closes said respective through hole in an initial first condition of said waterproof electrical connector; said circumferential portion of each said respective seal cover has a thickness that can be broken by applying a human force to said respective seal cover; and said central portion of each said respective seal cover protrudes from said surface of said sealing member body away from said sealing member body.