Patent ID: 8337244
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A waterproof connector, comprising: a connector housing with opposite front and rear ends and formed with a plurality of terminal accommodating chambers extending from the front end to the rear end, the terminal accommodating chambers being arranged in a plurality of rows one above another and a plurality of columns, each of the terminal accommodating chambers being configured for receiving a terminal fitting from the rear end of the connector housing so that the rear end of the connector housing defines a terminal insertion surface side of the connector housing; and a rubber sheet for sealing arranged on the terminal insertion surface side of the connector housing and formed with a plurality of wire insertion holes corresponding to the terminal accommodating chambers, the wire insertion holes being so dimensioned as to be held in close contact with the outer circumferential surfaces of wires to be inserted therethrough, wherein the rubber sheet includes a rubber sheet main body having a front surface arranged on the terminal insertion surface side of the connector housing and a rear surface opposite the front surface, the rubber sheet main body being formed with the wire insertion holes at positions corresponding to the respective terminal accommodating chambers in the plurality of rows and the plurality columns and the rear surface of the rubber sheet main body being fitted with at least one resilient member having a larger modulus of elasticity than the rubber sheet main body in at least one part between the adjacent rows of the wire insertion holes of the rubber sheet main body or/and between the adjacent columns of the wire insertion holes.