Patent ID: 6494740
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A waterproof connector comprising:a plurality of terminals, each terminal being connected to an electric wire; a housing having a chamber for accommodating the terminal and an opening for passing the electric wires; a flexible sealing body in the opening of the housing having an insertion hole through which the terminals pass through into the chamber, the flexible sealing body being radially compressed about the electric wires; and means for deforming the flexible sealing body from an initial configuration thereof, where the insertion hole is larger in section than the plurality terminals, to the sealing configuration, where the flexible sealing body is maintained under radial compression, the insertion hole being compressed about the electric wires arranged in the insertion hole of the flexible sealing body, wherein the means for deforming the flexible sealing body acts toward a region of the flexible sealing body close to each electric wire and deforms the flexible sealing body into the sealing configuration, the region of the flexible sealing body close to each electric wire including portions of the flexible sealing body that are symmetrically disposed around a circumference of a cross-section of each electric wire and perpendicular to a direction in which the each electric wire extends.