Patent ID: 8231408
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector comprising: a contact that is connected to a cable; a housing that has a through hole for accommodating said contact that is connected to the cable; an elastic sealing member that has a hollow cylindrical shape, said elastic sealing member being fitted on an outer peripheral surface of the cable and being accommodated in a rear portion of the through hole; and an urging member that has a hollow cylindrical shape and is fitted on an outer peripheral surface of said housing, said urging member urging said elastic sealing member in an axial direction when said urging member is fitted on the outer peripheral surface of said housing, and said urging member including an urging portion for urging a rear end of said elastic sealing member against the outer peripheral surface of the cable; wherein the urging portion comprises a tapered surface for urging an outer corner of the elastic sealing member, the outer corner being formed by contact between an outer peripheral surface of the rear end of the elastic sealing member and a rear end surface of the rear end of the elastic sealing member, wherein when the urging portion urges the outer corner of the elastic sealing member, an inner corner of the elastic sealing member, which is formed by contact between an inner peripheral surface of the rear end of the elastic sealing member and the rear end surface of the rear end of the elastic sealing member, is urged against and bites into the outer peripheral surface of the cable.