Patent ID: 8568168
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: B29C,H01R

Abstract:
1. A waterproof connector, comprising: a housing having cavities for accommodating terminal fittings and an open stopper accommodation part at a rear end of the housing, the cavities being of different sizes for accommodating differently dimensioned terminal fittings respectively, the cavities be at dot-symmetrical positions when the stopper accommodation part is viewed from a rear thereof; a rubber stopper accommodated in the stopper accommodation part and having wire insertion holes communicating respectively with the cavities, at least one positioning part being formed on the rubber stopper, the positioning part being inwardly concavely over a whole thickness range of the rubber stopper at dot-symmetrical positions of a peripheral portion of the rubber stopper; and a holder mounted on the housing for preventing the rubber stopper from being removed from the stopper accommodation part; and at least one positioning receiving part formed on an inner surface of a peripheral wall of the stopper accommodation part or an inner surface of a peripheral wall of the holder at a at dot-symmetrical positions corresponding to positions of said positioning part to mate with the positioning part when the rubber stopper is in a correct posture relative to the stopper accommodation part or the holder so that the rubber stopper can be accommodated in the stopper accommodation part or the holder, and the positioning part interfering with the positioning receiving part when the rubber stopper is in an incorrect posture relative to the stopper accommodation part or the holder so that the rubber stopper cannot be accommodated in the stopper accommodation part or on the holder.