Patent ID: 7252547
Filing Date: 2007-08-07
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector, comprising: a housing having opposite front and rear ends, terminal accommodating chambers extending through the housing for accommodating terminal fittings along an insertion direction, an accommodation space provided at the rear end of the housing; a seal selectively positionable in the accommodation space and being held in close contact with a peripheral sealing surface of the accommodation space; a first rear member formed separately from the housing and selectively mounted on the rear end of the housing, the rear member having insertion openings for receiving the terminal fittings along the insertion direction of the terminal fittings into the terminal accommodating chambers; a second rear member selectively mountable to the housing when no seal is accommodated in the accommodation space, the second rear member including a base to be fit into the accommodation space and formed with insertion paths extending from insertion openings formed in the rear surface of the base to the corresponding terminal accommodating chambers; and a lever assembled with one of the first and second rear members and having at least one cam groove configured for receiving at least one cam pin formed on the mating housing and guiding the cam pin along the cam groove as the lever is rotated about at least one pivot shaft for connecting the housing with a mating housing through a cam action.