Patent ID: 6174201
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A waterproof connector comprising:a plurality of inner units, each inner unit having a terminal chamber for accommodating a terminal to which an electric wire is connected, which are to be detachably combined with each other to constitute an inner housing;a plurality of waterproof rubber plugs, each plug having a through hole through which the electric wire is inserted;a spacer having side walls for defining a chamber provided with a bottom wall, into which the inner units are fitted;a plurality of through holes, through which the respective electric wires are inserted, formed on the bottom wall of the spacer so as to face the associated terminal chambers of the respective inner units when the inner housing is fitted into the chamber of the spacer;an outer housing having sidewalls for defining a chamber provided with a bottom wall, into which the spacer is fitted;a plurality of through holes, through which the respective electric wires are inserted, formed on the bottom wall of the outer housing so as to face the associated through holes of the spacer when the spacer is fitted into the chamber of the outer housing;a plurality of recesses formed on the bottom wall of the outer housing so as to communicate with the respective through holes of the outer housing in order to accommodate the rubber plugs when the spacer is completely fitted into the chamber of the outer housing, thereby sealing the electric wires and the terminal chambers, entrance peripheries of the respective recesses being tapered;a plurality of rubber plug holders formed on the bottom wall of the spacer so as to communicate with the through holes of the spacer in order to hold the rubber plugs together with the respective tapered peripheries of the recesses therebetween before the rubber plugs are accommodated in the respective recesses.