Patent ID: 6527574
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A waterproof connector comprising a housing, a terminal connected to an end of an electric wire and accommodated in the housing, and a soft sealing material accommodated in the housing and in tight contact with an outer circumference of the electric wire and an inner wall of the housing, for sealing an inside of the housing, wherein:the housing comprises a housing body, and a terminal housing assembled to the housing body and provided with a terminal accommodation portion for accommodating the terminal; an open end of the terminal housing accomodation chamber configured to receive the terminal housing abuts the contact part of the terminal in the contact part accomodation chamber of the terminal housing, and acts as a stopper for preventing the terminal from slipping out of the terminal accomodation portion; the housing body has a sealing material accommodation chamber for accommodating the soft sealing material, an insertion hole provided in the inner wall and configured to pass the electric wire through the inner wall with which the soft sealing material accommodated in the sealing material accommodation chamber is tight contact, and a terminal housing accommodation chamber communicating with the sealing material accommodation chamber, the terminal housing being fitted in the terminal housing accommodation chamber and compressing the soft sealing material against the inner wall and around the outer circumference of the electric wire; and the terminal is connected to an end of the electric wire inserted through the insertion hole of the soft sealing material.