Patent ID: 7419395

Claim:
A waterproof female connector which is to be connected with a male connector, the male connector being provided with a plurality of male terminals each having a front end portion as an electric connection portion, the male terminal projecting forward and held by a male housing, the male housing being formed with projections each projecting from a front surface of the male housing for a corresponding male terminal to cover a rear part of an electric connection portion, the waterproof female connector comprising: a plurality of female terminals into which the electric connection portions of the male terminals can fit respectively; a female housing including: terminal accommodating chambers for accommodating the female terminals respectively; terminal locking portions for locking the female terminals in the terminal accommodating chambers respectively; and male terminal insertion holes into which the male terminals to fit into the female terminals can be inserted respectively, the male terminal insertion holes being formed in front of the female terminals; a waterproof seal member made of an elastic material having a shape coming in close contact with a front surface of the female housing; and a seal member holder for holding the waterproof seal member, the seal member being operable to be attached to the female housing in the state the waterproof seal member comes in close contact with the front surface of the female housing, wherein the waterproof seal member is formed with through holes corresponding to the respective male terminal insertion holes of the female housing and has a shape which allows an inner surface of the through hole to come in close contact with an outer surface of the projection of the male housing to prevent immersion of water into the male terminal insertion hole; and the seal member holder has double-locking portions which are to be inserted into the female housing from a front side thereof when the seal member holder is attached to the female housing, the double-locking portions pursue double locking of the female terminals to the female housing in the state where the seal member holder is completely attached to the female housing.