Patent ID: 8622674

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a first housing having a support formed with an insertion hole penetrating from a front surface to a rear surface of the first housing; a metal bolt having a shaft and an externally threaded portion formed coaxially on a front portion of the shaft and a rear end of the externally threaded portion defining a first metal stopper, the metal bolt rotatably penetrating through the insertion hole; a seal mounted between a rear end surface of the support and a head of the bolt; a second housing to be connected to the first housing with the front surface of the first housing facing a front surface of the second housing; and a metal nut having an internally threaded portion retained in the second housing, a front end of the internally threaded portion defining a second metal stopper, the internally threaded portion of the metal nut and the externally threaded portion of the bolt threadably engaged with each other to connect the first and second housings, wherein the first metal stopper contacts the second metal stopper to prevent a threaded movement of the bolt beyond a specified position when the first and second housings reach a properly connected state.