Patent ID: 7070463

Claim:
A waterproof relay connector comprising: a connector housing; a lead wire insertion hole that is formed through the connector housing; a lead wire retaining portion that retains a lead wire and is inserted in the lead wire insertion hole; an elastic portion that has a through hole through which the lead wire passes and is inserted in the lead wire insertion hole; and a terminal connected to the lead wire, wherein the lead wire is passed through the through hole of the elastic portion, and is connected to the terminal, so that a seal is formed between an inner peripheral surface of the through hole of the elastic portion and the lead wire, wherein the lead wire retaining portion includes a retaining spring member that has resilient claws therein, which are resiliently deformed in a lead wire inserting direction and bite into a covering portion of the lead wire, and a push-in member that pushes the resilient claws in the lead wire inserting direction, so that retaining the lead wire is canceled.