Patent ID: 7503791

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a housing with an opening defining an interior of the housing; at least one terminal fitting accommodated in the housing; a wire connected with the terminal fitting; at least one seal mounted on the wire and fit into the opening in the housing for sealing the interior of the housing; and a holder having a cap shape with a back wall and a surrounding wall projecting forward from the back wall, the holder being mountable on a mounting portion of the housing from a mounting side, the back wall being formed with at least one wire insertion hole for receiving the wire drawn out from the housing, the back wall of the holder further having an inner fitting to be fit into the mounting portion while holding the mounting portion in a thickness direction together with the surrounding wall; at least one leading-end widened rib extending in substantially forward and backward directions on one of an inner circumferential surface of the surrounding wall and an outer circumferential surface of the mounting portion, the leading-end widened rib having a leading end wider than a base end; and at least one recess on the other of the inner circumferential surface of the surrounding wall and the outer circumferential surface of the mounting portion at a position substantially corresponding to the leading-end widened rib, the recess having a shape corresponding to the leading-end widened rib for dovetail engagement therewith, one of the leading-end widened rib and the recess extending substantially up to the back wall of the holder.