Patent ID: 7749003

Claim:
An electrical connector, having: a receptacle connector; and a plug connector that is detachably fitted in the receptacle connector; wherein the receptacle connector comprises: an opening into which the plug connector can be inserted, wiper members that are provided so as to be movable back and forth in a substantially orthogonal direction to an insertion direction of the plug connector inside the opening, and which contact with an outer circumferential surface of the plug connector when inserting the plug connector and which wipe off a fluid therefrom, elastic members that are engaged with a proximal side of the wiper members and urge the wiper members towards the outer circumferential surface of the plug connector; and a lid member that opens and closes the opening in response to insertion of the plug connector, and taking the wiper members as first wipers, comprises, as a second wiper in the lid member, a wiping portion that wipes off a fluid on the plug connector before the plug connector contacts against the first wipers.