Patent ID: 7033216

Claim:
A watertight connector, comprising: a housing with opposite front and rear ends and a plurality of cavities extending between the ends; at least one resilient plug mounted in the housing rearward of the cavities, the resilient plug having at least one wire insertion hole substantially corresponding to at least one of the cavities; terminal fittings having opposite front and rear ends, each said terminal fitting being secured to an end of a wire, the wire defining an outside diameter, each said terminal fitting further having a main portion forward of the respective wire, the main portion of at least a first of said terminal fittings defining an outer shape that is larger than the outer diameter of the respective wire, the main portion of each said terminal fitting being in a corresponding cavity so that a portion of the respective wire passes through the corresponding wire insertion hole; at least one sealing plug mounted on the wire behind the main portion of the first terminal fitting and disposed in the corresponding wire insertion hole, the sealing plug having an outer circumferential surface held resiliently in close contact with an inner circumferential surface of the wire insertion hole; and a plug holder mounted rearward of and against the resilient plug for holding the resilient plug substantially in the rear end of the housing.