Patent ID: 7448908

Claim:
A waterproof connector, comprising: a frame including a plurality of accommodating rooms; plurality of sub-connectors to be accommodated in the accommodating rooms, respectively; and a plurality of gaskets for sealing gaps between the sub-connectors and the accommodating rooms; wherein each of the sub-connectors is configured to house at least one terminal; wherein the gaskets are fixed to inner walls of the accommodating rooms, and sealing surfaces are provided on outer circumferences of the sub-connectors to obtain sealability by pressing the sealing surfaces against inner circumferences of the gaskets; wherein protection walls are provided in the sub-connectors for protecting the gaskets by sealing inlets of the accommodating rooms when the sub-connectors are accommodated into the accommodating rooms; and wherein locking portions are provided in the frame and the sub-connectors for locking the frame and the sub-connectors to each other when the sub-connectors are accommodated into the accommodating rooms, and at least one of the locking portions is provided on the side of the frame such that it projects further than an end portion of the frame, and can be bent in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the sub-connectors are inserted into the frame.