Patent ID: 8465313

Claim:
A connector comprising: a housing configured for connection to a mating housing along a connection direction and formed with a housing main body, an outer tube at least partly surrounding the housing main body while being spaced apart from the housing main body by a specified distance, and a coupling that couples the housing main body and the outer tube, at least one catch projecting from the outer tube toward the housing main body; and a seal mounted in the housing between the housing main body and the outer tube and being configured for being sandwiched between the housing and the mating housing and closely contacting the housing and the mating housing in a connected state of the housing and the mating housing, a surfaces defined at one end of the seal and at opposite sides of the catch in directions transverse to the connecting direction, the pressing surfaces being pressed to push the seal to a mount position when mounting the seal into the housing and at least one projection projecting substantially in the projecting direction of the catch from a part of the seal substantially adjacent to and between the pressing surfaces, the projection of the seal moving resiliently beyond the catch and being engaged with the catch at the mount position.