Patent ID: 8283579

Claim:
A water-proof connector assembly ( 1 ) comprising a tube ( 2 ), a water-blocking sleeve ( 3 ), a pressing element ( 4 ) and a fastening element ( 5 ), each of which is of a cannular shape, the water-proof connector assembly being characterized in: the tube ( 2 ) having a first cannular section ( 21 ), a second cannular section ( 22 ), a third cannular section ( 23 ) and a terminal ( 26 ), the first cannular section ( 21 ) and the second cannular section ( 22 ) defining a first abutting portion ( 24 ) therebetween, and the tube ( 2 ) having an outer wall formed with an externally threaded portion ( 25 ); the water-blocking sleeve ( 3 ) being inserted into the tube ( 2 ) and having a flange ( 31 ) and a sleeve portion ( 32 ), the flange ( 31 ) abutting against the first abutting portion ( 24 ) and the second cannular section ( 22 ) of the tube ( 2 ), and the flange ( 31 ) having an outer diameter greater than an outer diameter of the sleeve portion ( 32 ); the pressing element ( 4 ) being mounted around the sleeve portion ( 32 ) of the water-blocking sleeve ( 3 ), and having successively a first segment ( 41 ), a second segment ( 42 ) and a third segment ( 43 ), the first segment ( 41 ) abutting against the flange ( 31 ) of the water-blocking sleeve ( 3 ) and the third cannular section ( 23 ) of the tube ( 2 ), the second segment ( 42 ) abutting against the terminal ( 26 ) of the tube ( 2 ), the second segment ( 42 ) has an outer diameter greater than an outer diameter of the first segment ( 41 ) and an outer diameter of the third segment ( 43 ), the third segment ( 43 ) having a plurality of axial slits ( 431 ) and a plurality of elastic wings ( 432 ), each said elastic wing ( 432 ) having a first raised portion ( 45 ) and a second raised portion ( 46 ), and an outer diameter defined by the first raised portions ( 45 ) is greater than an outer diameter defined by the second raised portions ( 46 ); the fastening element ( 5 ) has an inner wall formed successively with an internally threaded portion ( 51 ), a third raised portion ( 52 ) and a fourth raised portion ( 53 ), the internally threaded portion ( 51 ) screwingly coupling the externally threaded portion ( 25 ) of the tube ( 2 ), the third raised portion ( 52 ) abutting against the first raised portions ( 45 ) of the pressing element ( 4 ), the fourth raised portion ( 53 ) abutting against the second raised portions ( 46 ) of the pressing element ( 4 ), an inner diameter of the third raised portion ( 52 ) being smaller than the outer diameter defined by the first raised portions ( 45 ), and an inner diameter of the fourth raised portion ( 53 ) being smaller than the outer diameter defined by the second raised portions ( 46 ).