Patent ID: 7867002

Claim:
A wire connector adapted for connecting a plurality of wires, said wire connector comprising: a hollow first connecting member adapted to hold at least one of the wires, surrounding an axis, and including a first connecting segment that has an outer surrounding surface, and an abutment portion formed at one end of said first connecting segment and having a shoulder that protrudes outwardly from said outer surrounding surface, and a first extending segment that is connected to said end of said first connecting segment and that extends in an axial direction away from said end of said first connecting segment; a resilient waterproof ring sleeved on said abutment portion of said first connecting segment; a hollow second connecting member adapted to hold at least another one of the wires to be connected separably to the at least one of the wires held by said first connecting member, surrounding the axis, and including a second connecting segment that is sleeved releasably on said first connecting segment of said first connecting member, a receiving segment that extends in the axial direction from one end of said second connecting segment toward said abutment portion of said first connecting segment of said first connecting member, that surrounds said waterproof ring, and that has an inner surface for watertight contact with said waterproof ring, and a second extending segment that extends in the axial direction from the other end of said second connecting segment away from said receiving segment; and a locking unit including a pair of engaging components that are disposed on opposite lateral sides of one of said first and second connecting members, and a pair of hook components that are disposed on opposite lateral sides of the other one of said first and second connecting members, and that engage respectively and detachably said engaging components for pulling said receiving segment toward said shoulder to cooperate with said shoulder to clamp tightly said waterproof ring therebetween, thereby securing firmly said second connecting member to said first connecting member.