Waterproof connector

Abstract

A waterproof connector having a housing including terminal accommodation chambers for accommodating metal terminals connected to ends of electric wires, a waterproof cap disposed at the rear end of the housing, through which the electric wires are drawn, and having electric-wire insertion openings through which the drawn electric wires are inserted in such a manner that the electric wires are in close contact with one another, and a waterproof-cap holder for holding the waterproof cap together with the housing to mount the waterproof cap on the rear end thereof and having electric-wire drawing openings through which the electric wires inserted through the electric-wire insertion openings are drawn, wherein the waterproof-cap holder has a water-discharge-space forming member for forming a space for discharging, to the outside of the waterproof connector, water introduced into a space between the waterproof-cap holder and the waterproof cap through the electric-wire drawing openings, the space being formed between the waterproof-cap holder and the waterproof cap by the water-discharge-space forming means.

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