Waterproof connector and method of assembling the same

Abstract

A waterproof rubber plug has a through hole through which an electric wire is inserted. A terminal to which the electric wire is connected has a clamping member for clamping one end portion of the rubber plug. An inner housing has a terminal chamber for accommodating the terminal. An outer housing having sidewalls for defining a chamber provided with a bottom wall, into which the inner housing is fitted. A through hole, through which the electric wire is inserted, is formed on the bottom wall so as to face the terminal chamber when the inner housing is inserted into the chamber of the outer housing. A recess is formed on the bottom wall so as to communicate with the through hole in order to accommodate the rubber plug when the inner housing is completely fitted into the chamber of the outer housing, thereby sealing the electric wire and the terminal chamber.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.