Waterproof connector
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorsNaoto Taguchi, Tohru Kurosawa
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Abstract
In a waterproof connector M in which a waterproof seal member 60 is held between a connector housing 30 and a rear holder 70, and an electric wire seal portion closely attached to an outer periphery of an electric wire so as to seal between the electric wire and the connector housing 30 and a connector seal portion 60B for sealing between both of the connector housings at a time of fitting to an opposing connector housing are integrally formed in the waterproof seal member 60, wherein the connector seal portion 60B is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the rear holder 70 in an exposed manner so as to be closely attached to an inner periphery of a hood portion of the opposing connector housing at a time of fitting the connector housing 30 to the opposing connector housing.
Claims10
A waterproof connector comprising:
- a connector housing having a terminal receiving chamber;
- a waterproof seal member attached to a rear end of said connector housing, said seal member comprising a mat-shaped portion having a front surface contact with the rear end of said connector housing and a rear surface, an electric wire seal portion forming at least one wire receiving hole extending through the mat-shaped portion, and a connector seal portion forming a thin outer peripheral wall around a periphery of the mat-shaped portion and extending from said rear surface of said mat-shaped portion of said seal member, said connector seal portion being configured to seal between two connector housings when said connector housing is fit to an opposing connector housing;
- a rear holder for pressing said waterproof seal member to the connector housing;
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- an electric wire extending rearward from a terminal inserted to said terminal receiving chamber, the electric wire seal portion closely attached to an outer periphery of the wire so as to seal between the electric wire and the connector housing;
- wherein the connector seal portion of said waterproof seal member is provided on an outer peripheral surface of at least one of said connector housing and said rear holder in an exposed manner so as to be closely attached to an inner periphery of a hood portion of the opposing connector housing at a time of fitting said connector housing to the opposing connector housing.
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