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Waterproof connector and waterproofing method

  • US 6,514,102 B1
  • Filed: 03/30/1999
  • Issued: 02/04/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A waterproof connector comprising:

  • a terminal connected to an electric wire;

    a housing having a chamber for accommodating the terminal and a passage for passing the electric wire;

    a flexible sealing body for sealing the passage, the flexible sealing body having an insertion hole having a periphery, the terminal and electric wire being inserted therethrough to the chamber, wherein the insertion hole is larger in section than the terminal; and

    a pressing structure contacting and compressing, transversely to the passage, the flexible sealing body to seal the passage by maintaining the flexible sealing body under transverse compression such that some portions of the periphery of the insertion hole tightly contact each other and such that other portions of the periphery of the insertion hole tightly contact the electric wire.

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