Abstract: This connector part includes an insulating housing provided with a plurality of sockets for receiving a contact, which have a rear contact insertion end; a joint, which is provided with a plurality of cable passages corresponding to the sockets and which is placed in said housing behind the sockets; and a cable-guiding grid, which is fixed in the housing behind the joint, supporting the latter, said grid being provided with a plurality of cable passages corresponding to the sockets. It also includes a member for blocking the passages of the grid, which is fixed on said grid and is designed for being pierced selectively for the insertion of contacts into a predetermined group of sockets. The invention also relates to a piercing tool, which is designed for being used with one such connector part, and to a corresponding wiring method.

Abstract: A terminal comprising a plate shaped electrical connector including an engagement portion and an equipment portion, a ring shaped support member intimately attached to an outer periphery of the equipment portion and abutting to the engagement portion, and a ring shaped elastic seal intimately attached to the outer periphery of the equipment portion and adjacent to the support member from a side of the support member opposite a side abutting the engagement portion. Also, a connector comprising the terminal and a connector housing including a terminal space into which the terminal is inserted, the terminal space having an inner peripheral wall.

Abstract: An electrical junction box comprising a casing body including a bottom wall and a side wall extending upward from the bottom wall; a circuit board contained in the casing body; a connector housing disposed in a cutout section in the side wall and adapted to be coupled to a mating member; a filler filled in a space enclosed by the bottom wall, side wall and connector housing; and a packing disposed in a clearance between the cutout section and an outer peripheral surface of the connector housing to seal the clearance.

Abstract: A waterproof plug for a connector, includes an elastically deformable seal member for sealing a housing which houses terminals fixed at edges of electric cables in the inside thereof. The seal member is housed inside the housing by press-fitting, and has at least two elements holding the electric cables by sandwiching from both sides and tightly contacting with outer peripheral surfaces thereof.

Abstract: A compression seal for a coaxial cable connector has a main body with an upward facing surface or flange on the outer surface thereof, the upward facing surface or flange facing away from the main body. The outer surface of the main body also has at least one first portion having a first diameter and at least one second portion having a second diameter, the first diameter being smaller than the second diameter. The compression seal may also have an outer body that receives the main body and also engages a connector at both ends.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly for a cable having a plurality of insulated conductors comprises a body having a respective recess for receiving a terminating pin each of the conductors. A respective spigot sealingly engages within each of the recesses and has a passage for receiving an associated one of the terminating pins. Furthermore a seal is associated with each of the spigots for sealing the spigot relative to the associated terminating pin. The provision of a separate spigot for each of the conductors and for sealing engagement within a respective recess in the body enables the spigots to be sealingly fitted to the conductors prior to each spigot being introduced into its recess and sealingly engaged therein. This provides improved insulation of the conductor and increased creepage distance between the mating electrical parts and the outer surface of the housing of the assembly.

Abstract: In a plug for an electrical plug connection, having a contact carrier joined together of an upper part and a lower part, the upper part and the lower part having plug chambers that are aligned with one another, and the plug chambers of the lower part having electrical contacts for contacting by electrical contacts of a mating connector that reach through the plug chambers of the upper part, having a matting seal for sealing the plug chambers and having a pressure plate pressing on the matting seal, it is provided that the matting seal is situated between the upper and lower parts of the contact carrier, and the pressure plate is integrated into the upper part.

Abstract: A rotation sensor 11 includes a sensor portion 12, a wire 13 connected to the sensor portion 12, and a resin housing 14. The wire 13 has a sheath 24 formed of a resin compatible with the resin forming the housing 14. The portion of the sheath 24 covered by the housing 14 includes two annular sealing projections 25 extending along the entire circumference of the sheath 24. When molten resin is poured into a housing formation mold to mold the housing 14, the heat of the molten resin is efficiently transferred to the sealing projections 25. This effectively melts the sealing projections 25 and ensures that the sealing projections 25 are fused with the housing 14.

Abstract: A connector including seal bodies having an excellent sealing characteristic. The seal body puts an electric wire between the seal body and the other seal body so as to maintain a watertight characteristic between the electric wire and the seal bodies. The seal body includes: an abutting surface of the seal body, which abuts against a mating abutting surface of the other seal body when the seal bodies overlap each other; a groove which positions the electric wire inside the seal bodies; a lip part which projects from an inner surface of the groove and from the abutting surface.

Abstract: A rubber stopper for a waterproof connector includes: a first elastic member including a first contact face, and first wire fitting grooves each having an arc cross-section; and a second elastic member including a second contact face and second wire fitting grooves each having an arc cross-section. When the first contact face contacts the second contact face, circular cross-section is formed by the arc cross-sections of the first and second wire fitting grooves to fit wires into the first and second wire fitting grooves. Arc length of the arc cross-section of the first wire fitting groove is different from arc length of the arc cross-section of the second wire fitting groove so that a center of the circular cross-section is disposed away from the first and second contact faces in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the first and the second contact faces.

Abstract: A submersible connector has releasably mateable first and second connector units. The first connector unit has at least one electrical pin extending through a bore in a retaining base and projecting outward from the forward end of the base. The second connector unit has at least one electrical socket module which receives a forward portion of the electrical pin when the units are mated. A pin seal device is located in one of the connector units and has a through bore which engages part of the pin at least in the mated condition of the units. The seal device has a first and second seals in sealing engagement with portions of the connector units when mated, and a chamber between the seals extends over an opposing portion of the pin at least in the mated condition of the units.

Abstract: An electrical penetrator for subsea use has an annular cavity between the connector pin and the body of the penetrator that is filled with a dielectric oil which may act as a pressure compensator. In certain embodiments, a plurality of nested boot seals provide a watertight seal between an electrical cable and the body of the penetrator. An inner boot seal has a stepped inner diameter which engages a central, axial, connector pin and at least one wall of a cylindrical projection or an annular recess formed in the external face of the penetrator body. An outer boot seal has a stepped inner diameter which provides a watertight seal to an attached electrical cable, the connector pin and an outer segment of the inner boot seal.

Abstract: A waterproof connector (10) has a terminal fitting (30) connected with an end of a wire (60). A resilient plug (40) is mounted on the end of the wire (60) and has a main body (42) held onto the wire (60) by the terminal fitting (30). A housing (20) has a cavity (21) into which the terminal fitting (30) and the resilient plug (40) are inserted. Outer lips (46) project on the outer circumferential surface of the main body (42) and are held resiliently in close contact with the inner circumferential surface of the cavity (21). Auxiliary lips (47) with a smaller projecting amount than the outer lips (46) also project on the outer circumferential surface of the main body (42). The outer lips (46) and the auxiliary lips (47) are arranged to lean against each other if the wire (60) is shaken.

Abstract: A fuel injector includes first and second electrical actuators positioned within an injector body. First and second pairs of electrical conductors extend from a socket connector outside of the injector body to the first and second electrical actuators, respectively. The electrical conductors extend through an elastomeric sealing member that seals against fuel leakage from the fuel injector. The elastomeric sealing member provides annular sealing ridges in sealing contact with an access passage of the injector body and includes individual conductor seal passages that form seals around the outer surface of the individual electrical conductors. The elastomeric sealing member includes features that facilitate assembly of the fuel injector in a manner that reduces risk of damage to the sealing strategy.

Abstract: The present invention features a power terminal for ABS connector. Preferably, the power terminal for ABS connector is inserted into and secured to an insertion pipe of a male connector for an ABS and has a conductive terminal body. The conductive terminal body has, at one end thereof, a mounting element for mounting a first waterproofing member and a first barrel for securing a power wire, guide projections, projectedly formed at a middle portion thereof, for guiding insertion of the conductive terminal body, and, at the other end thereof, a hook for maintaining an inserted state of the conductive terminal body using an elastic property thereof. The portion of the conductive terminal body that is positioned between the guide projections and the hook is lengthened, a second waterproofing member is mounted to the portion, and a second barrel for securing one end of the second waterproofing member is formed on the conductive terminal body.

Abstract: A method and apparatus involve: configuring a wall portion to have an opening therethrough and to have a first annular surface extending around the opening; supporting on a circuit board an electrical connector having a plurality of electrical contacts and having a second annular surface; and resisting fluid flow from one side of the wall portion to an opposite side thereof through the opening, including compressing between the first and second annular surfaces a seal ring having third and fourth annular surfaces that respectively engage the first and second annular surfaces, the electrical contacts each having a portion that is accessible through the opening.

Abstract: A universal serial bus connector assembly for sealing a plug against the intrusion of foreign material is provided. The connector assembly includes a plug receptacle housing and a plug receptacle supporting structure attached to the plug receptacle housing. A bezel is fitted over the plug receptacle supporting structure. A sealing elastomeric membrane is positioned between the plug receptacle supporting structure and the bezel. A slit is formed in the elastomeric membrane through which the plug is inserted into the plug receptacle housing.

Abstract: In a waterproof connector, a mat seal and a rear grid are attached to a rear side of a connector housing. These mat seal and rear grid include terminal insertion openings and electric wire insertion openings, respectively, which communicate with terminal receiving chambers. Wire tubes are fitted to electric wires to which large female terminals are crimped, and are brought into elastically intimate contact with inner walls of large terminal insertion openings of the mat seal. Moreover, each of the wire tubes includes a protruding portion that protrudes rearward from the large terminal insertion opening of the mat seal and is located in the large electric wire insertion opening.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly for a cable having a plurality of insulated conductors comprises a body having a respective recess for receiving a terminating pin each of the conductors. A respective spigot sealingly engages within each of the recesses and has a passage for receiving an associated one of the terminating pins. Furthermore a seal is associated with each of the spigots for sealing the spigot relative to the associated terminating pin. The provision of a separate spigot for each of the conductors and for sealing engagement within a respective recess in the body enables the spigots to be sealingly fitted to the conductors prior to each spigot being introduced into its recess and sealingly engaged therein. This provides improved insulation of the conductor and increased creepage distance between the mating electrical parts and the outer surface of the housing of the assembly.

Abstract: A shield connector 40 includes terminal-equipped wires 13 each having a terminal 31 connected to an end portion of its wire 30, a housing 11 receiving the terminals 31 of the terminal-equipped wires 13, a shielding shell 12 mounted on the housing 11, and waterproof plugs 41 each mounted at least on the terminal 31 of the corresponding terminal-equipped wire 13 and the end portion of the wire 30 at a region between the housing 11 and the shielding shell 12. The shielding shell 12 has wire passage holes 26 and 27 formed in a rear face thereof, and the wires 30 led out from the housing 11 disposed on a front face of the shielding shell pass through the respective wire passage holes. Each waterproof plug 41 includes a waterproof plug body 42 disposed at least around a periphery of the terminal 31 and a periphery of the end portion of the wire 30, and a resin member 43 embedded in the waterproof plug body 42.

Abstract: A wire harness fixing device designed to enable convenient installation thereof within an inner liner of a refrigerator while effectively preventing leakage of a foam insulation material filled between the inner liner and an outer liner of the refrigerator. The wire harness fixing device includes a housing including an insert part provided at one end of the housing and inserted through a fixing hole formed in the inner liner, and an interior part positioned at the other end within the inner liner. A latch is provided on the insert part that engages an outer surface of the inner liner at the fixing hole when the insert part is inserted into the fixing hole, and a cover of a flexible material integrally formed to the housing at the interior part side to cover the fixing hole, the cover being subjected to elastic deformation to closely contact an inner surface of the inner liner at the fixing hole side when the latch is latched to and supported by the inner liner.

Abstract: A remote inspection device is provided for inspecting visually obscured locations. The device is generally comprised of a imager housing and a display housing disposed on opposite ends of a modular, flexible cable. An imaging device is embedded in the end of the cylindrical imager housing, such that the imaging device is able to capture an image of a viewing area proximate to the distal end of the flexible cable. One or more light sources also protrude from the outwardly facing end of the cylindrical imager housing along a perimeter of the imaging device such that the imaging device is recessed between the light sources. A display housing is coupled to the other end of the flexible cable and configured to be grasped by a user of the device. A display device supported by the display housing receives a video signal from the imaging device and converts the video signal to a video image.

Abstract: A remote inspection device is provided for inspecting visually obscured locations. The device is generally comprised of a imager housing and a display housing disposed on opposite ends of a modular, flexible cable. An imaging device and one or more light sources are embedded in the end of the cylindrical imager housing. A display housing is coupled to the other end of the flexible cable and configured to be grasped by a user of the device. A display device supported by the display housing receives a video signal from the imaging device and converts the video signal to a video image. The flexible cable can be removably attached to other components with a detachable coupling.

Abstract: A connector for connecting electrical power to a well pump motor has cable and motor connector portions that mate with each other in a connected position. The connector portions have insulating members, each of which has a number of passages and an end face. Electrical contact members are mounted in each of the passages. The ones in the cable connector portion protrude past the end face of the insulating member. An end face seal surrounds each of the protruding contact members and is deformed by engagement of the end face of the motor insulating member when the cable and motor connector portions are in the connected position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a connecting piece for connecting to an electrode line and to an electric implant, whereby the connecting piece has an electrically conducting plug module, multiple ring-shaped electrically conducting contacts with insulation sections having the same outside diameter arranged in the longitudinal direction therebetween, multiple electric connecting lines, and a supporting element which supports the insulation sections and secures them in the radial direction. A through-bore situated within the supporting element receives the plug module and/or a feeder line of an electrode body. The supporting element has grooves spaced along the longitudinal direction, and recesses extending from the proximal end to the distal end and running parallel to the longitudinal axis wherein the electric connecting lines are fit.

Abstract: A holding wall (6) of a connector housing (1) has terminal holding holes (7) for receiving terminal fittings. Two tight holding walls (11) are formed at opposite sides of each terminal holding hole (7) on the outer surface of the holding wall (6). The terminal fitting is pressed into the terminal holding hole (7) and between the tight holding walls (11). Further, the terminal holding holes (7) are formed by molding pins (14) having a length substantially equal to the thickness of the holding wall (6) and contact plates (13) that contact the leading ends of the molding pins (14). Thus, the molding pins (14) can be short and are less likely to deform when subjected to pressure from resin during molding.

Abstract: A waterproof plug includes a cover plate for closing an outward-directed access of a data port provided on a main body of a portable electronic device; and an approximately hexagonally shaped sealing flange perpendicularly extended from a data port sealing surface of the cover plate for fitly engaging into the access of the data port to seal the same. A water-guiding groove is provided along the sealing flange at a position adjacent to the cover plate. Rainwater falling on the top of the cover plate and the sealing flange immediately flows downward due to its weight to the water-guiding groove and two lateral sides of the sealing flange without accumulating or leaking into the data port to cause damage to the portable electronic device.

Abstract: A dummy connector includes a main body including an opening into which a real connector is to be inserted, and a first holding portion and a second holding portion installed respectively on surfaces which face to each other in the opening, and for holding the real connector by sandwiching from a direction of height of the real connector.

Abstract: A waterproof connector with at least a first dummy plug includes an inner housing provided with a plurality of contact accommodating cavities. A sealing member is provided with a plurality of contact insertion openings corresponding to the contact accommodating cavities. The sealing member is attached to a rear side of the inner housing. An outer housing is provided with a plurality of contact insertion openings corresponding to the contact accommodating cavities. The outer housing secures the sealing member to the inner housing. The first dummy plug has a sealing portion extending into at least one of the contact insertion openings of the sealing member, at least one elastic piece that elastically latches between the inner housing and the outer housing, an insertion member arranged in the contact insertion opening of the outer housing, and a pull-out member that extends outward from the outer housing.

Abstract: A bulb socket is provided with a rubber socket into which a bulb is mounted and a resin cover which is mounted on the rubber socket by being put over the rubber socket. A projection which protrudes outward is formed on the resin cover. The resin cover is put over the rubber socket, inserted into a housing, rotated to engage the projection with an engaging part in the housing, and thereby mounted on the housing. At this time, the rubber socket comes into close contact with a socket mounting slot and thereby stops the socket mounting slot water-tightly.

Abstract: A watertight connector has a rubber member (40) mounted on an inner housing (13), and this rubber member (40) includes a sealing portion (41) substantially in the form of a tube fittable on the outer circumferential surface of the inner housing (13) before a flange (23), legs (43) integral to the sealing portion (41) and shaped to be insertable backward through pass-through openings (26), and backlash preventing portions (44) integral to the legs (43), shaped to be engageable with the peripheral edges of the pass-through openings (26) from behind and arranged between the flange (23) and a facing wall (32).

Abstract: An electrical plug having a housing which surrounds a plug-in area, in which the plug may be connected with the plug receptacle, and a cable area, in which the cable may be connected to the plug, an insulator sleeve which surrounds a channel extending from the plug-in area to the cable area, into which channel an inner conductor element connected with the cable may be introduced from the cable area, a support sleeve which surrounds the insulator sleeve, connected with the insulator sleeve in the plug-in area and is connected with the housing in the cable area, a first cavity between the insulator sleeve and the support sleeve, into which an outer conductor element connected with the cable may be introduced, and a second cavity, which surrounds the support sleeve in the plug-in area, and into which a shield element of the plug receptacle may be introduced is disclosed.

Abstract: A shield connector 40 includes terminal-equipped wires 13 each having a terminal 31 connected to an end portion of its wire 30, a housing 11 receiving the terminals 31 of the terminal-equipped wires 13, a shielding shell 12 mounted on the housing 11, and waterproof plugs 41 each mounted at least on the terminal 31 of the corresponding terminal-equipped wire 13 and the end portion of the wire 30 at a region between the housing 11 and the shielding shell 12. The shielding shell 12 has wire passage holes 26 and 27 formed in a rear face thereof, and the wires 30 led out from the housing 11 disposed on a front face of the shielding shell pass through the respective wire passage holes. Each waterproof plug 41 includes a waterproof plug body 42 disposed at least around a periphery of the terminal 31 and a periphery of the end portion of the wire 30, and a resin member 43 embedded in the waterproof plug body 42.

Abstract: The invention relates to a flat cable connector for sealed applications. An object of the invention is to show a new and considerably improved kind of a flat cable connector for sealed applications, compared to the current state of the art.

Abstract: A waterproof plug for a connector, includes an elastically deformable seal member for sealing a housing which houses terminals fixed at edges of electric cables in the inside thereof. The seal member is housed inside the housing by press-fitting, and has at least two elements holding the electric cables by sandwiching from both sides and tightly contacting with outer peripheral surfaces thereof.

Abstract: An electrical terminal is sealed for use in high voltage vehicle systems. The terminal has a cylindrical section positioned between a contact section for mating with another electrical contact or terminal and a crimp section for mechanically and electrically securing the terminal to an electrical wire. The cylindrical section is integral with both the contact section and the crimp section, and includes an outer surface with a circumferential groove. The groove receives and retains an o-ring seal for preventing contaminant seepage between the contact section and the crimp section when the contact section is inserted into a connector for mating with the other contact or terminal. The contact section may be either a substantially flat eyelet contact, a male contact or female contact.

Abstract: A security shield for a coaxial cable interconnection between a male connector and a female connector includes a gasket having a cross-section fitted to an annular shoulder of the security shield. When the security shield is fitted onto the coaxial cable interconnection, the gasket provides a seal between the security shield, the male connector, and the female connector. In an alternative embodiment, two gaskets are used which are fitted onto different parts of the annular shoulder of the security shield.

Abstract: A waterproof connector includes: a female connector member including a plurality of female terminals formed therein; a male connector member including a plurality of male terminals formed therein to correspond to respective female terminals of the female connector member; and an air discharge part having a structure in which an air passage hole for discharging inside air to the outside when the female and male connector members are assembled to each other and a slider for closing the air passage hole after air is discharged are formed in the male connector member.

Abstract: A connector includes a connector housing, a mat seal, an inner cover, and an outer cover. A connector housing includes terminal-receiving chambers for receiving female terminals. The inner cover catches the mat seal with the connector housing and attaches to the connector housing. The outer cover covers the connector housing. The inner and outer covers are connected to each other by a connecting part and attached to the connector housing. A pressing part of a jig for continuity test presses the inner cover into the connector housing. Then, the connecting part is broken and the inner cover 15 is attached to the connector housing.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a connector assembly having enough waterproof performance, without needing high insertion force during the assembly process. In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a connector assembly 1 comprising a plug assembly 7; a header assembly 5 configured to be mated with the plug assembly 7 while forming an opening between the plug assembly 7 and the inside of the header assembly 5; holder assemblies 18d and 18e configured to apply pressure on the plug assembly in the direction of insertion of the plug assembly 7 into the header assembly 5; and a sealing member 4 configured to be pushed out toward the opening in response to the pressure applied by the holder assemblies 18d and 18e after insertion of the plug assembly 7 into the header assembly 5, in order to plug and seal the opening.

Abstract: An industrial automation input output module is protected against ingress of water, oil, debris, dirt and other contaminants without use of a potting compound. An elastomeric main seal provides a fluid-tight connection between inter-fitted inner and outer housing members that define a housing of the module. The one-piece main seal includes an integral light pipe portion with at least one light pipe that communicates light from an LED or other light source to a visual indicator opening in the housing, and the light pipe portion is also sealed to the housing to prevent ingress of contaminants through the visual indicator opening. Connectors pass through a wall of the housing and connector seals are used to prevent ingress of contaminants between the connectors and the housing. The connectors are also secured against rotation relative to the housing.

Abstract: An integrated seal assembly and a coaxial cable system component incorporating the seal assembly with a connector for coupling to an externally threaded port. The seal assembly includes a bellows-type seal having an elastically deformable tubular body and a plurality of sealing surfaces, and an integral joint-section intermediate an anterior end and a posterior end that assists in the axial deformation of the seal in response to axially-directed force. One of the sealing surfaces is made to engage a corresponding surface of an internally threaded nut or housing. The component is engagable with an externally threaded port via the internally threaded connector. The anterior end of the seal fits over the port and a sealing surface of the seal is capable of sealing axially against a shoulder of the port while the seal body covers the otherwise exposed externally threaded port.

Abstract: A rubber stopper for a waterproof connector includes: a first elastic member including a first contact face, and first wire fitting grooves each having an arc cross-section; and a second elastic member including a second contact face and second wire fitting grooves each having an arc cross-section. When the first contact face contacts the second contact face, circular cross-section is formed by the arc cross-sections of the first and second wire fitting grooves to fit wires into the first and second wire fitting grooves. Arc length of the arc cross-section of the first wire fitting groove is different from arc length of the arc cross-section of the second wire fitting groove so that a center of the circular cross-section is disposed away from the first and second contact faces in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the first and the second contact faces.

Abstract: An electrical connector is shown having a housing having terminal receiving passageways, which receives a plurality of electrical terminals therein. The connector housing has a rear wire seal having a plurality of apertures at a rear face thereof for receiving terminals and a terminated conductor therethrough. At least one of the plurality of electrical terminal passageways is empty, and the sealing plug is positioned in the terminal receiving passageway to seal the cavity from the rear side thereof. The sealing plug also includes a latching surface for latching with the latch of the housing, and further provides a forward portion to deflect an installed shunt downwardly to prevent stubbing of a pin contact of a mating connector.

Abstract: The invention provides a connector having a pair of first and second connector housings for preventing looseness between the connector housings in lateral and longitudinal directions of the connector, surely eliminating frictional wear of male and female terminals in the connector housings. The connector can reliably resist to an external vibration force. A male connector housing 13 is resiliently urged by a waterproof packing 32 toward a female connector housing 36. The male connector housing 13 has an inner housing 25 formed with a plurality of looseness prohibiting projections 30. The looseness prohibiting projection 30 has a tapered surface 30a. An inner surface of a peripheral wall 39 of the female connector housing 36 is formed with a tapered surface 41 engaged with the tapered surface 30a on complete mating of the connector housings 13, 36.

Abstract: An in-line sealed electrical connector apparatus includes a female connector assembly and a male connector assembly. The female connector assembly includes a female housing, a female wire seal and a female cover. The male connector assembly includes a male housing, a retention clip, a male housing seal defining a male housing seal opening, a male wire seal and a male cover. The retention clip formed in a generally U-shaped configuration to define a generally D-shaped retention clip duct extending longitudinally through the retention clip. The generally D-shaped retention clip duct is sized to slidably receive the female housing such that, upon engaging the female connector assembly and the male connector assembly, the female housing is first received through the generally D-shaped retention clip duct and is thereafter inserted through the male housing seal opening.

Abstract: A connector, such as for harsh environments, may include first and second connector portions movable between unmated and mated positions. The first connector portion may include a first base, a male contact carried by the first base and extending outwardly therefrom, and a first shell carried by the first base and surrounding the male contact. The second connector portion may include a second base, and a female contact carried by the second base and extending outwardly therefrom. The second connector portion may further include an inner bladder carried by the second base and defining a bladder chamber surrounding the female contact, and a second shell carried by the second base and surrounding the bladder. A dual-level bladder connector embodiment may include an end cap defining a seal to end portions of the inner bladder opposite the second base, and an outer bladder surrounding the inner bladder.

Abstract: A waterproof connecter is provided with a frame including a plurality of accommodating rooms, a plurality of sub-connectors accommodated in the accommodating rooms, respectively, and gaskets for sealing gaps between the sub-connectors and the accommodating rooms, respectively. A side surface of each of the sub-connectors is provided with a sealing surface which comes into close contact with each of the gaskets. Each of the gaskets is provided with engagement projections, and engagement holes which correspond to the engagement projections are provided in an inner wall of each of the accommodating rooms of the frame. By allowing the engagement projections to be engaged with the engagement holes, the gaskets are fixed to the inner walls of the accommodating rooms.

Abstract: A object of the present invention is to enable a double-locking of female terminals without making a whole connector larger in size or complicating a structure thereof while maintaining fine waterproof function. A female connector C1 includes a female housing 12 for retaining a female terminal 10 and a seal member holder 16. The seal member holder 16 retains a seal member 14 having through holes 14a. When the seal member holder 16 is completely attached to the female housing 12, the seal member 14 comes in close contact with a front surface of the female housing 12. In this state, a male terminal 20 of a male connector C2 fits into the female terminal 10 so that a projecting portion 25 of the connector C1 comes in close contact with an inner surface of the through hole 14a to make terminals waterproof individually.

Abstract: A waterproof plug includes a cover plate for closing an outward-directed access of a data port provided on a main body of a portable electronic device; and an approximately hexagonally shaped sealing flange perpendicularly extended from a data port sealing surface of the cover plate for fitly engaging into the access of the data port to seal the same. A water-guiding groove is provided along the sealing flange at a position adjacent to the cover plate. Rainwater falling on the top of the cover plate and the sealing flange immediately flows downward due to its weight to the water-guiding groove and two lateral sides of the sealing flange without accumulating or leaking into the data port to cause damage to the portable electronic device.